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What is JWT? What is the structure of a JWT token?
Tests whether you know the three dot-separated Base64Url parts -- header (algorithm/type), payload (claims, e.g. sub, exp, roles), and signature (verifies integrity) -- and that the payload is only encoded, not encrypted, so it must never hold sensitive data.
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