A Developer's Guide to WebAuthN

In this video Developer Advocate Will Johnson explains what WebAuthn is and how it works.
You'll get familiar WebAuthn's two main API calls and the options you can include within those requests to strongly authenticate users.

The Web Authentication API (WebAuthn) enables strong authentication with public key cryptography. Allowing passwordless authentication and/or secure second-factor authentication within the browser. WebAuthn is resistant to fishing phishing, data breaches, and password attacks.

*Chapters*
00:00 Introduction
00:46 What is WebAuthn?
01:36 The Benefits of Using WebAuthn
02:41 The WebAuthn API
02:59 What is a Ceremony?
03:20 The Registration Ceremony
06:11 The Authentication Ceremony
07:38 Using Auth0 for Passwordless Authentication
08:10 Closing

You can also follow our WebAuthn Developer Labs with any of our client application code samples.

WebAuthn with FIDO Security Keys Lab:

WebAuthn with Biometrics Lab:

Client Code Samples:

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[Pinefenario]

Good explanation. It’s about time websites start implementing webauthn imho.

[agilanrajarathinam]

Thanks for the explanation and I have doubts while use webauthn.
1. In smartphone(android) device where the private key are stored can I able to view.
2. Why Bluetooth connection is needed while scanning the QR code to login (authenticate)

[conradtwonine]

interesting, any actual code implementation that you can demonstrate?

[ox]

Not sure if you get this message, very good video. I have been trying trying to build a web auth that uses yubikeys, for a weeks for university project. Could you help in anyway please, as I am really stuck. 😢

[dasfahrer]

Solve the key storage limitation (and inability to store keys at all) and it will be useful. Until then, it's just not going to be viable, long-term solution.

[SIGSEGV]

yeah this dude definitely watch naruto