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Re: by shanusmagnus on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @11:26PM (#42003193)
> "Don't rely on a single cipher" is an anti-goal, and a reason your hobby project won't be taken seriously.

Why?

Re: by metadat on Thursday October 31, 2024 @12:01AM (#42003372)
If unanticipated issues are discovered, end users may not receive the updates in a timely fashion if, for example, the repo owner is the only committer and they're on vacation when the next Heartbleed 0day hits.

I am confident and trust the OpenSSL and LibreSSL projects each have multiple folks capable of merging and releasing critical updates.

Amazing as he is, Filippo is a single person who presumably has human needs. If he's a Terminator, though, swell, do let me know.

Re: by shanusmagnus on Thursday October 31, 2024 @10:38AM (#42007362)
Ah. I was thinking the critique was about combining different crypto methods in serial; I've heard people say this is a bad idea but have never understood why.
Re: by tptacek on Thursday October 31, 2024 @11:38AM (#42007962)
Mostly it's just that it doesn't accomplish anything.