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Re:The FIPS 140-3 Go Cryptographic Module by aranw on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @06:47AM (#44580745)
> This also now makes Go a very convenient language to write US Gov software in.

This is something I wondered. Will we now see even more adoption of Go? Will Go be a more attractive option compared to language X/Yv

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Re:The FIPS 140-3 Go Cryptographic Module by haiku2077 on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @10:34AM (#44582811)
Yeah, honestly, this just rocketed Go to possible one of the best languages to write these services in. You can write a fully self-contained and compliant program using just the standard library, where a lot of other languages need to be linked to a commercial SSL library.
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