Basic authentication sends the user’s credentials in plaint text over the wire. If you were to use basic authentication, you should use your Web API over a Secure Socket Layer (SSL).

How to implement basic password authentication for a minimal API in ASP.NET Core using a custom authentication handler that validates the user’s credentials against a database.

This promotion means the Web Authentication API --more commonly referred to as WebAuthn-- has now reached a stable version and can be implemented and rolled out by websites in its current form ...

With the Firefox 60 release on May 9, Firefox became the first major browser to support the Web Authentication API. This API enables users to avoid text-based passwords for websites and instead uses a ...

A look at the recently released YubiKey 5 hardware authenticator series and how web authentication with the new WebAuthn API leverages devices like the YubiKey for painless website registration and ...

He outlines the rules for designing authentication schemes for REST API’s. “ Let's just be blunt: if you aren't encrypting your API calls, you aren't even pretending to be secure ”, He says, 1.