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Noise is a framework for building secure channels from Diffie-Hellman exchanges. A protocol is a short pattern of tokens and a name. Learn the three state objects, the 38 handshake patterns, pre-shared keys, and the security properties, with a Python engine that reproduces 1,352 official test vectors.
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SSH secures remote logins with a binary packet protocol, a curve25519-sha256 key exchange, and an Ed25519 host key. Learn the handshake and the chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com cipher, with Python code that reproduces the IETF draft's own worked example byte for byte.
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WireGuard is a VPN protocol built on the Noise IKpsk2 handshake. Learn the two handshake messages, the cookie mechanism against denial of service, the replay window, and the timers, with Python code that reproduces an official test vector and the Linux kernel self-test.
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