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    wolfSSL Summer of Security

    “Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.” ? Jack London, White Fang The Internet of Things is a fast growing technology sector with new embedded devices introduced daily. With this increase in products which frequently require SSL/TLS and cryptography, wolfSSL has been experiencing continual growth and...
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    TLS 1.3 on Github

    Hi! We wanted to point out to our users that the TLS 1.3 working group has put their specification work up on Github at: https://github.com/tlswg/tls13-specWe are eager to implement TLS 1.3 as it gets closer to its final specification! We think this new protocol iteration will add a lot of...
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    Intro to PKCS #5: Password-Based Cryptography Specification

    Our third post in our PKCS series, we will be looking at PKCS  #5. PKCS #5 is the Password-Based Cryptography Specification and is currently defined by version 2.0 of the specification. It is defined in RFC 2898 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2898. It applies a pseudorandom function, such as a cryptographic hash, cipher, or HMAC to...
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    Using wolfSSL on Raspberry Pi

    Did you know that the wolfSSL lightweight SSL library builds and runs out of the box on the Raspberry Pi? We recently ran tests on a Raspberry Pi model B with wolfSSL 3.0.0. You can check out the results below:1. DownloadingFor the test, we downloaded cyassl-3.0.0.zip file from our download...
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    Integrating ChaCha20 and Poly1305 Into wolfSSL

    Weve implemented ChaCha20 allowing for the use of both 128 bit and 256 bit keys and are in the process of implementing Poly1305 into wolfSSL. Both crypt tools and a suite using the two are on schedule to be released by the end of the summer.The ChaCha20 and Poly1305 algorithms,...
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    wolfSSL and Oculus Rift

    Hi everyone, we’re curious if anyone is interested in using wolfSSL with the Oculus Rift? If you don’t know what an Oculus Rift is, it is a Next Generation Virtual Reality Technology for video games or any Virtual Reality Applications. You can learn more at the following URL:http://www.oculusvr.com/If you have...
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    wolfSSL and CyaSSL Users SAFE from Recent OpenSSL Security Advisories

    OpenSSL released several security advisories yesterday: http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140605.txt. None of these are attacks on the SSL/TLS protocols themselves.  They are all implementation bugs.  Most are critical bug fixes to DTLS (TLS over UDP).  As a clean room implementation of SSL, wolfSSL does not use any OpenSSL code and is free from...
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    Support for AES-NI in Visual Studio

    Hi!  Weve been supporting AES-NI for a few years now.  Weve decided to extend that support to Visual Studio users.  If you would like to use AES-NI with Visual Studio, then let us know.  Beta code will be available shortly.  Contact us at facts@wolfssl.com if you have questions.
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