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[OAUTH-WG] More Criticism of JOSE

Mike Schwartz <mike@gluu.org> Wed, 15 March 2017 15:43 UTC

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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 10:43:06 -0500
From: Mike Schwartz <mike@gluu.org>
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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but here's a negative review of 
JOSE:

JOSE (Javascript Object Signing and Encryption) is a Bad Standard That 
Everyone Should Avoid
  
https://paragonie.com/blog/2017/03/jwt-json-web-tokens-is-bad-standard-that-everyone-should-avoid

- Mike

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