Re: [OAUTH-WG] Plaintext JWT bug

2013-08-01 Thread Richard Barnes
that’s an > application bug – not a spec bug. > > ** ** > > -- Mike > > ** ** > > *From:* Richard Barnes [mailto:r...@ipv.sx] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 01, 2013 5:24 AM > *To:* Mike Jones > *Cc:* oauth@ietf.

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Plaintext JWT bug

2013-08-01 Thread Mike Jones
-- Mike From: oauth-boun...@ietf.org<mailto:oauth-boun...@ietf.org> [mailto:oauth-boun...@ietf.org<mailto:oauth-boun...@ietf.org>] On Behalf Of Richard Barnes Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 5:08 AM To: oauth@ietf.org<mailto:oa

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Plaintext JWT bug

2013-08-01 Thread Richard Barnes
-- Mike > > ** ** > > *From:* oauth-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:oauth-boun...@ietf.org] *On Behalf > Of *Richard Barnes > *Sent:* Thursday, August 01, 2013 5:08 AM > *To:* oauth@ietf.org WG > *Subject:* [OAUTH-WG] Plaint

Re: [OAUTH-WG] Plaintext JWT bug

2013-08-01 Thread Mike Jones
elling reason to change it at this point. -- Mike From: oauth-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:oauth-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Richard Barnes Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 5:08 AM To: oauth@ietf.org WG Subject: [OAUTH-WG] Plaintext JWT bug It has come to my attention that JWT is using "a

[OAUTH-WG] Plaintext JWT bug

2013-08-01 Thread Richard Barnes
It has come to my attention that JWT is using "alg":"none" to create "Plaintext JWTs". Some of us in JOSE believe that this "alg" value should be removed, because of a risk of downgrade attacks. In order to do that, a suggested revision to JWT is below. To summarize: -- Plaintext JWTs are not JW