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Code for GovTech 2023 | Mid-point showcase

Ankita Sahoo

DIGIT (JWT based authentication and authorization)

Shashwat Mishra

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Today’s Agenda

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Brief Intro about the project and vision

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Proposed Architecture

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Quick Demo of Implementation

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Next Actionable Steps and Feedback

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What is DIGIT?

DIGIT [Digital Infrastructure for Governance Impact and Transformation] is an open source service delivery platform on which several government and private sector organizations build solutions which will help deliver services like Property Tax, Public Grievances, Water Connection, Birth/Death Certificate etc. to all citizens. DIGIT platform has multiple core micro-services, where each micro-service provides a specific functionality like authentication, authorization, encryption, workflow etc. They internally call these core micro-services to utilize the functionality provided by them.

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Why do we JWT Authentication for DIGIT?

JWTs are Stateless

No need for the server to maintain any session state for the client

Provides a decentralized mechanism of authentication and authorization

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Extensibility

Implement JWT tokens to stateful by storing blacklisted token.

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Development of a client library for user authentication and authorization.

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Some micro-services can be implemented as DIGIT works.

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Live Demo

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Thank you for your time !

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I would now like to request you for

your feedback on the proposed architecture

and implementation.

DIGIT:JWT Based Authentication and Authorization