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Q1Hardjwtauthenticationdistributed-systems

Why are JWTs commonly used in distributed authentication systems?

Q2Hardjwt-structureauthenticationsecurity

Why is the JWT payload not considered secure for storing sensitive information?

Q3Hardstateless-authenticationscalingmicroservices

Why does stateless JWT authentication improve horizontal scalability?

Q4Hardjwt-expirationsecuritytoken-management

Why are short-lived JWT access tokens considered a security best practice?

Q5Hardrefresh-tokenauthenticationjwt-security

Why are refresh tokens separated from access tokens in JWT-based systems?

Q6Hardjwt-revocationdistributed-systemsauthentication

Why is JWT revocation difficult in distributed systems?

Q7Hardjwt-signaturecryptographysecurity

Why are JWT signatures critical for authentication integrity?

Q8Hardjwt-vs-sessionauthenticationscalability

Why are JWTs often preferred over traditional server-side sessions in microservices?

Q9Hardjwt-securityxsscsrf

Why does storing JWTs in browsers introduce XSS and CSRF trade-offs?

Q10Hardjwtauthenticationtrade-offs

What are the major trade-offs when using JWT-based authentication systems?