Listen "117 - Authentication with Aviad Mizrachi"
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Brief Summary:Authentication has become a necessity in a digital world that’s ever-increasing in complexity. What can you do to arm yourself against the constant threat of data breaches and hacks? In this episode Jason sits down with Aviad Mizrachi, CTO and Co-Founder of Frontegg, to give us valuable insight into how Authentication works, and how these help you become more defensible against attacks.This episode touches on the following key topics and ideas:00:00:24 Introduction00:01:10 Introducing Aviad Mizrachi00:04:36 The login00:06:32 The many intricacies of Authentication00:10:25 How are passwords sent to servers?00:11:26 Query param00:16:59 Multi-factor authorization (MFA)00:20:11 Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP)00:28:05 Single Sign-on (SSO) Cross-site scripting00:33:38 Ad: SignalWire, a next-gen video collaboration platform00:35:03 Session tokens00:36:36 Cross-site scripting (XSS)00:39:24 JSON web tokens (JWTs)00:41:24 Difference between session token and refresh token00:49:33 More about Frontegg, Aviad’s company00:54:14 SQL injection attack00:56:11 Auditing and audit logs00:59:42 Authentication in mobile apps01:00:50 Frontegg hiring and intern opportunities01:05:22 Frontegg product offeringsResources mentioned in this episode:ToolsFrontegg https://frontegg.com/TypeScript https://www.typescriptlang.org/Angular https://angular.io/guide/architectureMicrosoft Identity and Access Management https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/security/business/identity-access-managementGoogle Identity https://developers.google.com/identityOkta https://www.okta.com/Articles:How Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's Account Was Hacked https://www.wired.com/story/jack-dorsey-twitter-hacked/Our sponsor for this episode is SignalWirehttps://signalwire.com/You can reach Aviad on:LinkedIn | GitHubIf you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/Reach out to us via email: [email protected] can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM Join the discussion on our DiscordYou can also help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon
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