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Re:Google Adds WireGuard VPN to Android 12’s Linux Kernel 5.... by tptacek on Monday October 19, 2020 @02:56PM (#24829630)
That's not at all true. "Auteur" cryptosystems like Nacl, Noise, and WireGuard do better than standards-based systems like IPSEC, SSH, and TLS.
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Re:Google Adds WireGuard VPN to Android 12’s Linux Kernel 5.... by corty on Monday October 19, 2020 @05:43PM (#24831362)
So everyone should roll their own crypto after all, because of a few isolated examples? In most cases, on average, you are wrong.
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Re:Google Adds WireGuard VPN to Android 12’s Linux Kernel 5.... by tptacek on Monday October 19, 2020 @06:18PM (#24831650)
No, you and I shouldn't roll our own cryptography.
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Re:Google Adds WireGuard VPN to Android 12’s Linux Kernel 5.... by wolf550e on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @08:34AM (#24847138)
Thomas believes cryptography should be done by experts and reviewed by experts, but not decided by committee.
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