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    Upcoming in wolfSSH v1.2.0

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    wolfSSH v1.2.0 is currently a work in process. We have just added support for Elliptic Curve algorithms and AES-GCM. The following key exchange and public key algorithms are now available: • ecdh-sha2-nistp256 • ecdh-sha2-nistp384 • ecdh-sha2-nistp521 • ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 • ecdsa-sha2-nistp384 • ecdsa-sha2-nistp521The new encryption algorithm that is available is “aes128-gcm@openssh.com”,...
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    Using wolfSSL on the Atmel ATECC508A with TLS 1.3 (#TLS13)

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    As previously announced, the wolfSSL embedded SSL/TLS library and wolfCrypt embedded crypto engine support the Atmel ATECC508A crypto element.  This allows wolfSSL to take advantage of the ECC hardware acceleration and protected private key storage on the ATECC508A.Using wolfSSL, ATECC508A users can benefit from both increased ECC performance and secure...
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    wolfSSL with Intel SGX and TLS 1.3 (#TLS13)

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    As we announced last month, wolfSSL now includes a port for Intel® SGX (Software Guard Extensions) with Linux (specifically, Ubuntu 16.04). Using wolfSSL with SGX Linux takes advantage of Intel® SGX technology to separate untrusted and trusted code, isolating the wolfSSL library from potentially malicious applications running on the host...
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    wolfSSL and OSS-Fuzz

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    Recently, Google announced OSS-Fuzz with the aim of making “common open source software more secure and stable by combining modern fuzzing techniques and scalable distributed execution.” And when they said that they would like to see us at OSS-Fuzz, we were interested. You can read up on OSS-Fuzz at their official Github page, but...
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    wolfSSL is Integrating Testing with the tlsfuzzer

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    Fuzz testing is an important part of maintaining a secure code base here at wolfSSL. While we already have fuzzers in use ensuring that our library is as secure as possible, we recently decided to integrate 4 more fuzzers with our library to ensure that no potential bugs go undetected....
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    Transport-Level Security Tradeoffs using MQTT

    • wolfssladmin
    By Todd Ouska, wolfSSL The Message Queuing Telemetry Transport protocol, or MQTT, has become a favorite of Internet of Things (IoT) developers, and why not? It’s incredibly lightweight (on the order of a couple Kb for client implementations), has easy-to-use APIs, and is available for free under the Eclipse Public License (EPL)....
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    Announcing wolfSSH v1.1.0!

    • wolfssladmin
    wolfSSH v1.1.0 is now available for download. This release contains an update to use DH GEX with SHA-256 during the key exchange.The wolfSSH server library is a lightweight implementation of the SSH v2 protocol suite for embedded servers. It is written in C from scratch. wolfSSH keeps a small footprint...
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    Differences between TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3

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    wolfSSL’s embedded SSL/TLS library has included support for TLS 1.3 since early releases of the TLS 1.3 draft. Since then, wolfSSL has remained up-to-date with the TLS 1.3 specification. In this post, the major upgrades of TLS 1.3 from TLS 1.2 are outlined below:
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    wolfSSL with Intel SGX on Linux

    • wolfssladmin
    wolfSSL now includes a port for Intel® SGX (Software Guard Extensions) with Linux (specifically, Ubuntu 16.04). Using wolfSSL with SGX Linux takes advantage of Intel® SGX technology to separate untrusted and trusted code, isolating the wolfSSL library from potentially malicious applications running on the host machine. Curious about the extra security...
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    wolfSSL Announces Partnership with Infineon

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    wolfSSL would like to announce to our community that we are now partnered with Infineon. This partnership should make it easier to get wolfSSL up and running on Infineon-based projects that need to be secured!The wolfSSL embedded SSL/TLS library is a perfect fit for securing lightweight, resource-constrained devices. wolfSSL has...
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