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Deleted text saying "alg":"none" can be acceptable when transmitting JWTs over TLS
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draft-ietf-oauth-rfc8725bis.md

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and existing algorithms are deprecated due to discovered cryptographic weaknesses.
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Applications MUST therefore be designed to enable cryptographic agility.
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That said, if a JWT is cryptographically protected end-to-end by a
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transport layer, such as TLS
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using cryptographically current algorithms, there may be no need to apply another layer of
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cryptographic protections to the JWT.
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In such cases, the use of the "none" algorithm can be perfectly acceptable.
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The "none" algorithm should only be used when the JWT is cryptographically protected by other means.
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JWTs using "none" are often used in application contexts in which the content is optionally signed.
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The URL-safe claims representation and processing in this context can be the same in both

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