Firebase cookie auth

1. Does Firebase use cookies?
2. What does Firebase auth () do?
3. How do I validate cookies?
4. Does Firebase use JWT?

Does Firebase use cookies?

A Firebase ID token is generated, and the ID token is then sent via HTTP POST to a session login endpoint where, using the Admin SDK, a session cookie is generated.

What does Firebase auth () do?

Firebase Authentication provides backend services, easy-to-use SDKs, and ready-made UI libraries to authenticate users to your app. It supports authentication using passwords, phone numbers, popular federated identity providers like Google, Facebook and Twitter, and more.

How do I validate cookies?

Cookie Validation is a type of Web Challenge that is used in DDoS mitigation to filter out attackers from legitimate clients. The challenge is to send every client, attacker and legitimate user a web cookie and to request that the client send it back (typically using the HTTP 302 Redirect command).

Does Firebase use JWT?

Firebase gives you complete control over authentication by allowing you to authenticate users or devices using secure JSON Web Tokens (JWTs). You generate these tokens on your server, pass them back to a client device, and then use them to authenticate via the signInWithCustomToken() method.