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Jan. 31, 2024, 4:57 p.m. |

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Macaroons Escalated Quickly


Thomas Ptacek's follow-up on Macaroon tokens, based on a two year project to implement them at Fly.io. The way they let end users calculate new signed tokens with additional limitations applied to them ("caveats" in Macaroon terminology) is fascinating, and allows for some very creative solutions.


Via Hacker News

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