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10:48 AM
@gaazkam I agree with the desire for a reputable reference and I have to apologize that my answer did not include any. The reason for that being is frankly, that I don't know any "reputable experts" whom I could ask for comment, or any relevant academic papers.

I am aware that my answer is badly structured, even if it is the top-voted answer. The reason for that being is that I never expected the question and thus my answer to blow up this hard. What I did is what I do in a lot of my answers: I look at one concrete reason and explain that in as much detail as possible.
 
 
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1:01 PM
@donbright OpenSSL is a pile of garbage, but it's also the best implementation out there. The fact that OpenSSL is terrible and everything else is worse is legitimately terrifying.
 
1:30 PM
@James_pic Yes, for code this important it's terrifying. But again it shows how f*****g hard it is to actually implement cryptographic code correctly.
 
2:22 PM
@Aaron Could you please see this?
@The_Sympathizer Could you please see this?
 
@gaazkam I'm sorry that your question mutated like this
 

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