ES256

cryptographysecurity

Stands for: ECDSA signature with SHA-256 (JWA identifier)

A JWT signing algorithm: ECDSA with SHA-256.

ES256 is a JSON Web Algorithm identifier (RFC 7518) for an ECDSA signature over the P-256 curve using SHA-256. It offers the same security as RS256 with much smaller keys and signatures.

Also known as: es256

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