And they've published updates[0] and libraries have hardened their defaults and removed support for insecure values (e.g. alg='none'). I'm not sure what more you want?

I'd rather use a refined, battle-tested standard with lots of eyes on it than some new untested contender produced by a handful of upstarts ("look, we just designed it right from the beginning! This time it's perfect!") PASETO reeks of second-system syndrome.

[0] https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8725/

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tptacek 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't recommend PASETO either.

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doc_ick 2 hours ago | parent [-]

What do you recommend then? What technology has been designed, completed, then used for years without any updates or problems?

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