Learn about Authentication

Read these authentication tutorials to learn how to verify a user's identity, secure accounts, and prevent unauthorized access to applications.
  1. How to Program With Yii2: AuthClient Integration With Twitter & Google

    How to Program With Yii2: AuthClient Integration With Twitter & Google

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Yii2's built in AuthClient support makes it easy to integrate identity authentication with popular sites, services and social networks such as Facebook,...

  2. Using Laravel 5's Authentication Facade

    Using Laravel 5's Authentication Facade

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this quick tip, I am going to show you how to use Laravel 5's authentication facade to implement sessions, user registration, remember me, and password...

  3. Setting Up User Authentication in Laravel Using Confide

    Setting Up User Authentication in Laravel Using Confide

    Tutorial Beginner

    Confide is an authentication solution for Laravel made to cut repetitive work involving the management of users. A DRY approach on features like account...

  4. Two-Factor Authentication With Duo-Security

    Two-Factor Authentication With Duo-Security

    Tutorial Beginner

    In my last article about two-factor authentication, I created a screencast that outlined how to use the Authy two-factor authentication system to easily...

  5. Two-Factor Auth Using Authy

    Two-Factor Auth Using Authy

    Tutorial Intermediate

    It feels like every day you read about a new security breach on a website, in many cases involving weak passwords. It's a known fact that users are...

  6. OAuth 2.0 - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

    OAuth 2.0 - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

    Tutorial Beginner

    In a world dominated by social media, it's hard to not come across a client application which you have used to access restricted resources on some other...