Introducing Cryptographic Support for WASIX with the Ring Crate

2023/08/15

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The article discusses the inclusion of the ring crate in WASIX, bringing cryptographic operations and TLS clients to the platform. WASIX now supports secure communication, data encryption, digital signatures, secure random number generation, VPN support, and standardization/interoperability. The article highlights the importance of cryptographic support in systems and explains how libraries like OpenSSL and BoringSSL provide a foundational layer of security and functionality. It then introduces the ring crate, a library focused on cryptographic operations, as the key component for enabling cryptographic communication in WASIX. The article mentions the unsuccessful attempts to compile ring for WASI, but highlights the excitement when Frank Denis successfully compiled ring for WASI and WASIX. The article concludes by stating that after further testing and implementation, a 99% working implementation of ring in WASIX has been achieved.