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Jetty 12 - Investigate how to handle HTTP Message Signatures

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#9,209 opened on Jan 25, 2023

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Description

Jetty version(s) Jetty 12

Description HTTP Request/Message Signatures is becoming popular in some contexts. (eg: OAuth) We should either support it, or at least document how to support it.

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Research direction
Study the HTTP Message Signatures draft and evaluate how to integrate support into Jetty's request handling pipeline.
Tech stack
java
Domain
backendsecurityapi
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Research
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3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
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JavaGitHTTP
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45