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Re:Announcing ClearCrypt: a new transport encryption library by nn3 on Sunday May 04, 2014 @09:28PM (#7696581)
What's the point of announcing something that doesn't exist?

Don't waste your time on the link. It's pure vaporware.

Actually vaporware usually usually has a design, but this is more like "write something in rust, but we're not sure yet what (but it sounds good)".

So let's call it "nothingware"

Re:Announcing ClearCrypt: a new transport encryption library by bascule on Monday May 05, 2014 @01:23AM (#7697055)
We're aiming for a project where all commits receive public scrutiny. This includes how the project is governed.

We're discussing contributing guidelines here:

https://github.com/clearcrypt/clearcrypt/pull/2

Initial code PR with a ChaCha20 implementation here:

https://github.com/clearcrypt/clearcrypt/pull/3

Re:Announcing ClearCrypt: a new transport encryption library by yetfeo on Monday May 05, 2014 @03:19AM (#7697314)
It would be nice if some of the items in the pre-commit checklist from [1] could be checked at compile time somehow.

[1] https://github.com/clearcrypt/clearcrypt/pull/3#issue-327877...

Re:Announcing ClearCrypt: a new transport encryption library by Ygg2 on Sunday May 04, 2014 @09:46PM (#7696633)
I suppose to gather crypto people to contributes via patches, reviews or whatever else.
Re:Announcing ClearCrypt: a new transport encryption library by higherpurpose on Sunday May 04, 2014 @08:29PM (#7696444)
CurveCP sounds good, but what's Noise? And could CurveCP be improved by using QUIC instead of UDP?
Re:Announcing ClearCrypt: a new transport encryption library by infinity0 on Sunday May 04, 2014 @09:03PM (#7696533)
Re:Announcing ClearCrypt: a new transport encryption library by kbaker on Sunday May 04, 2014 @09:14PM (#7696558)
QUIC already has a lot of TLS support baked in afaik...

NaCL already exists and CurveCP is a part of that, why not just add a Rust port? (and a protocol for certificate transport)

Re:Announcing ClearCrypt: a new transport encryption library by yetfeo on Sunday May 04, 2014 @09:34PM (#7696601)
> Emphasis will be placed on simplicity, clarity, and audibility.

Most projects start with this as an implicit goal. Unfortunately they tend to grow out of control as the code base gets larger.

Re:Announcing ClearCrypt: a new transport encryption library by bascule on Monday May 05, 2014 @03:16AM (#7697299)
We aim to make it an explicit goal, rather than implicit. Wherein other projects this is a "would be nice", in this project it's an absolute necessity for the project's security and therefore success.
Re:Announcing ClearCrypt: a new transport encryption library by bradhe on Sunday May 04, 2014 @09:34PM (#7696598)
Wow, you can announce stuff before it's actually built now?