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by 0x006A 365 days ago
why was CBOR used for WebAuthn and was that a good idea?
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qcnguy 365 days ago
Because given the same input data structure every correct implementation generates exactly the same byte sequence, so it's useful for signing. This isn't true of many other data formats, including JSON and protocol buffers.
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