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# HTTP signatures
- URL: https://werd.io/digital-signatures/
- Published: 2013-05-06T18:51:52.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-12T11:00:36.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: Software development, #ben-684a32da145d7d001be71dae, Web, authentication, http, httpid, idno, oauth, signed http requests, signing, #Migrated-1749693130536, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-06-11 21:52

It looks like I'm not the only person who [likes the idea of signed HTTP requests as an authentication method](https://werd.io/the-progressive-profitable-web/).

[Joyent and Digital Bazaar have co-written an Internet draft](https://payswarm.com/specs/ED/http-signatures/2013-05-04/) for [cryptographically signed HTTP requests](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-cavage-http-signatures-00):

> Several web service providers have invented their own schemes for signing HTTP requests, but to date, none have been placed in the public domain as a standard. This document serves that purpose. There are no techniques in this proposal that are novel beyond previous art, however, this aims to be a simple mechanism for signing these requests.

Signed HTTP requests are also a key feature of something I've been working on. It's great to see the idea pick up momentum.