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Too bad it's already off the front page... Some degree of caution is probably warranted. djb is awesome, but most of the algorithms in NaCL are his own, rather
by JoachimSchipper 15y ago
Too bad it's already off the front page...
Some degree of caution is probably warranted. djb is awesome, but most of the algorithms in NaCL are his own, rather new, ideas. You trade in fixes for known problems in AES/RSA (implementations) for possible unknown errors. (That said, djb is pretty good.)
- tptacek 15y agoWorth noting that NaCl is a couple years old now. You are far safer using NaCl than trying to cobble together anything using OpenSSL AES or RSA. If you're debating between NaCl and Keyczar or cryptlib or PGP, sure, think carefully. But if it's NaCl or homebrew: no contest.