JSON Web Token (JWT)

An open, industry standard (RFC 7519) method for representing claims securely between two parties.

Specifications:
* RFC7519: JSON Web Tokens
* RFC 7797: JSON Web Signature (JWS) Unencoded Payload Option
* RFC 8725: JSON Web Token Best Current Practices

jwt.io: allows you to decode, verify and generate JWT. List of JWT Libraries (website owned/operated by Auth0)

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Last modified 07 October 2024