ChicagoRuby: Downtown - Modern Cryptography

Once the realm of shadowy government organizations, cryptography now permeates computing. Unfortunately it is difficult to get correct and most developers know just enough to be harmful for their project. Together we'll go through the basics of modern cryptography and where things can go horribly wrong.

Specific topics:

* Cryptographic primatives

* Subtle flaws that can leave you insecure
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Once the realm of shadowy government organizations, cryptography now permeates computing. Unfortunately it is difficult to get correct and most developers know just enough to be harmful for their project. Together we'll go through the basics of modern cryptography and where things can go horribly wrong.

Specific topics:

* Cryptographic primatives

* Subtle flaws that can leave you insecure

* Why you should just use TLS/SSL and GPG instead

About the Presenter

John Downey is a Developer working at Braintree. He has contributed to many open source efforts including the Rubinius project. He tweets at @jtdowney and most of his code is up on https://github.com/jtdowney.

After most downtown meetings we head over to Elephant & Castle (185 N. Wabash) for refreshments & fellowship. Join us for a few minutes if you have time.

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