HTTPS adoption in 2024 is around 95-98%, as measured by page loads in Chrome (it would be better if it was 100%!). These days, a plaintext HTTP site is a rarity, enough that many users of Chrome’s “Always Use Secure Connections” mode, which presents a full-page interstitial warning the user before accessing an HTTP page, see an average of zero warnings per week. But it didn’t always used to be this way!| dadrian.io
Update (April 19): Yilei Chen announced the discovery of a bug in the algorithm, which he does not know how to fix. This was independently discovered by Hongxun Wu and Thomas Vidick. At present, th…| A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering
Large-scale quantum computers are capable of breaking all of the common forms of asymmetric cryptography used on the Internet today. Luckily, they don’t exist yet. The Internet-wide transition to post-quantum cryptography began in 2022 when NIST announced their final candidates for key exchange and signatures in the NIST PQC competition. There is plenty written about the various algorithms and standardization processes that are underway. The conventional wisdom is that it will take a long t...| dadrian.io
