Expiry (exp)
The field declaring when a token should stop being valid.
Learn it through a story
- The Token That Knew Too Much (Cybersecurity for Juniors 3, Ch 6)
Related terms
- Evil twin network A fake wifi hotspot built to look like a trusted one.
- Excessive agency An AI agent having more permission or capability than its task actually requires.
- Excessive data exposure An API returning more fields than the client actually needs, relying on the client to filter.
- False positive An alert that looks suspicious automatically but turns out to be harmless.
- Finding chain Combining several smaller weaknesses into one larger, more serious exploit path.
- Firmware The built-in software that runs a device, updated by the manufacturer to fix bugs and flaws.