Keys Lighthouse

Describes the properties available in a json web key set (jwks). Each property in the key is defined by the jwk specification rfc 7517 section 4 or, for algorithm-specific properties, in rfc 7518. Aug 15, 2025if you want a quick, standards-compliant way to create jwks or convert existing pem keys into jwk format, try the authgear jwk generator — it outputs rsa/ec key pairs and can.

Sep 14, 2021rsa provides a key id for key matching purposes. Feb 29, 2024key identifier (“kid”): This is the unique identifier for a key.

It aids in key matching and retrieval within a jwks. Rfc 7517 json web key (jwk) may 2015 4.1. "kty" (key type) parameter the "kty" (key type) parameter identifies the cryptographic algorithm

In the case of hosted login, these web keys are used to verify the signature on json web tokens. As a general rule, you don’t have to worry much about you json web keys: A json web key set (jwks) is a json object for transmitting and validating cryptographic keys, particularly public keys, in web-based applications.

It contains an array of json web keys (jwk). This method allows applications to derive a stable jwk from an application secret (for example, secret_key in a web framework), while still producing valid cryptographic keys for use in jws/jwe. The json web key set (jwks) endpoint is a read-only endpoint that returns the identity server's public key set in the jwks format.

This contains the signing key (s) that the relying party (rp) uses. Dec 9, 2024at the time the example was about a jwt that was signed using a symmetric key (hmac - hash-based message authentication code), which can be used for both encoding and decoding.