Encryption in the Browser: Progress and Challenges by Nadim Kobeissi
This talk will provide an outline of the pitfalls, dangers, benefits and progress when it comes to doing encryption in JavaScript in the browser. Nadim has been working on this problem for the past three years in collaboration with Mozilla, Google and the W3C. The solution is still far away, but there have been many interesting (and most importantly, educational) challenges that we've faced.
Relying on real-world examples and experience, the talk will go through problems with cryptography in the JavaScript context such as weak typing, limited arithmetic, code delivery, and secure random number generation. Ultimately, this talk will showcase in what circumstances JavaScript fails at encryption, and how we can work around these failures for a more malleable client-side browser cryptography framework.
Nadim Bio
Originally from Lebanon, Nadim Kobeissi is a programmer and cryptography enthusiast whose work focuses on making encryption more accessible to people around the world. Nadim created Cryptocat, one of the world's most popular encrypted chat solutions and a gold standard for easy-to-use private chat. Nadim is a member of the W3C's Web Cryptography Working Group and holds a double degree from Concordia University in Montreal. Currently, he acts as cryptography engineer at eQualitie for their DDoS mitigation platform.
Agenda:
5:30 - 6:00pm Registration, networking
6:00 - 6:05pm Welcome and introduction
6:05 - 6:50pm Encryption in the Browser: Progress and Challenges by Nadim Kobeissi
6:50 - 7:00pm Q&A
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