Authentication inafanyaje kazi katika Laravel?

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Laravel hutoa mfumo kamili na salama wa **authentication** ukiwa tayari nje ya boksi — ukishughulikia login, registration, password hashing, sessions, na ulinzi wa routes. Hutoa starter kits zilizotengenezwa tayari kwa programu za wavuti na auth inayotegemea token (Sanctum/Passport) kwa APIs, ili usijenge mwenyewe utendaji huu muhimu kwa usalama.

## Misingi (sessions, hashing, auth helpers)

```php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;

// attempt login — verifies credentials, establishes a session
if (Auth::attempt(['email' => $email, 'password' => $password])) {
    // logged in — Auth::user() now available everywhere
}
Auth::logout();
Auth::user();        // the authenticated user (or null)
Auth::check();        // is someone logged in?
Auth::id();           // the user's id

// passwords are HASHED automatically (bcrypt) — never plaintext
$user->password = Hash::make($plainPassword);
Hash::check($plain, $user->password);   // verify
```

Laravel hushughulikia **password hashing salama** (bcrypt/argon2 — kamwe si plaintext) na usimamizi wa session kiotomatiki. `Auth::attempt` huthibitisha credentials na ku-login mtumiaji.

## Kulinda routes

```php
Route::get('/dashboard', ...)->middleware('auth');   // require login (the auth middleware)

// in Blade
@auth ... @endauth         // content for logged-in users
@guest ... @endguest       // content for visitors
```

**`auth` middleware** hulinda routes (ku-redirect/401 ikiwa hujaingia) — njia ya kawaida ya kuhitaji authentication.

## Starter kits na API authentication

```text
Starter kits (Breeze, Jetstream) → scaffold complete login/registration/password-reset
  UI and logic instantly — don't build auth screens by hand.

API authentication:
  ✓ Sanctum → simple token-based auth for SPAs, mobile apps, simple API tokens (common)
  ✓ Passport → full OAuth2 server for complex API auth scenarios
```

Kwa APIs, **Sanctum** (token auth nyepesi) au **Passport** (OAuth2 kamili) hutoa na kuthibitisha tokens — kulinda API routes kwa `auth:sanctum` middleware.

## Kwa nini ni muhimu

Authentication ni muhimu na **muhimu kwa usalama** — karibu kila programu halisi huhitaji akaunti za watumiaji na login, na authentication ni mojawapo ya vitu vyenye makosa mengi na hatari zaidi kutekeleza vibaya (passwords za plaintext, hashing dhaifu, udhaifu wa session husababisha uvunjaji mkubwa).

Mfumo wa authentication wa ndani wa Laravel ni faida kubwa kwa sababu huushughulikia kwa usahihi na usalama ukiwa tayari nje ya boksi: **password hashing salama** (bcrypt/argon2, kamwe si plaintext — inayoshughulikiwa kiotomatiki), usimamizi wa session, na `Auth` helpers rahisi na **`auth` middleware** kwa kulinda routes.

Kuelewa jinsi ya kuthibitisha watumiaji, kulinda routes, na kufikia mtumiaji wa sasa ni msingi kwa kujenga programu zenye akaunti.

Muhimu kwa usawa ni kujua vyombo vya ekolojia: **starter kits** (Breeze, Jetstream) hutengeneza scaffold ya utendaji kamili na salama wa login/registration/password-reset papo hapo (ili usijenge kwa mkono auth screens zenye makosa mengi), na kwa APIs, **Sanctum** (token auth rahisi kwa SPAs/mobile) au **Passport** (OAuth2 kamili) hutoa authentication salama inayotegemea token.

Kwa kuwa authentication imeenea na ni chanzo cha mara kwa mara cha makosa hatari ya usalama inapotengenezwa kwa mkono, kuelewa mfumo imara, salama, na uliojaa vipengele wa auth wa Laravel — misingi, ulinzi wa routes, starter kits, na chaguzi za API auth — ni maarifa muhimu yanayokuruhusu kujenga programu salama zinazoelekea kwa watumiaji bila kuvumbua upya (na kuhatarisha) utendaji huu muhimu, faida muhimu ya kutumia framework iliyokomaa kama Laravel.