diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5f2a07e..d297a86 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-service",
  "actix-utils",
  "ahash 0.8.6",
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.21.5",
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "brotli",
  "bytes",
@@ -81,6 +81,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "zstd",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "actix-identity"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1478456bca71c7b04411da1afb0c506e16dec6863815207693b791247511027f"
+dependencies = [
+ "actix-service",
+ "actix-session",
+ "actix-utils",
+ "actix-web",
+ "derive_more",
+ "futures-core",
+ "serde",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "actix-macros"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -142,6 +158,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "actix-session"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b671404ec72194d8af58c2bdaf51e3c477a0595056bd5010148405870dda8df2"
+dependencies = [
+ "actix-service",
+ "actix-utils",
+ "actix-web",
+ "anyhow",
+ "derive_more",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "actix-utils"
 version = "3.0.1"
@@ -219,6 +251,41 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aead"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d122413f284cf2d62fb1b7db97e02edb8cda96d769b16e443a4f6195e35662b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "crypto-common",
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "aes"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac1f845298e95f983ff1944b728ae08b8cebab80d684f0a832ed0fc74dfa27e2"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cipher",
+ "cpufeatures",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "aes-gcm"
+version = "0.10.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "831010a0f742e1209b3bcea8fab6a8e149051ba6099432c8cb2cc117dec3ead1"
+dependencies = [
+ "aead",
+ "aes",
+ "cipher",
+ "ctr",
+ "ghash",
+ "subtle",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
 version = "0.7.7"
@@ -356,6 +423,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-demangle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ea22880d78093b0cbe17c89f64a7d457941e65759157ec6cb31a31d652b05e5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.21.5"
@@ -547,6 +620,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "half",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cipher"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "773f3b9af64447d2ce9850330c473515014aa235e6a783b02db81ff39e4a3dad"
+dependencies = [
+ "crypto-common",
+ "inout",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "collection_literals"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -618,7 +701,14 @@ version = "0.16.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e859cd57d0710d9e06c381b550c06e76992472a8c6d527aecd2fc673dcc231fb"
 dependencies = [
+ "aes-gcm",
+ "base64 0.20.0",
+ "hkdf",
+ "hmac",
  "percent-encoding",
+ "rand",
+ "sha2",
+ "subtle",
  "time",
  "version_check",
 ]
@@ -664,9 +754,19 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
 dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
+ "rand_core",
  "typenum",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ctr"
+version = "0.9.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0369ee1ad671834580515889b80f2ea915f23b8be8d0daa4bbaf2ac5c7590835"
+dependencies = [
+ "cipher",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
 version = "0.14.4"
@@ -778,6 +878,7 @@ checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
 dependencies = [
  "block-buffer",
  "crypto-common",
+ "subtle",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -971,6 +1072,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ghash"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d930750de5717d2dd0b8c0d42c076c0e884c81a73e6cab859bbd2339c71e3e40"
+dependencies = [
+ "opaque-debug",
+ "polyval",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.28.1"
@@ -1060,6 +1171,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "allocator-api2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hkdf"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b5f8eb2ad728638ea2c7d47a21db23b7b58a72ed6a38256b8a1849f15fbbdf7"
+dependencies = [
+ "hmac",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hmac"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c49c37c09c17a53d937dfbb742eb3a961d65a994e6bcdcf37e7399d0cc8ab5e"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "html-escape"
 version = "0.2.13"
@@ -1184,6 +1313,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.14.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "inout"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a0c10553d664a4d0bcff9f4215d0aac67a639cc68ef660840afe309b807bc9f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "instant"
 version = "0.1.12"
@@ -1434,7 +1572,7 @@ version = "0.5.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "22207568e096ac153ba8da68635e3136c1ec614ea9012736fa861c05bfb2eeff"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.21.5",
  "cfg-if",
  "futures",
  "indexmap",
@@ -1514,6 +1652,7 @@ name = "libretunes"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-files",
+ "actix-identity",
  "actix-web",
  "cfg-if",
  "console_error_panic_hook",
@@ -1680,6 +1819,12 @@ version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "opaque-debug"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "624a8340c38c1b80fd549087862da4ba43e08858af025b236e509b6649fc13d5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
 version = "0.10.63"
@@ -1803,6 +1948,18 @@ version = "0.3.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "69d3587f8a9e599cc7ec2c00e331f71c4e69a5f9a4b8a6efd5b07466b9736f9a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "polyval"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d52cff9d1d4dee5fe6d03729099f4a310a41179e0a10dbf542039873f2e826fb"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "opaque-debug",
+ "universal-hash",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "powerfmt"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -2042,7 +2199,7 @@ version = "0.11.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "37b1ae8d9ac08420c66222fb9096fc5de435c3c48542bc5336c51892cffafb41"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.21.5",
  "bytes",
  "encoding_rs",
  "futures-core",
@@ -2318,6 +2475,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha2"
+version = "0.10.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "793db75ad2bcafc3ffa7c68b215fee268f537982cd901d132f89c6343f3a3dc8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -2374,6 +2542,12 @@ version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "subtle"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81cdd64d312baedb58e21336b31bc043b77e01cc99033ce76ef539f78e965ebc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.109"
@@ -2651,6 +2825,16 @@ version = "0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f962df74c8c05a667b5ee8bcf162993134c104e96440b663c8daa176dc772d8c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "universal-hash"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fc1de2c688dc15305988b563c3854064043356019f97a4b46276fe734c4f07ea"
+dependencies = [
+ "crypto-common",
+ "subtle",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.5.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5952557..fb58d19 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ diesel = { version = "2.1.4", features = ["postgres", "r2d2"], optional = true }
 lazy_static = { version = "1.4.0", optional = true }
 serde = { versions = "1.0.195", features = ["derive"] }
 openssl = { version = "0.10.63", optional = true }
+actix-identity = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
 
 [features]
 csr = ["leptos/csr", "leptos_meta/csr", "leptos_router/csr"]
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ ssr = [
   "diesel",
   "lazy_static",
   "openssl",
+  "actix-identity",
 ]
 
 # Defines a size-optimized profile for the WASM bundle in release mode