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    Secure Communication: Usability & Necessity of SSL/TLS

    • wolfssladmin
    Network-related applications and devices often use secure communication. Although keeping network communications safe should be a top priority to all developers and engineers, it often gets left behind due to lack of understanding, insufficient funding, or looming deadlines.Securing a project with SSL shouldn’t have to include a steep learning curve,...
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    Great Article on SSL Interception Proxies and Transitive Trust

    • wolfssladmin
    We recently found a great article on SSL/TLS interception proxies and transitive trust from Jeff Jarmoc at Dell SecureWorks. In his article, Jeff provides a brief introduction, background, and history of the SSL and TLS protocols, then dives into talking about SSL interception proxies. Reading through the article gives insights...
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    Article on Security Fundamentals for Embedded Software

    • wolfssladmin
    We recently read a good article from EE Times about security fundamentals for embedded software. This article points out that embedded software and device developers should take security precautions into consideration, as many developers assume that their applications or devices are not vulnerable to attack.Topics covered in the article include...
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    GCM Encryption Mode Coming Soon to wolfSSL

    • wolfssladmin
    A while back, we posted that the wolfSSL embedded SSL library would be getting support for Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) encryption in the near future. This is still true! If everything goes as planned, GCM support should be generally available for wolfSSL in June of this year. Specifically, GCM will be...
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    Feedback Requested on wolfSSL and Qt Integration

    • wolfssladmin
    Would you like to see the wolfSSL embedded SSL library integrated into the popular Qt framework? We’ve been throwing around the idea of adding wolfSSL support to Qt and want to hear your feedback. If wolfSSL was integrated into Qt, it would be available as a build option and alternative...
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    Article on Wireless Sensor Networks

    • wolfssladmin
    We would like to recommend an article from EE Times that we recently read which talks about the design and challenges of wireless sensor networks. This article explains some of the challenges faced when implementing a wireless sensor network and the different architectures which can be used, including both clustered...
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    Your Feedback Requested on Camellia Cipher in wolfSSL

    • wolfssladmin
    Team yaSSL has recently been considering the addition of the Camellia block cipher to the wolfSSL embedded SSL library, and we would like to request your feedback on this addition. Do you think it would be a beneficial addition? If it was added to wolfSSL, would you be interested in...
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    wolfSSL 2.0.8 is Now Available

    • wolfssladmin
    Version 2.0.8 of the wolfSSL embedded SSL/TLS library has been released and is now available for download.  This release contains bug fixes, some feature enhancements, and is a recommended update for all users:- A fix for malicious certificates pointed out by Remi Gacogne (thanks!) resulting in NULL pointer use.- Respond to...
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    CyaSSL working with Nginx

    • wolfssladmin
    Hi!  We have been asked a number of times about CyaSSL integration with the Nginx web server.  If you are not familiar with Nginx, it is a high performance, high concurrency web server that is becoming extremely popular these days.  You can learn more about Nginx at nginx.com. Nginx and CyaSSL...
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