[jose] Key Identifier

Hannes Tschofenig <Hannes.Tschofenig@gmx.net> Mon, 26 November 2012 11:15 UTC

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Hi all, 

In Appendix A.1 of the JWS document there is an example with an HMAC SHA-256 keyed message digest.

I would have assumed that the header contains the key id so that the receipient can actually verify it.

Ciao
Hannes