JSON Web Signature (JWS)

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 59
Abstract: 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.
Publication Date: 2015-05-01
Status Note: Proposed Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC7515
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7515
Author(s): Michael B. Jones
John Bradley
Nat Sakimura
Keyword(s): JSON, JOSE, JWS, JWE, JWK, JWA

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Normative Reference(s)

ECMA.262.201106 — ECMA262 EXTERNAL
The Unicode Consortium, "The Unicode Standard", < http://www.unicode.org/versions/latest/ >. EXTERNAL
IANA, "Media Types", < http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types >. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 20 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2045 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2046 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2818 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3629 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3986 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 4648 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4945 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4949 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5246 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 5280 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 6125 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 6176 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7159 [Superseded*]
RFC7517 — JWK EXTERNAL
RFC7518 — JWA EXTERNAL
T-REC-X.690.2008 — X.690 EXTERNAL

Bibliographic Reference(s)

IETF.draft-panzer-magicsig-01 — MagicSignatures EXTERNAL
NIST FIPS 180-4 [Active]
Facebook, "Canvas Applications", < http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/ canvas >. EXTERNAL
Bradley, J. and N. Sakimura, Ed., "JSON Simple Sign", September 2010, < http://jsonenc.info/jss/1.0/ >. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2104 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 3447 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4086 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4122 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 5226 [Superseded*]
RFC6211 — RFC6211 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 6838 [Active*]
RFC7516 — JWE EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 7519 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7525 [Superseded*]
W3C.NOTE-xmldsig-bestpractices.20130411 — W3C.NOTE-xmldsig-bestpractices-20130411 EXTERNAL
W3C.NOTE-xmldsig-core2.20130411 — W3C.NOTE-xmldsig-core2-20130411 EXTERNAL

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SMPTE ST 2138: A Standardized Approach to Control [Active]
IETF draft-ietf-core-object-security-08 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7519 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7951 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8152 [Superseded*]
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