Secure Your .NET 6 Endpoints with JWT in 5 Easy Steps

Easy JWT Protection for .NET

Online stuff is handy but can be risky too. Keeping things safe is very important, especially with user data. Securing your endpoints in .NET 6 with JSON Web Tokens (JWT) might seem hard, but it’s not!

1. What is JWT?

You may have heard of JSON Web Tokens (JWT) if you work with web stuff, but what is it?

• JSON Web Token (JWT): JWT helps check who the user is.
• Structure: It has three parts:
• Header: Tells you what encryption is used.
• Payload: Holds key-value pairs called claims.
• Signature: Combines the header and payload, hashed with a secret key.

2. How does JWT work?

Wonder how JWT does its job? Here’s a simple way.

• User Authentication: When a user logs in with their email and password, it makes a JWT token.
• Token Usage: Each request after that sends this token to check who the user is.

Simple but strong, right?

3. Enable JWT in .NET 6.0