[spam][joke][cryptotragedy] checking signatures on boot media

[Stefan Claas]

On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 10:32 AM grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:

> > in my internet nacl hasn't been updated since 2011, maybe I have something
> > wrong but this surprises me.  doesn't look dependency heavy to me.
>
> https://nacl.cr.yp.to/
> nacl-20110221.tar.bz2
>
> https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/crypto
> commit 089bfa5675191fd96a44247682f76ebca03d7916
> Date:   Fri Dec 11 22:52:14 2020 -0500
>
> Many naclbox implementations typically require go,
> which isn't on 90+% of the planet's computers, and only 1%
> of the remaining 10 would figure how to use go to make naclbox
> go. And it's primarily a library [go/c], not a binary app, which
> isn't even shipped as reference by the libraries, which
> eliminates another 99.9% who won't code an app for it,
> and websearch turns up few docs or binaries for dummies,
> and isn't in any major binary package repositories, so naclbox
> is useless for at least 99.999999% of the planet.

https://github.com/rovaughn/box

Works like a charm and has only five commands. I use it with friends
in the United States, Canada, and Germany.

Pretty cool also for encrypted MMS with a dumb phone.

Regards
Stefan