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By generating and validating request signatures rather then creating and parsing JWT tokens. This makes it harder to spoof request even if internal signature is captured, as it allows only to call a given URI with a given timestamp validity. This was not the case for JWT token.
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Jun 13, 2025
| return Base64.getEncoder() | ||
| .encodeToString(hashing.newHasher() | ||
| .putUnencodedChars(nodeId) | ||
| .putUnencodedChars(uri.toString()) |
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I'm not sure the full URI is maintained perfectly across the HTTP protocol. I'd think about using just the path and maybe the query string.
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By generating and validating request signatures rather then creating and parsing JWT tokens.
This makes it harder to spoof request even if internal signature is captured, as it allows only to call a given URI with a given timestamp validity. This was not the case for JWT token.
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