What is the difference between JSON Web Signature (JWS) and JSON Web Token (JWT)?
问题 I've been coding a RESTful service in Java. This is what I've understood till now (correct me if i'm wrong): Token authorization is done using JSON Web Tokens (JWT) which have three parts: the header, the payload, and the secret (shared between the client and the server). I understood this concept and stumbled over JSON Web Signature (JWS) while reading about JWT. JWS also is an encoded entity similar to JWT having a header, payload, and a shared secret. Question: What is the difference