[Discuss] Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, March 15, 2023 - Tinkering With Cryptography

[Jerry Feldman]

When: March 15, 2023 7:00PM EST (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Tinkering With Cryptography

Speaker:  Brian DeLacey

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtube.com/live/1H7Rbpq1LR8?feature=share

Summary:

    Making cryptography more accessible and useful with Google's Tink
    Cryptographic Library

Abstract:


Brian covers the basics of a relatively new library from Google, with 
demonstration code running on multiple platforms. We'll also delve into 
some of the more advanced topics related to this code and take a 
special, deep dive into Key Management Systems.

As part of the discussion, Brian explores the challenges of brittle 
bytes and how to achieve secure, authenticated access to critical data 
over time. Demos cover code running on tiny little machines and 
bigger&emdash;but still bargain&emdash;builds.

Demonstration code will be in Golang and Python, but the Tink 
Cryptographic Library also works well with C++, Java, mobile platforms 
and more.

We'll also walk through and demonstrate code and the use of cryptography 
in “nostr”, which stands for “Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays”.

According to its chief architect, nostr is “The simplest open protocol 
that is able to create a censorship-resistant global ”social“ network 
once and for all. It doesn't rely on any trusted central server, hence 
it is resilient; it is based on cryptographic keys and signatures, so it 
is tamperproof; it does not rely on P2P techniques, therefore it works.”

Attachments

Google's Tink Cryptographic Library: https://developers.google.com/tink
awesome-A curated (GitHub): https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr
nostr: a truly censorship-resistant alternative to Twitter (GitHub): 
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr
Apple News 2022-12-07: Apple advances user security with powerful new 
data protections: 
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/12/apple-advances-user-security-with-powerful-new-data-protections/


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site: 
http://www.blu.org



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Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com <mailto:gaf.linux at gmail.com>>
Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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