[SSL Observatory] Making large scale TLS deployments easier, hiring technologists to work on the SSL Observatory

Peter Eckersley pde at eff.org
Thu Nov 7 15:23:49 PST 2013


On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 03:22:47PM -0800, Peter Eckersley wrote:
> Two semi-OT things for people on this list:
> 
> 1. EFF is launching another mailing list, which is intended to be a

Sorry, there's a mailman link missing here:

https://lists.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/crypto-ops

> forum for knowledge sharing amongst people trying to figure out how to
> deploy TLS and other forms of crypto securely and at large scales.
> ("What kind of load balancers will terminate 100,000 TLS
> connections/sec?" "How do I audit our properties for mixed content?"
> "What resources will it take to enable perfect forward secrecy for a
> large userbase?" "What kind of certs should I deploy for a large and
> complicated set of services?  Is there a way to use SNI?" etc, etc).
> The mailing list is intended primarily for people who work at large tech
> companies that have complex scalability hurdles to overcome for
> deploying crypto.  It will operate under Chatham House rules.
> 
> Hopefully this will be followed shortly by a wiki to publicly document
> knoweldge coming out of this conversation.
> 
> 2. EFF is hiring technologists at the moment.  If you're interested in
> coming to hack on the observatory and related projects, let us know!
> 
> https://www.eff.org/opportunities/jobs/staff-technologist
> 
> -- 
> Peter Eckersley                            pde at eff.org
> Technology Projects Director      Tel  +1 415 436 9333 x131
> Electronic Frontier Foundation    Fax  +1 415 436 9993
> 

-- 
Peter Eckersley                            pde at eff.org
Technology Projects Director      Tel  +1 415 436 9333 x131
Electronic Frontier Foundation    Fax  +1 415 436 9993


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