If they don't affect JOSE, then they shouldn't be in the base spec. --Richard
On Thursday, May 30, 2013, Anthony Nadalin wrote: > I agree that they are fine as-is. We can and should be clearer that > these fields don’t effect the JOSE processing but are application fields.* > *** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> [mailto:[email protected]<javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', '[email protected]');>] > *On Behalf Of *Richer, Justin P. > *Sent:* Thursday, May 30, 2013 8:31 AM > *To:* Mike Jones > *Cc:* Jim Schaad; [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [jose] Should we delete the "typ" header field**** > > ** ** > > I think that the two fields are fine as they're currently defined, as Mike > describes below. They're hanging points for information that other > applications of the JOSE stack can use to switch functionality out, and as > such they should be well-defined and optional to allow general libraries > and applications to do their jobs. **** > > ** ** > > -- Justin**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On May 29, 2013, at 7:51 PM, Mike Jones <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > > > **** > > “typ” declares what the type of THIS OBJECT is.**** > > “cty” declares what the type of THE PAYLOAD or THE PLAINTEXT is.**** > > **** > > They’re different.**** > > **** > > In the JWT case, a JWT Claims Set (the normal JWT Payload), which is a > JSON Object containing Claims, is a completely different data structure > from a JWT, which is a dot-separated list of base64url encoded fields. The > “cty” represents the former; the “typ” represents the latter.**** > > **** > > -- Mike*** > * > > **** > > *From:* Jim Schaad [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 29, 2013 4:43 PM > *To:* Mike Jones; [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [jose] Should we delete the "typ" header field**** > > **** > > Can you justify why the JWT spec shou > >
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