if err != nil {
		b.Fatal(err)
	}

	b.ResetTimer()
	b.ReportAllocs()
	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
		for pb.Next() {
			err = xjwt.ParseWithStandardClaims(token, xjwt.NewStandardClaims(), []byte(creds.SecretKey))
			if err != nil {
				b.Fatal(err)
			}
		}
	})
}

func BenchmarkParseJWTMapClaims(b *testing.B) {
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(b.Context())

	errMalformedAuth      = errors.New("Malformed authentication input")
)

func authenticateNode(accessKey, secretKey string) (string, error) {
	claims := xjwt.NewStandardClaims()
	claims.SetExpiry(UTCNow().Add(defaultInterNodeJWTExpiry))
	claims.SetAccessKey(accessKey)

	jwt := jwtgo.NewWithClaims(jwtgo.SigningMethodHS512, claims)
	return jwt.SignedString([]byte(secretKey))
}