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> May be worth mentioning--JWTs are not part of the OAuth /OIDC standard. JWTs are a part of the OIDC standard; from the standard itself[1], > The primary ext
by deathanatos 6y ago
> May be worth mentioning--JWTs are not part of the OAuth /OIDC standard.
JWTs are a part of the OIDC standard; from the standard itself[1],
> The primary extension that OpenID Connect makes to OAuth 2.0 to enable End-Users to be Authenticated is the ID Token data structure. The ID Token is a security token that contains Claims about the Authentication of an End-User by an Authorization Server when using a Client, and potentially other requested Claims. The ID Token is represented as a JSON Web Token (JWT) [JWT].
But your comment sounds like you're conflating OAuth & OIDC. (It is true for OAuth that you're not required to use JWTs.)
[1]: https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html#IDToken https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html#IDToke...
- candiddevmike 6y agoMy bad, yes I meant only OAuth.
- user5994461 6y agoYou were correct though, JWT was not part of the OIDC standard. JWT was created separately and added retroactively later as the standard token format.