Three Quick Ways to Increase Customer Data Security
The world of user data security is vast, complicated, and for many teams, difficult to navigate. When working with a legacy application, it can be difficult to determine the first, easy steps to ensure...
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5-Minute Authentication for the Lumen PHP Micro-Framework
We’re pretty excited by the rapid growth of new, lightweight frameworks for building microservices and APIs. First, they rapidly speed the development time for simple web applications, and they also...
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Build Secure User Interfaces Using JSON Web Tokens (JWTs)
JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) are being prescribed as a panacea for webapp security, but you need to know your security basics before you can implement them with peace of mind. JWTs are a great mechanism for...
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OAuth is not Single Sign-On
We’ve been on a conference blitz over the last few months at Stormpath, and standing in the booth, we get asked a lot of questions about authentication and authorization: protocols, systems, services...
View ArticleCreate and Verify JWTs with Node.js
JWT, access token, token, OAuth token.. what does it all mean?? Properly known as “JSON Web Tokens”, JWTs are a fairly new player in the authentication space. Being the cool new thing, everyone is hip...
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Build An API Service in Node.js with Stormpath, Twilio and Stripe
Building a full-fledged API service isn’t as hard as you may think. By taking advantage of some really useful API services and open source libraries, you can rapidly develop an API service in an...
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Hello, Stormpath!
I’m Micah and this week I joined Stormpath as a Developer Evangelist, supporting Java and the JVM. In this new role, I get to do some of my most favorite activities as my job: coding, pairing with...
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Major (1800%) Performance Upgrade to Stormpath Java SDK
The Stormpath Java SDK is now speedier and more extensible than ever. If you’re running a version lower than 1.0RC4.4, consider updating. It’s no secret that an application needs fast access to its...
View ArticleJJWT - JSON Web Token for Java and Android
Occassionally here at Stormpath, we find time for open-source projects in the authentication and user security space. One such project, which is taking off in the Java community, is JJWT – a...
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How to Add Billing to Your API - with Stripe, Stormpath, and Node.js
Stormpath provides authentication tools for APIs, so we we work closely with devs building new REST services. We also hear a lot about the challenges that come with building an API. Billing is often...
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Hello, I’m Brian, the new PHP Developer Evangelist for Stormpath! I’m currently based at home in Dayton, Ohio with my wonderful wife, Heather, and our purebred mutt, Sophie. My background is not what...
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The end of PHP 5.3
Programming languages always progress and change. Bugs are found and patched, and so are security holes in the language. PHP Group and the PHP Community has always prided itself in making sure...
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The Problem with Securing Single Page Applications
We talk a lot about Token Authentication, but before diving into the details of how to use tokens, it’s critical for developers to understand the underlying security issues. Why do tokens matter and...
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Token Authentication for Java Applications
In my last post, we covered a lot of ground, including how we traditionally go about securing websites, some of the pitfalls of using cookies and sessions, and how to address those pitfalls by...
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Single Sign-on for Java in 20 Minutes with Spring Boot and Heroku
I love how Java keeps reinventing itself to stay current and relevant (I can hear all my Node.js and Ruby friends groaning). The ecosystem that supports Java is keeping pace with new developments as...
View ArticlePHP API Authentication Is A PITA!
Until Now! PHP has progressed a long way in the past year. We now have a package manager with many tools to help in project development, but there is still a lack of good API authentication tools out...
View ArticleIntroducing the Stormpath .NET SDK
Today, we released version 0.1.0 of our .NET SDK! After almost two months of heavy development work, I’m excited to get this code into the hands of the community. In this article, I’ll cover the basics...
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Stormpath Raises $15M Series B Financing
When we first started Stormpath, most people rejected our product vision: “I would never outsource my user data and functionality – the most important part of my application – to a third-party...
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The World's Leading RFID Manufacturer Saves Time, Money, and Sleep with...
SMARTRAC is the world’s leading manufacturer of RFID transponders. Used in a variety of applications from U.S. passports, to pet microchips, to electronic toll payment transponders, SMARTRAC produces...
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Stormpath Loves Laravel Authentication
With over 100,000 installs of Laravel each month, many PHP developers are using the built-in authentication. The problem is that rolling your own authentication system and maintaining it is a...
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