David Wong

cryptologie.net

cryptography, security, and random thoughts

Hey! I'm David, cofounder of zkSecurity, research advisor at Archetype, and author of the Real-World Cryptography book. I was previously a cryptography architect of Mina at O(1) Labs, the security lead for Libra/Diem at Facebook, and a security engineer at the Cryptography Services of NCC Group. Welcome to my blog about cryptography, security, and other related topics.

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Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encrypt the Entire Web

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It was already pretty amazing when Cloudflare introduced Universal SSL (and this blog uses cloudflare ssl by the way).

Today the EFF has launched Let’s Encrypt that aims to simplify the setup of SSL. They claim it takes 20-30 seconds to deploy SSL to your server. And this for free.

suggested reads:
→ Let's Encrypt Overview • blog
→ Best crypto blog posts of 2017 • blog
→ TLS 1.3 is out! • blog
← back to all posts blog • 2014-11-19
currently reading:
Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encrypt the Entire Web
11-19 blog
recent posts:
New cryptologie.net
07-20 blog
Weaponizing AI Assistants: With Their Permission
07-20 blog
What are Schwartz-Zippel circuits? How do they relate to iterative constraint systems?
05-29 blog
Short Note On Montgomery Reduction: Why Operating Modulo b?
05-24 blog
Still confused by Plonk's permutation?
03-13 blog
📖 my book
Real-World Cryptography is available from Manning Publications.
A practical guide to applied cryptography for developers and security professionals.
🎙️ my podcast
Two And A Half Coins on Spotify.
Discussing cryptocurrencies, databases, banking, and distributed systems.
📺 my youtube
Cryptography videos on YouTube.
Video explanations of cryptographic concepts and security topics.