Analysis of the JSON Web Certificate Proposal

Advances in Information, Electronic and Electrical Engineering - Proceedings of the 12th IEEE Workshop, AIEEE 2025 2025
Giacomo Leopizzi, Andrejs Romānovs

JSON Web Certificate (JWC) provides a URL-safe mechanism for binding a public key to an entity (such as an individual, organization, or device) through issuance by a trusted party. The certificate can contain claims similar to a JSON Web Token (JWT). The public key is encoded using the JSON Web Key (JWK) format. JWC leverages concepts from JSON Web Signature (JWS), ensuring the integrity and authenticity of the contained information. The paper explores JWC’s structure, use cases and its revocation mechanism.

Keywords
certificate , JSON , integrity , authentication , signature verification , encryption , JWT , JWK , JWS
DOI
10.1109/AIEEE66149.2025.11050881
Hyperlink
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11050881

Leopizzi, G., Romānovs, A. Analysis of the JSON Web Certificate Proposal. In: Advances in Information, Electronic and Electrical Engineering - Proceedings of the 12th IEEE Workshop, AIEEE 2025, Lithuania, Viļņa, 15-17 May, 2025. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2025, pp.1-5. e-ISBN 978-1-6654-9688-9. Available from: doi:10.1109/AIEEE66149.2025.11050881

Publication language
English (en)