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This Concept Note provides a neutral, protocol-agnostic framing of the expression “signed response” as a trust primitive: a response that is cryptographically signed so that a recipient can verify origin, integrity and basic context before acting. The goal is category clarity across identity, authorisation and API interactions.

Important: this page does not provide security services, audits, certification, PKI, penetration testing, or compliance assessment. It provides no legal, regulatory or security advice. It is not an official portal of any standards body (including OASIS, OpenID Foundation, W3C or IETF), and it does not imply endorsement by any organisation. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.

SignedResponse.com is presented as a descriptive digital asset that a legitimate acquirer could steward as a taxonomy, reference hub, or governance vocabulary layer for “signed responses”.

Trust at scale increasingly depends on short machine-readable responses

Modern systems route critical decisions through responses: authentication responses in SSO, authorisation responses returned via front-channel flows, API replies carrying decisions, and machine outputs feeding automated workflows. In these settings, an unsigned or weakly protected response becomes a high-leverage attack surface.

“Signed response” is a concise way to talk about these guarantees without locking the discussion to a single protocol.

Cross-protocol reality

The mechanics differ by ecosystem, but the design intent is similar: the receiver verifies a signature before trusting the response. The same framing can cover multiple worlds without claiming a single “official standard” for the term.

2.1 Identity and SSO

2.2 Authorization flows

2.3 APIs and automated decisioning

Response vs. statement vs. payload

Different ecosystems use different nouns. A protocol-agnostic banner should remain descriptive:

This Concept Note intentionally avoids protocol-specific operational guidance. The focus is the governance vocabulary: “a response that must be signed and verified before action”.

Verification principles (high-level)

A signed response framing is only meaningful if verification is unambiguous. At a high level, governance and architecture discussions typically revolve around:

These points are presented as descriptive constraints, not as implementation instructions. The domain is positioned for conceptual framing and governance language, not operational security guidance.

Separating taxonomy from vendor positioning

“Signed response” intersects with multiple ecosystems: identity, open finance, API security, and automation. In such a landscape, vendor pages tend to describe the concept through a single product lens. A neutral banner can provide:

The domain name itself does not create authority. Authority depends on the legitimacy of any future steward and its governance safeguards.

Message integrity sits on top of platform integrity

Signed responses protect the message layer. Many ecosystems also require trust in the compute layer that produces those responses, especially when decisions are automated or high-value. A coherent integrity stack may include:

Focused on the domain name only

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External sources

This page intentionally keeps references lightweight and non-exhaustive. Any cited materials remain the property of their respective organisations.

If a future steward maintains a public reference list, it should clearly label sources, dates and status (standard, guidance, commentary), and avoid any design element that could imply affiliation or endorsement.