wolfSSL now supports Open Whisper Systems Signal Protocol C Library! This means that you can now develop Signal applications using wolfCrypt as the underlying cryptography provider.
For those unfamiliar with the Signal Protocol, it is described on their GitHub page as “A ratcheting forward secrecy protocol that works in synchronous and asynchronous messaging environments.”
wolfCrypt Signal Protocol Integration
By design, the Signal Protocol C Library does not depend on any SSL/TLS or cryptography library. Instead, Signal allows the application to register a crypto provider at runtime. We recently ported the wolfCrypt cryptography library into the “libsignal-protocol-c” test code and added a CMake configuration to build the libsignal-protocol-c test programs using cryptography from wolfSSL ( https://www.wolfssl.com/products/wolfssl/ ).
With this build option and wolfCrypt integration, Signal application developers can choose to use cryptography from wolfSSL instead of OpenSSL. Thanks to wolfSSL’s small footprint size, low memory usage, and broad platform support, application developers can more easily use the Signal Protocol C Library on small resource-constrained platforms and embedded systems.
For more information on using wolfCrypt with Signal, contact us at [email protected]!
About wolfSSL
wolfSSL, founded in 2004, is an Open Source Internet security company with products including the wolfSSL embedded SSL/TLS library, wolfCrypt crypto engine, SSL Inspection, and wolfMQTT. Primary users are programmers building security functionality into applications, devices, and cloud services. wolfSSL employs the dual licensing model, offering products under both the GPLv2 as well as a standard commercial license.
wolfSSL’s products are designed to offer optimal embedded performance, rapid integration into existing applications and platforms, the ability to leverage a wide range of hardware crypto solutions, and support for the most current standards. All products are designed for ease-of-use with clean APIs, and are backed by a dedicated and responsive support and development team.
- wolfSSL Signal Protocol C Library Support - February 27, 2018
James Schmitt
James Schmitt is an application developer who specializes in working with embedded systems. He regularly uses a TSL library to secure his web-based applications.