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That explains the feature set, but it doesn't quite explain why it doesn't use TLS; TLS also starts with public key cryptosystems and then generates signing and
by lvh 14y ago
That explains the feature set, but it doesn't quite explain why it doesn't use TLS; TLS also starts with public key cryptosystems and then generates signing and symmetric encryption keys, oftentimes using precisely the same base algorithms (AES-256 and HMAC-SHA256).
(Also, msgpack seems completely orthogonal to this issue.)
- e12e 14y agoIt's not really as easy as "use X library". As another commenter mentioned - using stunnel might be better than "rolling your own" based on well tested primitives, but "just using openssl" isn't necessarily a good solution, see eg this recent discussion: http://lists.randombit.net/pipermail/cryptography/2012-October/003376.html http://lists.randombit.net/pipermail/cryptography/2012-Octob...