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React Authentication

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Introducing the Authentication Project Recap

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    This stage was all about setting the foundation for React authentication. 0:00
    Authentication is the process of verifying the identity of a user. 0:04
    It's often used in conjunction with authorization, which is the process of 0:09
    granting or denying access to a resource, based on the authenticated identity. 0:14
    So, in our case, a user must be logged in to access the authenticated and 0:19
    settings routes. 0:24
    There are many authentication schemes, but 0:26
    in this course, we'll focus on basic authentication, 0:29
    in which the user provides a user ID, in our case, a username and password. 0:32
    The user ID and password are paired and 0:38
    encoded using Base64 before being transmitted to the server. 0:41
    Basic authentication is one of the simplest forms of authentication to 0:46
    set up, and will function as a great building block for 0:50
    you to try out other authentication schemes. 0:53
    Please remember that it should only be used over a secure encrypted 0:57
    connection such as HTTPS, because the user's credentials 1:01
    are transmitted over the network in plain text. 1:05
    Another potential security risk we explored is the cross-origin HTTP request. 1:09
    By default, browsers restrict cross-origin requests. 1:15
    So in order for the browser to allow our front end to access resources from 1:18
    the server, I added some code to our server that supports 1:23
    cross-origin resource sharing, or CORS for short. 1:27
    Now, that we've learned a bit about authentication, and you're set up to code 1:32
    along with me, let's get into implementing basic authentication. 1:36

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