Secure Javascript Object Notation (SecJSON) Enabling granular confidentiality and integrity of JSON documents

Currently, web and mobile-based systems exchange information with other services, mostly through APIs that extend the functionality and enable multipart interoperable information exchange. Most of this is accomplished through the usage of RESTful APIs and data exchange that is conducted using JSON o...

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Published in:ICITST : 2016 11th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions pp. 329 - 334
Main Authors: Santos, Tiago, Serrao, Carlos
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: Infonomics Society 01.12.2016
IEEE
Subjects:
API
Confidentiality
Cryptography
Encoding
HTTPS
Instant messaging
Integrity
JSON
Protocols
Security
SSL/TLS
World Wide Web
XML
ISBN:1908320737, 9781908320735
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Summary:Currently, web and mobile-based systems exchange information with other services, mostly through APIs that extend the functionality and enable multipart interoperable information exchange. Most of this is accomplished through the usage of RESTful APIs and data exchange that is conducted using JSON over the HTTP or HTTPS protocol. In the case of the exchange requires some specific security requirements, SSL/TLS protocol is used to create a secure authenticated channel between the two communication end-points. This is a scenario where all the content of the channels is encrypted and is useful if the sender and the receptor are the only communicating parties, however this may not be the case. The authors of this paper, present a granular mechanism for selectively offering confidentiality and integrity to JSON documents, through the usage of public-key cryptography, based on the mechanisms that have been used also to provide XML security. The paper presents the proposal of the syntax for the SecJSON mechanism and an implementation that was created to offer developers the possibility to offer this security mechanism into their own services and applications.
ISBN:1908320737
9781908320735
DOI:10.1109/ICITST.2016.7856724