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by abritinthebay 3126 days ago
That’s only true of JWT if you allow your server to accept all algorithms.

You don’t actually have to.

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Correct, your token authority should specify which algorithms are valid, and your clients should self configure via a secure back channel to only accept the algorithms your token authority issues.
Exactly! JWT is a much misunderstood system it seems. Though it doesn’t exactly help itself by being quite complex