Overview #

Iss (issuer) is an Abbreviation or Parameter

OAuth 2.0 #

Iss (issuer) in the Access Token identifies the Digital Identity that issued the Access Token.

OpenID Connect#

Iss (issuer) OPTIONAL Reserved Claim Name for JSON Web Token Claims identifies the principal that issued the JSON Web Token.

The processing of this claim is generally application specific.

The "Iss" value is a case-sensitive string containing a StringOrURI value.

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Act (Actor) Claim
• Best Practices OpenID Connect
• Frontchannel_logout_session_required
• Frontchannel_logout_session_supported
• Identity Token
• Identity Token Claims
• Identity Token Validation
• Initiate_login_uri
• Issuer
• JSON Web Token Claims
• JSON Web Tokens
• Login_hint_token
• Logout Token
• May_act (May Act For) Claim
• OAuth 2.0 Security Best Current Practice
• OpenID Connect Back-Channel Logout
• OpenID Connect Front-Channel Logout
• Openid-configuration
• Proof-of-Possession Key Semantics for JSON Web Tokens (JWTs)
• Reserved Claim Name
• Web Blog_blogentry_031017_1
• Web Blog_blogentry_150617_1