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Author: vanitasvitae

A Simple OpenPGP API

In this post I demonstrate how easy it is to perform OpenPGP operations in your application by using the SOP API.

October 10, 2021
How to reach craftsmanship?

Sometimes I feel like I code just as I play the violin. By instinct. I’m not following any rules or well defined procedures. I roughly know where I want to go and more or less how to get there. Then I just start and see where it leads me.

September 16, 2021
Progress on PGPainless Development

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Not much time has passed since I last wrote about my progress on the PGPainless library. However, I feel like its time for an update.

July 20, 2021
PGPainless 0.2 Released!

I’m very proud and excited to announce the release of PGPainless version 0.2! Among the major improvements are proper signature verification and a new encryption API.

June 2, 2021
Why Signature Verification in OpenPGP is hard

Signature Verification in OpenPGP is hard. Here is why.

April 3, 2021
PGPainless 0.1.0 released

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After two years and a dozen alpha versions I am very glad to announce the first stable release of PGPainless, a library that makes using OpenPGP fun again!

September 1, 2020
Install Jitsi-Meet alongside ejabberd

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I got Jitsi Meet working with my ejabberd installation. This is how I did it. #xmpp #jitsi #jitsimeet #meeting #videoconference #conference

March 16, 2020
OMEMO Specification Sprint

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The past weekend some members of the XMPP community gathered in Düsseldorf to work on the next iteration of the OMEMO End to End Encryption Specification. All of us agree that the result – version 0.4 of XEP-0384 – is a huge step forward and better than ever!

March 10, 2020
How to Implement a XEP for Smack.

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Many (80+ and counting) XMPP Extension Protocols (XEPs) are already implemented in Smack. Today I want to bring you along with me and add one more 🙂 #xmpp #smack #protocol #development

February 25, 2020
Smack: Some more busy nights and 12 bytes of IV

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In the last months I stayed up late some nights, so I decided to add some additional features to Smack.

February 17, 2020