Our journey of exploring authentication with Ktor has come to an end. Thanks to all of you who have followed along through this tutorial series. Over the past two months and across ten comprehensive posts, we’ve covered a wide array of techniques and best practices to secure Ktor applications effectively. For those who wish to…
Welcome to the continued exploration of form-based authentication with Ktor. Today’s post delves into session management—a feature that enables the persistence of user data across multiple HTTP requests. Session management allows users to securely access protected resources after initial authentication. Once the user logs in, the server persists user data and automatically re-authenticates users on subsequent requests. This is not only convenient from a user’s perspective but also reduces the risk of credential interception, a vulnerability inherent in basic authentication.
Welcome to the latest instalment in our series on implementing authentication with Ktor. In the previous post, we delved into the intricacies of basic authentication. Today, we’re enhancing our security measures by addressing one notable drawback — the need to pass user credentials with each request. By the end of this post, you’ll understand the workings of form-based authentication and why it’s a superior choice over basic authentication.