David Benjamin
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There are lots of people with my name. I'm the Chromium (and cuttlefish) one. I work on TLS, privacy, and general amusements in Chrome.
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Here's something I am very excited about: Photosynthesis! 🌱☀️
A proposal to have CAs run transparency logs and make X.509 certificates out of Merkle Tree inclusion proofs.
This is similar to how CT would have worked in an ideal world, and it solves the problem of PQC sizes in logs and handshakes.
A proposal to have CAs run transparency logs and make X.509 certificates out of Merkle Tree inclusion proofs.
This is similar to how CT would have worked in an ideal world, and it solves the problem of PQC sizes in logs and handshakes.
[TLS] Photosynthesis, an update to Merkle Tree Certificates
Photosynthesis combines the Static CT API with the ideas in Merkle Tree Certificates.
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June 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Here's something I am very excited about: Photosynthesis! 🌱☀️
A proposal to have CAs run transparency logs and make X.509 certificates out of Merkle Tree inclusion proofs.
This is similar to how CT would have worked in an ideal world, and it solves the problem of PQC sizes in logs and handshakes.
A proposal to have CAs run transparency logs and make X.509 certificates out of Merkle Tree inclusion proofs.
This is similar to how CT would have worked in an ideal world, and it solves the problem of PQC sizes in logs and handshakes.