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Can I get a simple explanation? Who is this person? What is JOSE? What is COSE? What is JWS? What is JWT? Does "crypto" here stand for "cryptography" or "crypto
by mlindner 5y ago
Can I get a simple explanation? Who is this person? What is JOSE? What is COSE? What is JWS? What is JWT? Does "crypto" here stand for "cryptography" or "cryptocurrency"? Why is this person angry?
- cprecioso 5y agoIn inverse order: - Some people do not like/use the standards he co-wrote - Cryptography - JWT is a standard for giving someone a token for them to later do something on your service (and signing them so you can be sure the token's all right when it comes back to you) -- you get a demo at https://jwt.io/ https://jwt.io/ - JWS is the part of JWT that deals with encryption - COSE is further complications on top of JOSE to fix some of its footguns - JOSE is the framework for how to use JWT, JWS and related standards, which has some obvious footguns - shrug - Yes
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- drunkencoder 5y agoThanks. Learned a lot
- bobthepanda 5y agoI don't really know why this is downvoted. Not everyone on HN works in every space possibly posted here.