Google Announces The Tink Crypto Library

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Google Announces The Tink Crypto Library

It's been open-source since its inception but is only being promoted now by Google: their Tink cryptography library that aims to be easy-to-use...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Google-Tink-Crypto

[uid313]

I want the crypto library to implemented in Rust, so it can be safe.
C and other languages are too unsafe to trust with crypto.

[cRaZy-bisCuiT]

rust here, rust there. Let's rewrite the Linux kernel in rust. :'D

[starshipeleven]

rust here, rust there. Let's rewrite the Linux kernel in rust. :'D

And the userspace in Go.

[speculatrix]

rust here, rust there. Let's rewrite the Linux kernel in rust. :'D

https://www.redox-os.org/

[tildearrow]

I want the crypto library to implemented in Rust, so it can be safe.
C and other languages are too unsafe to trust with crypto.

Although it is true that Rust is a "safer" language, you can make it safe with C too, but it is more complicated, so people opt for the Rust option.

[uid313]

Although it is true that Rust is a "safer" language, you can make it safe with C too, but it is more complicated, so people opt for the Rust option.

Sure, you can write safe code in C. For example, Daniel J. Bernstein could do it.
But for far too many people, it is far too easy to shoot yourself in the foot with C.

[Vistaus]

And the userspace in Go.

Combined with Electron.

[tildearrow]

Combined with Electron.

Using Wayland.

[Vistaus]

Using Wayland.

No, using Arcan.