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RFC 7515
Title: JSON Web Signature (JWS)
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: 59
Characters: 131110
Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None
I-D Tag: draft-ietf-jose-json-web-signature-41.txt
URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7515
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7515
JSON Web Signature (JWS) represents content secured with digital
signatures or Message Authentication Codes (MACs) using JSON-based
data structures. Cryptographic algorithms and identifiers for use
with this specification are described in the separate JSON Web
Algorithms (JWA) specification and an IANA registry defined by that
specification. Related encryption capabilities are described in the
separate JSON Web Encryption (JWE) specification.
This document is a product of the Javascript Object Signing and Encryption
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
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