Update to version 04 of Signing HTTP Messages

[bblfish]

A new version of the spec came out last week Signing HTTP Messages v.02. It comes with a Diff from the previous version.

Btw. Since Authentication is not part of the IETF work, I have been working on how to integrate it back in to the Solid Project. Here is a very early spec which I worked from memory of a previous implementation. I was thinking of using your library to test out these ideas. Also: Is there a forum where people are discussing authentication with HTTP Sig?

[bblfish]

I have implemented RFC8941 on which the new Signing HTTP Messages depends, and then implemented Signing HTTP Messages on top of that.

Since Scala compiles to Java this could be taken out into its own project and just like Akka one could develop an API that allows Java developers to work nicely with it too. One could then also compile to JS and do the same there.

[ghilainm]

By the way there is now a version 06 which is out :). Do you plan to migrate to that one to?

[bblfish]

Ah, thanks for letting me know. I am just rewriting some libraries for Scala(-JS) 3 and then I can build a client version to go with the server one. So I want to do that this month, which will also get me to update the libraries. Contact me directly if you have a special need.

[bblfish]

I extracted the httpSig code I wrote earlier this year, to a new repository /bblfish/httpSig which already has 2 packages but I think it will contain a handful more so as to make the pieces re-useable.

[bblfish]

I now have the tests working for Signing Http Messages 07 having implemented most of it.
The implementation is available in the httpSig repo.
Currently it works with JVM based Akka.
I going to try to get it to work for http4s next so I can use it in the the browser with JS - and it could also be made to work on nodejs.

My EU finding is coming to an end, so if anyone has real needs for other implementations this is the best time to contact me.

[robelcik]

Hello.
Here is a Java version, currently implementing draft 11. Enjoy, 😃
https://github.com/Visma-AutoPay/http-signatures