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I need to

  • encrypt JSON payload (not just sign)
  • not share private key
  • verify the payload is generated with the shared public key and RSA fitting all of these.

As I've only made auth with JWT so far, I'm not sure. If I use RSA, I guess I have to put the encrypted text in the body.

Do you think it can be used? Any other suggestions?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds like you’re proposing WebAuthn which already exists. Keep in mind that there are attacks against RSA with PKCS1 padding. I’d use a more secure cryptographic primitive than RSA (I.e. elliptic curves) - there’s a reason cryptographic experts don’t look towards RSA these days.