JWT Token Expiration and Automated Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing software-controlled applications face challenges in secure authorization and access management, particularly in reducing the need for repeated password entry and ensuring secure, efficient access control.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) with individual expiration dates, which are regularly verified and renewed, to manage access and authorization for software-controlled applications, incorporating automated verification processes and token creation/renewal mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If password protection is used for authorization, then security is maintained, but users must repeatedly enter passwords which reduces ease of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication and generates JWT tokens in advance, storing them electronically. This preliminary action eliminates the need for repeated password entry during subsequent access requests, as the pre-generated tokens are automatically provided and verified by the system
Solution Approach 2:
JWT tokens serve as an intermediary between password-based authentication and application access. The tokens mediate the authorization process by carrying user identity and permission information, allowing seamless access without requiring users to repeatedly provide credentials
2Reliability
If JWTs with expiration dates are implemented, then security is improved through automated verification, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The JWT tokens contain embedded expiration dates and verification information that enable self-service security validation. The system automatically verifies token validity and expiration without requiring complex external validation processes, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high security
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of token validity by incorporating expiration dates into JWTs. This parameter change enables automated security management where tokens naturally expire and must be renewed, providing time-based security control without requiring complex manual intervention
3Ease of operation
If continuous access is provided through token renewal, then ease of operation is maintained, but there is a risk of unauthorized access if tokens are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic token management where JWTs have finite lifetimes and are automatically renewed through verification processes. This dynamic approach ensures continuous legitimate access while limiting the window of opportunity for unauthorized use, as compromised tokens expire and must be re-verified
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Web Tokens for information security for a particular software-controlled application are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information electronically, including different types of client-provided information, hardware information, key information, and permission information; provide individual JWTs that include individual expiration dates to individual users; receive a user request for continued access and/or use of the particular software-controlled application; perform different types of (automated) verification based on the client-provided information in the user request; and, responsive to particular results from the different types of verification, perform some combination of transferring a response to the user request and accepting or denying continued access and/or use of the particular software-controlled application.