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Paseto.NET, a Paseto (Platform-Agnostic Security Tokens) implementation for .NET

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Features

PASETO protocols

purposev1v2v3v4
local
public

PASERK extension

typesupport
lid
local
seal
local-wrap
local-pw
sid
public
pid
secret
secret-wrap
secret-pw

Installation

NuGet

Install the Paseto.Core NuGet package from the .NET CLI using:

dotnet add package Paseto.Core

or from the NuGet package manager:

Install-Package Paseto.Core

Usage

PASETO

The library exposes a Fluent API with several method overloads found in Use(), WithKey(), AddClaim(), AddFooter() and so on to provide the flexibility needed for encoding and decoding PASETO tokens and also for generating the required symmetric or asymmetric key pairs. However, you can use the Protocols and Handlers directly if you like.

Below are a couple of examples for the most common use cases:

Generating a crypto random Symmetric Key

var pasetoKey = new PasetoBuilder().Use(version, Purpose.Local)
                                   .GenerateSymmetricKey();

Generating an Asymmetric Key Pair

var pasetoKey = new PasetoBuilder().Use(version, Purpose.Public)
                                   .GenerateAsymmetricKeyPair(seed);

NOTE: A seed is not required for protocol v1.

Generating a Token

var token = new PasetoBuilder().Use(version, purpose)
                               .WithKey(key)
                               .AddClaim("data", "this is a secret message")
                               .Issuer("https://github.com/daviddesmet/paseto-dotnet")
                               .Subject(Guid.NewGuid().ToString())
                               .Audience("https://paseto.io")
                               .NotBefore(DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(5))
                               .IssuedAt(DateTime.UtcNow)
                               .Expiration(DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(1))
                               .TokenIdentifier("123456ABCD")
                               .AddFooter("arbitrary-string-that-isn't-json")
                               .Encode();

Decoding a Token

var result = new PasetoBuilder().Use(version, purpose)
                                .WithKey(key)
                                .Decode(token);

Or validate the token's payload while decoding (the header and signature is always validated):

var valParams = new PasetoTokenValidationParameters
{
    ValidateLifetime = true,
    ValidateAudience = true,
    ValidateIssuer = true,
    ValidAudience = "https://paseto.io",
    ValidIssuer = "https://github.com/daviddesmet/paseto-dotnet"
};

var result = new PasetoBuilder().Use(version, purpose)
                                .WithKey(key)
                                .Decode(token, valParams);

PASERK

The library also provides the PASERK extension for encoding and decoding a key.

A serialized key in PASERK has the format:

k[version].[type].[data]

Encoding a Key

var paserk = Paserk.Encode(pasetoKey, type);

Decoding a Key

var key = Paserk.Decode(paserk);

Roadmap

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