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by olehif 384 days ago
API keys are symmetrical, so every client needs a unique one. Singing allows the server to have only one certificate for all clients (webhook receivers). More convenient.
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But the server has no problem storing a unique webhook address for each client.

I suppose you can just add a bearer token into the address, if you need that. A different address per association, containing a bearer token, with HTTPS, provides the same security as if the bearer token was sent in a separate header.

Webhooks basically never implement asymmetric signing. If you survey the industry 99% of the time if it’s signed, it’s hmac.
if the server can carry a tune that is