From 7c3f6dc56316e5e222a9df9612ec04243189a989 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ashik Paul Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 07:51:28 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md (#382) --- README.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 964598a3..a1e7db4f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ implementation of [JSON Web Tokens](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7519). Starting with [v4.0.0](https://github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/releases/tag/v4.0.0) -this project adds Go module support, but maintains backwards compatibility with +this project adds Go module support, but maintains backward compatibility with older `v3.x.y` tags and upstream `github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go`. See the [`MIGRATION_GUIDE.md`](./MIGRATION_GUIDE.md) for more information. Version v5.0.0 introduces major improvements to the validation of tokens, but is not -entirely backwards compatible. +entirely backward compatible. > After the original author of the library suggested migrating the maintenance > of `jwt-go`, a dedicated team of open source maintainers decided to clone the @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ entirely backwards compatible. **SECURITY NOTICE:** Some older versions of Go have a security issue in the -crypto/elliptic. Recommendation is to upgrade to at least 1.15 See issue +crypto/elliptic. The recommendation is to upgrade to at least 1.15 See issue [dgrijalva/jwt-go#216](https://github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go/issues/216) for more detail. @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ detail. what you expect](https://auth0.com/blog/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries/). This library attempts to make it easy to do the right thing by requiring key -types match the expected alg, but you should take the extra step to verify it in +types to match the expected alg, but you should take the extra step to verify it in your usage. See the examples provided. ### Supported Go versions @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Our support of Go versions is aligned with Go's [version release policy](https://golang.org/doc/devel/release#policy). So we will support a major version of Go until there are two newer major releases. We no longer support building jwt-go with unsupported Go versions, as these contain security -vulnerabilities which will not be fixed. +vulnerabilities that will not be fixed. ## What the heck is a JWT? @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ notable differences: This library is considered production ready. Feedback and feature requests are appreciated. The API should be considered stable. There should be very few -backwards-incompatible changes outside of major version updates (and only with +backward-incompatible changes outside of major version updates (and only with good reason). This project uses [Semantic Versioning 2.0.0](http://semver.org). Accepted pull