I'm trying to get my head around JWT tokens in Golang. I'm using github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go.

What caught me off guard is the fact that I can enter multiple valid signatures.

For example, head over to http://jwt.io - enter MySuperSecretKey for the secret

This token is valid:

eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJleHAiOjE0NTc3MzAyODMsInVzZXIiOiJ1c2VyMSJ9.SxshVL42DUH9e7jXUblbB_bTwKxhe4jo70DrvbQMlaU

as well as this one:

eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJleHAiOjE0NTc3MzAyODMsInVzZXIiOiJ1c2VyMSJ9.SxshVL42DUH9e7jXUblbB_bTwKxhe4jo70DrvbQMlaV

In fact, if I change the last letter to V, W or X, I get a "Signature Verfied" message.

Can anyone tell me what's going on here?