A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7519
Title: JSON Web Token (JWT) Author: M. Jones, J. Bradley, N. Sakimura Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: May 2015 Mailbox: m...@microsoft.com, ve7...@ve7jtb.com, n-sakim...@nri.co.jp Pages: 30 Characters: 63039 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-oauth-json-web-token-32.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7519 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7519 JSON Web Token (JWT) is a compact, URL-safe means of representing claims to be transferred between two parties. The claims in a JWT are encoded as a JSON object that is used as the payload of a JSON Web Signature (JWS) structure or as the plaintext of a JSON Web Encryption (JWE) structure, enabling the claims to be digitally signed or integrity protected with a Message Authentication Code (MAC) and/or encrypted. This document is a product of the Web Authorization Protocol Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Official Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC