https://devendevour.iankulin.com/tags/bcrypt/Recent content in Bcrypt on dev.endevourHugoen-AUMon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://devendevour.iankulin.com/authentication-basics-for-node-apps/Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://devendevour.iankulin.com/authentication-basics-for-node-apps/<p><a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/calahorra-tower-torre-de-la-calahorra-in-cordoba-spain-a-fortified-gate-built-during-the-late-12th-century-by-the-almohads-to-protect-the-nearby-roman-bridge-in-the-historic-center-of-cordoba-andalusia-spain-ECsukeqrDoo" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://devendevour.iankulin.com/images/screen-shot-2024-08-10-at-8.59.01-pm.jpg" alt="" class="img-responsive"> </a> </p> <p>Pretty much every serious web app needs to include a way for users to log in securely and to be served their content. Since there&rsquo;s a lot of complexity in this, it&rsquo;s highly advisable to use good libraries to support this. In a future post we&rsquo;re going to use those libraries, but first I want to explain what&rsquo;s happening at the lower level and tease out some of the concepts as we build a secure system from the ground up.</p>