Matt Holt on CaddyServer, the ACME Protocol, TLS (Go Time #14)

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.

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, WebsiteErik St. Martin – Twitter, GitHubCarlisia Thompson – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedInBrian 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!