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Just commenting since I saw and recognized the name next to BearSSL... Thomas Pornin is an absolute treasure, and anyone interested in entry level crypto and
by axaxs 8y ago
Just commenting since I saw and recognized the name next to BearSSL...
Thomas Pornin is an absolute treasure, and anyone interested in entry level crypto and beyond should read through his StackOverflow responses. Many of the answers simplify complex topics into more digestable pieces.
- Flowdalic 8y agoLink to his stackoverflow answers sorted by votes: https://stackoverflow.com/users/254279/thomas-pornin?tab=answers&sort=votes https://stackoverflow.com/users/254279/thomas-pornin?tab=ans...
- esnard 8y agoThomas Pornin actually posted a lot of answers on multiple sites on the StackExchange network, under two different accounts: https://stackexchange.com/users/92852/thomas-pornin https://stackexchange.com/users/92852/thomas-pornin https://stackexchange.com/users/969353/tom-leek https://stackexchange.com/users/969353/tom-leek
- raesene9 8y agoIt's worth noting that on security.stackexchange.com , The Bear and his alter ego are no.1 and 2 by reputation, respectively.
- axaxs 8y agoThanks for this, StackExchange was actually what I was thinking of when I wrote StackOverflow. Luckily, he also posts there a lot as well. I think my favorite answer is as below, as it's the first time I could recall a simplified answer of how TLS works, while retaining technical detail. A gift for sure... https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/20803/how-does-ssl-tls-work/20847#20847 https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/20803/how-does-...