From cb213bacaf01b43cff4c9c9199bd68242db2f240 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Banse Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:43:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Include https://github.com/golang-jwt/jwe in README --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f5d551ca..91c71d87 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ A token is simply a JSON object that is signed by its author. this tells you exa * The author of the token was in the possession of the signing secret * The data has not been modified since it was signed -It's important to know that JWT does not provide encryption, which means anyone who has access to the token can read its contents. If you need to protect (encrypt) the data, there is a companion spec, `JWE`, that provides this functionality. JWE is currently outside the scope of this library. +It's important to know that JWT does not provide encryption, which means anyone who has access to the token can read its contents. If you need to protect (encrypt) the data, there is a companion spec, `JWE`, that provides this functionality. The companion project https://github.com/golang-jwt/jwe aims at a (very) experimental implementation of the JWE standard. ### Choosing a Signing Method