HttpSig: a new Authentication Mechanism for WebID, DIDs and Verifiable Credentials

Hi,

   I have recently been awarded a grant from the EU to work on a
project Solid-Control [1] which has allowed me to focus again
on developing the work we started here many years ago.

I am just developing a simple protocol built on the IETF
”Signing HTTP messages” to integrate it with work from Web
Credentials, DIDs and WebIDs.

Here is the current version

https://github.com/bblfish/authentication-panel/blob/HttpSig/HttpSignature.md

I had implemented something similar 5 years ago on the client and server.
Of course things have evolved in the meantime.

Feedback is welcome,

Henry Story

[1] https://nlnet.nl/project/SolidControl/


Henry Story

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