title: What does "e": "AQAB" mean in jwks?
body: <p>What does <code>&quot;e&quot;: &quot;AQAB&quot;</code> mean in JWKS - Json Web Key Set</p>
  <pre><code>{
    &quot;keys&quot;: [
      {
        &quot;kty&quot;: &quot;RSA&quot;, #key type
        &quot;e&quot;: &quot;AQAB&quot;,  #Question - what does &quot;e&quot; mean or stand for. And what values can e take. What is AQAB here. 
        &quot;use&quot;: &quot;sig&quot;, #verify client assertion signature. This means what is the use of the key. Answer - to verify signature. Right?
        &quot;kid&quot;: &quot;somebase64encodestring&quot;, #key id
        &quot;alg&quot;: &quot;RS256&quot;,  #key algoritham. Here it is RSA.
        &quot;n&quot;: &quot;anotherbase64encodestring&quot;  #This is the actual public key base64 encoded.
      }
    ]
  }
  </code></pre>