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Re: [Unbearable] JWS

Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi> Sun, 26 July 2015 19:37 UTC

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On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 11:59:38AM -0700, Phil Hunt wrote:
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> I think the use of JWS here is not introducing any new risks
> that we aren't already exposed to. 

JWS can represent inconsistent algorithms, the present format can not.

And there have been multiple very serious JWS library security
bugs due to inconsistent algorithms.



-Ilari

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