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How do you secure microservices and REST APIs?

Tests whether you name a layered approach -- token-based auth (JWT/OAuth2) at the gateway, per-service re-validation, HTTPS everywhere, rate limiting, and input validation -- rather than relying on a single perimeter check.

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