Matt Holt on CaddyServer, the ACME Protocol, TLS
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This episode wins the contest for the most protocols discussed. Matt Holt joined the show to to talk about TLS, Let’s Encrypt, the ACME protocol, CaddyServer, and a host of other important information security issues.

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Featuring:

• Matt Holt – Twitter), GitHub), Website)
• Erik St. Martin – Twitter), GitHub)
• Carlisia Thompson – Twitter), GitHub), LinkedIn)
• Brian Ketelsen – Twitter), GitHub)

Show Notes:

• CaddyServer)

• Caddy 0.9 Released with All New Core (blog post))

• Papaparse: a CSV parser for the browser)

• websocketd: Turn any program that uses STDIN/STDOUT into a WebSocket server. Like inetd, but for WebSockets.)

• Let’s Encrypt: free SSL certificates)

• PKI (wikipedia))

• Key concepts of information security: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Non-repudiation)

• Bulletproof TLS Newsletter)

• ACME Protocole)

• Extended Validation Certificate)

• Manage TLS certificates automatically via LetsEncrypt.org)

• Automated wrapper to add let’s encrypt support to go servers)

Interesting Go Projects and News

• GopherCon Brasil sponsorship prospectus)

• Hewlett Packard Go AST Scanner)

• Static analysis tool for Go that protects against SQL injections)

• Synchronization, error propagation, and Context cancelation for groups of goroutines working on subtasks of a common task)

• Brad Fitzpatrick’s functest library)

• Go wrapper for the .NET Core Runtime)

• Fatih’s vim-go tutorial)

• Keep track of upcoming vim-go features)

Free Software Friday

• Brian ­- Python)

• Carlisia - Exercism good first patches)

• Matt - A QUIC protocol server implementation in pure Go: faster HTTPS communication)

• Erik - Mosh: the mobile shell), Wireshack) Troubleshooting with Wireshark: Locate the Source of Performance Problems (book)) , and TCP Dump)

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!)