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This Key Will Self-Destruct: An Open Standard for Revocable API Keys

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This Key Will Self-Destruct: An Open Standard for Revocable API Keys

A proposal aims to establish an open standard for application programming interfaces (APIs) that support automatic key revocation within sixty seconds of detection. The approach would enable leaked credentials to expire rapidly by default, reducing exposure windows for compromised API keys.

Why it matters: Development and security teams managing API authentication should evaluate this standard to shrink the attack window when API keys are exposed in logs, repositories, or third-party breaches.

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