Hack.lu 2017 API design for cryptography by Frank Denis

API design for cryptography

by Frank Denis

It was a Monday morning in the office and, as usual, everyone was busy sorting through their mail before starting work.

Still in a daze, Frank innocently and aimlessly typed these words in the Google search box: “how to encrypt stuff”. As he kept reading, his blood pressure kept increasing. And what happened next remains unclear to this day.

Frank will share his story of recovery with the audience. Why he cried in despair at first, how he cried even more later, and his slow path to recovery. He will talk about NaCl, libsodium, and about the paste (sic), present, and future state of cryptographic libraries, with an emphasis on their mesmerizing APIs.

Finally, he will not announce the public availability of a new, related, open-source project.

Bio: Frank Denis

Frank is a carbon-based living organism, frequently observed in Paris, France.

When he’s not slacking off on Twitter, he offers his expertise in malware analysis, distributed systems, application security and digital image processing to companies of all sizes.

He’s also a long-time opensource enthusiast and contributor, with an emphasis on security-oriented projects.