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I’m not casting shade on anyone, but “highly reputable engineer” is not how I would describe Wei Dai. “Early thinker in this field, respected for his opinions”

I’m not casting shade on anyone, but “highly reputable engineer” is not how I would describe Wei Dai. “Early thinker in this field, respected for his opinions” might be more accurate. Especially if you are directly comparing against libsodium and Daniel Bernstein who is a widely respected engineer whose work is widely used and heavily reviewed.

wslh 2y ago
Daniel Bernstein is not the creator of libsodium. Libsodium is based on his work on <https://nacl.cr.yp.to/ https://nacl.cr.yp.to/> which is not the same.
- wolf550e 2y ago
  Frank Denis, maintainer of libsodium, is also a reputable engineer.
- adastra22 2y ago
  Libsodium is a fork of nacl.
  - tptacek 2y ago
    It's certainly not the same as Nacl. But I'd reiterate: the point here isn't trust in the library's author. It's the intent of the library.