LI_S02E27_The_Internet_Security_Research_Group

Linux Inlaws

In this episode Martin and Chris host Sarah Gran and Josh Aas of the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). The ISRG is home to such little-known projects :-) such as Let's Encrypt and Prossimo, an approach to rewrite some of the most important pieces of the Internet infrastructure including the Network Time Protocol (NTP) and cURL in a memory-safe language (spoiler alert: details in the episode). So even if you're not running a website where the SSL certificates come from Let's Encrypt: You don't want to miss this episode!

Links

• ISRG: https://www.abetterinternet.org
• Let's Encrypt: https://letsencrypt.org
• Mark Shuttleworth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth
• certbot: https://github.com/certbot/certbot
• ACME protocol: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8555
• dehydrated: https://github.com/dehydrated-io/dehydrated
• Prossimo: https://www.memorysafety.org
• Linus and C++: https://lkml.org/lkml/2004/1/20/20
• Linus and Rust: https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-rust-will-go-into-linux-6-1
• Wedson Almeida Filho's LKML post: https://lkml.org/lkml/2024/8/28/1532
• Divvi Up: https://divviup.org
• Notion: https://www.notion.so/product/projects
• Google's first blog post: https://security.googleblog.com/2024/09/eliminating-memory-safety-vulnerabilities-Android.html
• Zed: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed
• RocknRolla: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032755/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_4_in_0_q_rocknro
• The Bear: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14452776/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_2_nm_5_in_0_q_the%2520bear