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API Tokens survey

last updated: Oct 20, 2023

https://fly.io/blog/api-tokens-a-tedious-survey/#biscuits

tptacek reviews 10 types of API tokens:

  1. Simple Random Tokens
  2. Platform Tokens
  3. OAuth 2.0
  4. JWT
  5. PASETO
  6. Protobuf Tokens
  7. Authenticated Requests
  8. Facebook CATs
  9. Macaroons
  10. Biscuits

in detail. Ends up saying that fly has chosen macaroons.

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