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Support for jkt (JSON Web Key (JWK) Thumbprint)

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cryptography

Research direction

Start by reading RFC 7638 and tracing the existing JWK-related code in the jose stack, since the issue names no files or tests. Done means the library supports the RFC's JWK thumbprint operation, with behavior suitable for comparing JWKs and the DPoP requirement described in the issue.

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Description

enhancement

RFC 7638 specifies JSON Web Key (JWK) Thumbprint in jose stack. It specifies a method for computing a hash value over a jwk. It will e useful for comparing two different jwks. It is also mandated y dpop standard.

Dominant language
Rust
Stars
70
Forks
43
Avg merge
2d 12h
Merged PRs (30d)
2

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