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GnuPG sane defaults

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Sane defaults, as per Mozilla’s Wiki.

Benchmark openssl RSA verify/s on FxOS devices

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Curious how fast FirefoxOS devices can verify signatures? Well, I am, as I’d like to know how much we potentially delay installs when using stronger signatur...

getcap, setcap and file capabilities

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Linux’s thread/process privilege checking is based on capabilities. They’re flags to the thread that indicate what kind of additional privileges they’re allo...