Skip to content

Commit 75c9a28

Browse files
authored
Merge pull request #440 from /issues/207-added-link-to-jwt-rfc
Fixes #207: Added link to JWT RFC
2 parents e77c375 + 97b51c4 commit 75c9a28

File tree

1 file changed

+1
-1
lines changed

1 file changed

+1
-1
lines changed

docs/specification/1.0.md

Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ The EHR’s authorization server is responsible for enforcing restrictions on th
606606

607607
The service agreement negotiated between the EHR vendor/provider and the CDS Service provider will include obligations the EHR vendor/provider commits to the CDS Service provider. Some agreements MAY include the use of mutual TLS, in which both ends of the channel are authenticated.
608608

609-
However, mutual TLS is impractical for many organizations, and because the EHR initiates the TLS channel set-up, only the CDS Service endpoint will be authenticated. To enable the CDS Service to authenticate the identity of the EHR, CDS Hooks uses digitally signed [JSON web tokens (JWT)](https://jwt.io/).
609+
However, mutual TLS is impractical for many organizations, and because the EHR initiates the TLS channel set-up, only the CDS Service endpoint will be authenticated. To enable the CDS Service to authenticate the identity of the EHR, CDS Hooks uses digitally signed [JSON web tokens (JWT)](https://jwt.io/) ([rfc7519](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519)).
610610

611611
Each time an EHR transmits a request to a CDS Service, the request MUST include an `Authorization` header presenting the JWT as a “Bearer” token:
612612
```

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)