The Simplicity and Future of Self-Signed JWTs for Authentication
By
danscan
10mo ago· 3 min readenOpinion
75/100
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Summary
The article discusses the ease of generating self-signed JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) and JWK keypairs for authentication, highlighting the simplicity of the process without the need for traditional API key registration. It critiques the normalization of such practices and suggests self-signed JWTs as the future of authentication.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledMaking your own API key
Let me show you something… Did you know generating a JWK is stupidly easy?
Your JWK keypair is now effectively your own self-issued API key.
Self-signed JWTs are the future of auth.
Self-signed JWTs are the future of auth.
