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Brian Warner - Magic Wormhole- Simple Secure File Transfer - PyCon 2016.mp4

PyCon 2016 · talk · Watch on YouTube

CryptographyPython, Ruby & scripting languagesSecurity & hacking

What it is

Brian Warner, author of magic-wormhole, presents the tool at PyCon 2016. He explains how a few secret words let two computers securely transfer files, covering the cryptography (NaCl, SPAKE2) and library use.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as the author's own explanation of the design and security of magic-wormhole.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “According to parents nice talk[1]”

    Talk covering key verification over a public authenticated channel

    lixtra, 2019-02 · Recommendation · in “Modern Alternatives to PGP”

  2. “Here's a link from Brain Warner (the author) talking about that”

    Author explains the tool and answers the question

    alecst, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, safely”

  3. “Author has a very good video on it at pycon-2016”

    Author's PyCon talk on easy, secure file transfer

    touseefliaqat, 2023-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are some unpopular technologies you wish people knew more about?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: magic-wormhole, spake2, cryptography, python, pycon

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