What is Amazon Cognito and what two main components does it provide for application authentication?

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What is Amazon Cognito and what two main components does it provide for application authentication?

Key points

  • Amazon Cognito offers User Pools for authentication and Identity Pools for authorization
  • User Pools handle sign-up, sign-in, MFA, and token issuance
  • Identity Pools allow exchanging tokens for temporary AWS credentials
  • Both components are crucial for secure application authentication

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