Building a Secure Real-Time Messaging App with .NET 8 and Angular 18
The article discusses the development of a secure real-time messaging application using .NET 8 and Angular 18. It emphasizes the importance of security features such as JWT authentication and AES-256-GCM encryption. The author provides a detailed overview of the architecture and key design decisions made to enhance the app's security.
- ▪The application, named SecureChat, incorporates JWT authentication and AES-256-GCM encryption for message security.
- ▪Key design decisions include short-lived JWTs, rotating refresh tokens, and the use of a Redis backplane for scaling SignalR.
- ▪The article also covers implementing rate limiting and security headers to protect against various attacks.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3139981) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Naimul Karim Posted on May 22 Building a Secure Real-Time Messaging App with .NET 8 and Angular 18 #angular #dotnet #security #tutorial A deep dive into JWT authentication, AES-256-GCM encryption, SignalR, and production security patterns. Introduction Real-time messaging apps are everywhere, but most tutorials gloss over the hard parts — the security. In this post I'll walk you through SecureChat, a production-grade messaging app I built with .NET 8 and Angular 18.
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