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tptacek on Nov 13, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: All the crypto code you've ever written is probabl...

Don't use OpenSSL, don't use Crypto++, don't use CommonCrypto, don't use CryptoAPI. Those are expert interfaces and you'll get them wrong.

Instead, use NACL or Keyczar. Those are high-level interfaces designed to help generalist developers not make mistakes.

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