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I wouldn’t hastily recommend unproven tools in the area security. Here is an example of a cool tool with modern cryptography, forward secret etc, often recomme
by aborsy 5y ago
I wouldn’t hastily recommend unproven tools in the area security.
Here is an example of a cool tool with modern cryptography, forward secret etc, often recommended in HN as an alternative to Wormhole:
https://redrocket.club/posts/croc/ https://redrocket.club/posts/croc/
It turned out that plaintext could easily be recovered! One mistake and 100% broken.
There are benefits to an industry standard protocol.
- cpach 5y agoSignify and Age are not unproven.
- throwaway45209 5y agocroc wasn't recommended by people on HN who knew something about cryptography, and they actually warned against it. They recommended Brian Warner's magic-wormhole, Signal, Tarsnap, age, Signify, Minisign, libsodium.