Making Sense of API Authentication with OAuth and JWT
API authentication is one of those areas where a simple “just use tokens” answer quickly runs into messy reality. In this audio edition of my Tuesday “Insights” feature from Bare Metal Cyber Magazine, we walk through how OAuth 2.0 and JSON Web Tokens (JWT) actually fit together to protect modern APIs. You’ll hear a clear, vendor-neutral explanation of the roles involved, where the authorization server sits, what the token really represents, and how gateways and back-end services use it to make access decisions. The goal is a mental model you can carry into design sessions, code reviews, and incident calls.
