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From: Devorah
Subject: Certificate format
Date: 7 Cheshvan 5782


JWT.

JSON Web Token. A signed JSON payload. Simple structure:

1. Header (algorithm, type) 2. Payload (claims) 3. Signature

Standard claims exist for issuer, subject, expiration. Custom claims for policy, policy data. Libraries in every language. Widely deployed.

My parser can validate a JWT in twenty lines. X.509 requires a library the size of this entire project.


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