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WebAuthn

Web Authentication (WebAuthn) is a web standard published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It defines an API that websites use to authenticate with WebAuthn credentials (passkeys) and outlines what WebAuthn authenticators should do. It solves many of the issues of traditional password-based authentication by verifying the user's identity with…

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Abbreviation
WebAuthn
Base standards
File API · WHATWG Encoding Standard · Unicode AUX #29: Text Segmentation
Committee
Web Authentication Working Group
Domain
Authentication
Editors
Jeff Hodges (Google) · J.C. Jones (Mozilla) · Michael B. Jones (Microsoft) · Akshay Kumar (Microsoft) · Emil Lundberg (Yubico)
First published
2019

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Passkey branding

Support

API

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WebAuthn

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples140
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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WebAuthn

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related to Reasons for its design and standardization · 18
WebAuthn → Credential, Database, Guessable, Inadequate, Insecure, Mandatory, No, Password, Phishing, Poor, Predictable, Restrictions, Secure, The, The W3C, This, Unique, Weak
related to Support · 17
WebAuthn → An, Apple Safari, Build, FIDO U2F, Firefox, Google Chrome, March, May, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, The, The WebAuthn Level, W3C Recommendation, Web Authentication Working Group, Windows Hello, Windows Insider
related to Authentication · 15
WebAuthn → Assuming, Authenticator, Authenticator Protocol, Bluetooth Low Energy, CTAP, FIDO Client, JavaScript, JavaScript API, NFC, PIN, The WebAuthn Client, To, USB, WebAuthn Client, WebAuthn Relying Party
Editors · 12
WebAuthn → Akshay Kumar (Microsoft), Alexei Czeskis (Google), Angelo Liao (Microsoft), Arnar Birgisson (Google), Dirk Balfanz (Google), Emil Lundberg (Yubico), Hubert Le Van Gong (PayPal), J.C. Jones (Mozilla), Jeff Hodges (Google), Michael B. Jones (Microsoft), Rolf Lindemann (Nok Nok Labs), Vijay Bharadwaj (Microsoft)
related to API · 10
WebAuthn → AuthenticatorAttestationResponse, Credential Management API, Credential Managementnavigator, In, JavaScript, PublicKeyCredentialinterface, The Web Authentication API, Thecreate, To, W3C's
related to External links · 8
WebAuthn → About, An API, Langley, MDNWebAuthn AwesomeGitHub Docs, Public Key CredentialsWeb Authentication, Tour, Web Authentication, Working GroupWeb Authentication API
related to overview · 8
WebAuthn → FIDO U2F, FIDO2, Like, The, W3C Web Authentication, WebAuthn Client, WebAuthn ClientThe, WebAuthn Relying PartyThe
related to In the media · 7
WebAuthn → Bruce Davie, Dan Goodin, If, Passkey, Passkeys, That's, Troy Hunt
related to Passkey branding · 7
WebAuthn → Apple, As, Most, Passkey, Some, This, When Apple
related to Level 3 · 6
WebAuthn → Pseudo-Random Function, Related Origin Requests, ROR, The, The PRF, WebAuthn Level

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authenticator authentication credentials use used authenticators standard password user websites security api keys fido also key relying public attestation u2f

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WebAuthnAbbreviationWebAuthn1.00infobox
WebAuthnBase standardsFile API1.00infobox
WebAuthnBase standardsWHATWG Encoding Standard1.00infobox
WebAuthnBase standardsUnicode AUX #29: Text Segmentation1.00infobox
WebAuthnCommitteeWeb Authentication Working Group1.00infobox
WebAuthnDomainAuthentication1.00infobox
WebAuthnEditorsJeff Hodges (Google)1.00infobox
WebAuthnEditorsJ.C. Jones (Mozilla)1.00infobox
WebAuthnEditorsMichael B. Jones (Microsoft)1.00infobox
WebAuthnEditorsAkshay Kumar (Microsoft)1.00infobox
WebAuthnEditorsEmil Lundberg (Yubico)1.00infobox
WebAuthnEditorsDirk Balfanz (Google)1.00infobox
WebAuthnEditorsVijay Bharadwaj (Microsoft)1.00infobox
WebAuthnEditorsArnar Birgisson (Google)1.00infobox
WebAuthnEditorsAlexei Czeskis (Google)1.00infobox
WebAuthnEditorsHubert Le Van Gong (PayPal)1.00infobox
WebAuthnEditorsAngelo Liao (Microsoft)1.00infobox
WebAuthnEditorsRolf Lindemann (Nok Nok Labs)1.00infobox
WebAuthnFirst published20191.00infobox
WebAuthnLatest versionLevel 2 Recommendation 21 April 2021 (2021-04-21)1.00infobox
WebAuthnOrganizationFIDO2 Project (FIDO Alliance and W3C)1.00infobox
WebAuthnPreview versionLevel 3 (Candidate Recommendation) 26 May 2026 (2026-05-26)1.00infobox
WebAuthnYear started20131.00infobox

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