Basic Authentication Versus CSRF
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This blog post reviews the deficiencies of HTTP Basic Authentication, compares it to token- and JWT-based authentication approaches, and outlines practical CSRF prevention strategies — including anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies, double-submit cookies, custom headers, referrer validation, Content Security Policy, and CAPTCHAs — to mitigate risks when Basic Authentication is in use.
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