JWT 选 ES256 还是 EdDSA：2026年选型建议

ES256    token 253 chars, signature 64 bytes (86 chars)
EdDSA    token 253 chars, signature 64 bytes (86 chars)
Ed25519  token 256 chars, signature 64 bytes (86 chars)
es public JWK 137 chars: {"kty":"EC","x":"B8UtJ0UT7zKuYn6NgB7h0E-L1-UF85FC-aoxjO7a2AE","y":"gwHfmffA6Vv9eWTKD_XCwGoLj5JtI1DQtGVq27icAU4","crv":"P-256","kid":"es"}
ed public JWK 90 chars: {"kty":"OKP","crv":"Ed25519","x":"NzIuH6R_919ooSpy2wU9iMMhGjaS3yXnjLF0AiqAC04","kid":"ed"}

// Determinism and malleability of ES256 vs EdDSA tokens, checked with jose and jsonwebtoken.
import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
import { SignJWT, generateKeyPair, importJWK, jwtVerify } from "jose";
import jwt from "jsonwebtoken";

const claims = { sub: "user-42", exp: 1924992000 };
const es = await generateKeyPair("ES256");
const ed = await generateKeyPair("Ed25519");
const sig = (t) => t.split(".")[2].slice(0, 16) + "...";
const signTwice = async (alg, key) => [
  await new SignJWT(claims).setProtectedHeader({ alg }).sign(key),
  await new SignJWT(claims).setProtectedHeader({ alg }).sign(key),
];
const [es1, es2] = await signTwice("ES256", es.privateKey);
const [ed1, ed2] = await signTwice("EdDSA", ed.privateKey);
console.log(`ES256 same input twice: ${sig(es1)} vs ${sig(es2)} -> identical: ${es1 === es2}`);
console.log(`EdDSA same input twice: ${sig(ed1)} vs ${sig(ed2)} -> identical: ${ed1 === ed2}`);

// Second valid signature for the same ES256 token: (r, n - s).
const n = 0xffffffff00000000ffffffffffffffffbce6faada7179e84f3b9cac2fc632551n;
const tokens = JSON.parse(readFileSync("out/tokens.json", "utf8"));
const keys = JSON.parse(readFileSync("out/keys.json", "utf8"));
const flipS = (token) => {
  const [h, p, s] = token.split(".");
  const raw = Buffer.from(s, "base64url");
  const sValue = BigInt("0x" + raw.subarray(32).toString("hex"));
  const flipped = Buffer.from((n - sValue).toString(16).padStart(64, "0"), "hex");
  return `${h}.${p}.${Buffer.concat([raw.subarray(0, 32), flipped]).toString("base64url")}`;
};
// For Ed25519, S + L encodes the same scalar mod L; RFC 8032 requires S < L.
const L = 2n ** 252n + 27742317777372353535851937790883648493n;
const addL = (token) => {
  const [h, p, s] = token.split(".");
  const raw = Buffer.from(s, "base64url");
  const S = BigInt("0x" + Buffer.from(raw.subarray(32)).reverse().toString("hex"));
  const bumped = Buffer.from((S + L).toString(16).padStart(64, "0"), "hex").reverse();
  return `${h}.${p}.${Buffer.concat([raw.subarray(0, 32), bumped]).toString("base64url")}`;
};

const check = async (label, token, alg, keyName) => {
  const out = [];
  try {
    await jwtVerify(token, await importJWK(keys[keyName].jwk, alg), { algorithms: [alg] });
    out.push("jose: accepted");
  } catch (e) {
    out.push(`jose: ${e.code}`);
  }
  if (alg === "ES256") {
    try {
      jwt.verify(token, keys[keyName].pem, { algorithms: [alg] });
      out.push("jsonwebtoken: accepted");
    } catch (e) {
      out.push(`jsonwebtoken: ${e.message}`);
    }
  }
  console.log(`${label.padEnd(30)} ${out.join(" | ")}`);
};
const esFlipped = flipS(tokens.ES256);
const edBumped = addL(tokens.EdDSA);
console.log(`ES256 token and its (r, n-s) twin differ: ${tokens.ES256 !== esFlipped}`);
await check("ES256 original", tokens.ES256, "ES256", "es");
await check("ES256 with s replaced by n-s", esFlipped, "ES256", "es");
await check("EdDSA original", tokens.EdDSA, "EdDSA", "ed");
await check("EdDSA with S replaced by S+L", edBumped, "EdDSA", "ed");

ES256 same input twice: b7-5MuAwyrsT26t_... vs ct-P2K38kCt5LlK4... -> identical: false
EdDSA same input twice: riZF8DpT02Grlv3U... vs riZF8DpT02Grlv3U... -> identical: true
ES256 token and its (r, n-s) twin differ: true
ES256 original                 jose: accepted | jsonwebtoken: accepted
ES256 with s replaced by n-s   jose: accepted | jsonwebtoken: accepted
EdDSA original                 jose: accepted
EdDSA with S replaced by S+L   jose: ERR_JWS_SIGNATURE_VERIFICATION_FAILED

// Single-thread sign and verify throughput of a JWS signing input, ES256 vs Ed25519, node:crypto (OpenSSL).
import { generateKeyPairSync, sign, verify } from "node:crypto";

const input = Buffer.from("eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiJ9." + Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({ sub: "user-42", exp: 1924992000 })).toString("base64url"));
const algs = {
  ES256: { keys: generateKeyPairSync("ec", { namedCurve: "P-256" }), hash: "sha256", opts: { dsaEncoding: "ieee-p1363" } },
  Ed25519: { keys: generateKeyPairSync("ed25519"), hash: null, opts: {} },
};
const rate = (fn) => {
  for (let i = 0; i < 500; i++) fn(); // warm-up
  let count = 0;
  const start = process.hrtime.bigint();
  while (process.hrtime.bigint() - start < 2_000_000_000n) {
    fn();
    count++;
  }
  return Math.round(count / 2);
};
console.log(`node ${process.version}, OpenSSL ${process.versions.openssl}, ${process.arch}`);
for (const [name, { keys, hash, opts }] of Object.entries(algs)) {
  const signature = sign(hash, input, { key: keys.privateKey, ...opts });
  const s = rate(() => sign(hash, input, { key: keys.privateKey, ...opts }));
  const v = rate(() => verify(hash, input, { key: keys.publicKey, ...opts }, signature));
  console.log(`${name.padEnd(8)} sign ${String(s).padStart(6)}/s   verify ${String(v).padStart(6)}/s`);
}

const { payload } = await jwtVerify(token, ed25519PublicKey, {
  algorithms: ["Ed25519", "EdDSA"],
  issuer: "https://id.example.com",
  audience: "https://api.example.com",
});