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WebAuthn API
A Tour of WebAuthn

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It’s now easier to prove age and identity with Google Wallet

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Detect the WebAuthn Features for your browser

Related Origin Requests

  • Allows a Web Server to authenticate a user with a YubiKey
  • This is generalized and can use other authentication mechanisms like bio-metrics or Face Identification

User Presence vs User Verification

Link to this headingPassKeys

You can just use a folder to store the keys and IDs. But hardware-backed passkeys use an attestation of the manufacturer of the hardware device. This is done by a certificate signed by the manufacturer.

filekey uses the PDF extention to generate a AES Key to encrypt files that the secret is stored in the Passkey

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Passkeys Authenticator AAGUID Explorer

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PRF: Pseudo-Random Function
largeBlob: Store large data from the website