# What Are JWTs?

DevFeed: [What Are JWTs?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-are-jwts-29959.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/what-are-jwts/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Victor Elezua)

Published: 2022-09-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [JSON Web Tokens](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jwt.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distributed-systems.md>), [Cookies](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cookies.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>)

Tags: [authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authorization.md>), [cookies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cookies.md>), [distributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed.md>), [ecdsa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecdsa.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/implementation.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [jwt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jwt.md>), [microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices.md>), [private-key](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/private-key.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains JSON Web Tokens (JWTs), including their definition, compact self-contained structure, digital signing methods, authorization use, stateless session management, benefits, risks, and common implementation mistakes. It also contrasts JWT-based sessions with cookies in distributed systems and microservices.

## Source excerpt

In this blog post, we'll deep-dive into JSON web tokens (JWTs), how JWTs work and how to implement them securely.