JWKS | JWK is a JSON representation of cryptographic keys widely used in the context of JWT. A set of such keys is known as JWKS, a JSON Web Key Set. JWKS is also the format used by the gateway to configure verification of access tokens. When a JSON Web Key Set provider is configured to be used in a mapping, the keys in the set will be consulted when trying to verify a JWS or when decrypting a JWE. Since there are potentially multiple JWKS and multiple keys per key set, reducing the number of processed keys by filtering is recommended. By doing so, only a selection of keys is processed for the verification or decryption of the given token instead of all available keys.
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JWT | JSON Web Token (JWT) is an open standard. The (IETF) RFC 7519 - JSON Web Token (JWT) standard defines a compact and self-contained way of securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object.
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