NGINX Plus R25 introduces more sophisticated authentication use cases with JWT, JWS, and JWE; counts of individual HTTP status codes; dynamic certificate loading for mTLS with upstream servers; hardened security for HTTP request processing; and NGINX JavaScript enhancements.
Tag: JSON Web Token (JWT)
Tag: JSON Web Token (JWT)
Announcing NGINX Plus R24
NGINX Plus R24 introduces support for encrypted JSON Web Tokens (JWE) and integration with F5 Device ID+. The NGINX JavaScript module reaches an important milestone with support for response filtering and use of HTTP-based authentication services for TCP/UDP connections.
Ask NGINX | May 2019
In this installment of our "Ask NGINX" series, we discuss UDP health checks, having NGINX Plus verify JWTs generated with Microsoft Active Directory, performing client certificate-based authentication for IIS servers, and obtaining metrics for website visits or page views.
Validating OAuth 2.0 Access Tokens with NGINX and NGINX Plus
NGINX and NGINX Plus can act as an OAuth 2.0 Relying Party, sending access tokens to the Idenity Provider for validation and only proxying requests that pass the validation process.
Conditional Access Control with Microsoft Azure Active Directory
In Microsoft Azure, you can use JWTs with NGINX Plus to handle authentication against Active Directory outside your app's code.
Authentication and Content-Based Routing with JWTs and NGINX Plus
NGINX Plus uses the information in JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) to authenticate clients and route them based on the JWT content.
Announcing NGINX Plus R14
NGINX Plus R14 is now available with enhanced JWT authentication and a downloadable preview of upcoming cluster support.
Announcing NGINX Plus R12
NGINX Plus Release 12 includes configuration sharing, production-ready nginScript, and enhancements to statistics reporting, caching, and health checks.
Improve App Security with the Free O’Reilly NGINX Cookbook, Part 2
Improve security for your website and web apps with the NGINX Cookbook, Part 2, from O'Reilly Media. Topics include JWTs, the ModSecurity WAF, and more.
Authenticating Users to Existing Applications with OpenID Connect and NGINX Plus
NGINX Plus R10 adds support for the JSON Web Token (JWT) standard. Learn how to use JWTs and OpenID Connect to control access to your applications.