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Refers to https://tweetnacl.cr.yp.to/ https://tweetnacl.cr.yp.to/: > TweetNaCl is the world's first auditable high-security cryptographic library. TweetNaCl fi

by Gys 5y ago

Refers to https://tweetnacl.cr.yp.to/ https://tweetnacl.cr.yp.to/: > TweetNaCl is the world's first auditable high-security cryptographic library. TweetNaCl fits into just 100 tweets while supporting all 25 of the C NaCl functions used by applications. TweetNaCl is a self-contained public-domain C library, so it can easily be integrated into applications. OT: cr.yp.to is a really cool domainname

zinekeller 5y ago
Just so you know, Mr. Bernstein (DJB) (the one operating the website) deserves that domain: he's the one who designed ChaCha20 and also pivotal in changing the classification of encryption from munition (yes, that's how it was) to an ubiquitous protection in the digital domain.
- throwaway81523 5y ago
  DJB is responsible for so much of today's crypto technology that people have raised fears of a "DJB monoculture". He's that influential. Chacha20, Ed25519, SipHash, and NaCl are all things he's had a hand in, plus tons of ahead-of-its-time software that sadly isn't used much any more (see http://thedjbway.b0llix.net/index.html http://thedjbway.b0llix.net/index.html as thedjbway.org is now domain squatted).
  - zinekeller 5y ago
    > "DJB monoculture" Original post: https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2016-March/028824.html https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2016-March/0... LWN: https://lwn.net/Articles/681615/ https://lwn.net/Articles/681615/ Funnily it was Peter Gutmann who wrote this, who also has a big influence in cryptography (on the other hand, he was the creator of the widely-misunderstood "Gutmann method" in erasing disks to the point that he himself now recommends just destroying the disks if you're that paranoid).
  - RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
    In some way, you can view crypto and going from. Ron Rivest monoculture(RSA, RC4, MD5) to a DJB monoculture. Meanwhile the NIST seems intent on a Joan Daemen monoculture ( AES, SHA-3)
- MaxBarraclough 5y ago
  *Dr. Bernstein

by Gys 5y ago

zinekeller 5y ago

Just so you know, Mr. Bernstein (DJB) (the one operating the website) deserves that domain: he's the one who designed ChaCha20 and also pivotal in changing the classification of encryption from munition (yes, that's how it was) to an ubiquitous protection in the digital domain.

throwaway81523 5y ago
DJB is responsible for so much of today's crypto technology that people have raised fears of a "DJB monoculture". He's that influential. Chacha20, Ed25519, SipHash, and NaCl are all things he's had a hand in, plus tons of ahead-of-its-time software that sadly isn't used much any more (see http://thedjbway.b0llix.net/index.html http://thedjbway.b0llix.net/index.html as thedjbway.org is now domain squatted).
- zinekeller 5y ago
  > "DJB monoculture" Original post: https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2016-March/028824.html https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2016-March/0... LWN: https://lwn.net/Articles/681615/ https://lwn.net/Articles/681615/ Funnily it was Peter Gutmann who wrote this, who also has a big influence in cryptography (on the other hand, he was the creator of the widely-misunderstood "Gutmann method" in erasing disks to the point that he himself now recommends just destroying the disks if you're that paranoid).
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
  In some way, you can view crypto and going from. Ron Rivest monoculture(RSA, RC4, MD5) to a DJB monoculture. Meanwhile the NIST seems intent on a Joan Daemen monoculture ( AES, SHA-3)
MaxBarraclough 5y ago
*Dr. Bernstein