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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/robur-coop/webauthn
• Owner: robur-coop
• License: bsd-2-clause
• Created: 2021-10-06T12:02:00.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-04T06:15:44.000Z (2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-08T07:03:11.823Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: OCaml
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• Size: 75.2 KB
• Stars: 22
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGES.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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• awesome-webauthn - Robur: webauthn - An IO-agnostic WebAuthn server implementation written in OCaml. (Server Libraries)

README

        
## WebAuthn - authenticating users to services using public key cryptography

WebAuthn is a web standard published by the W3C. Its goal is to

standardize an interface for authenticating users to web-based

applications and services using public key cryptography. Modern web

browsers support WebAuthn functionality.

WebAuthn provides two functions: register and authenticate. Usually the

public-private keypair is stored on an external device, called a security key

(Yubikey, Trustkey etc.) or inside a platform(OS) authenticator. Platform

authenticators are available on all modern platforms, such as Windows, Mac,

Android and iOS. After the public key is registered, it can

be used to authenticate to the same service.

This module does not preserve a database of registered public keys, their

credential ID, usernames and pending challenges - instead this data must

be stored by a client of this API in a database or other persistent

storage.

[WebAuthn specification at W3C](https://w3c.github.io/webauthn/)

A basic demonstration server is provided (`bin/webauthn_demo`),

running at [webauthn-demo.robur.coop](https://webauthn-demo.robur.coop).

## Documentation

[API documentation](https://robur-coop.github.io/webauthn/doc) is available online.

## Installation

`opam install webauthn` will install this library.