Using Halite for Public Key Crypto with PHP

Author: Steve
Date: August 26, 2020
Tags: cryptography, halite, libsodium, PHP, public key crypto
Categories: coding

This post is a follow on from Public Key Encryption with PHP which concluded with two unanswered questions: 1. What exactly is the algorithm used with Halite and how do you encrypt and decrypt messages that use a different algorithm? 2. Practical implementation of having separate keys for signing and encrypting. The algorithm used by […]

Public Key Encryption with PHP

Author: Steve
Date: August 21, 2020
Tags: cryptography, PHP, public key crypto
Categories: coding

I’m not an expert when it comes to PHP or cryptography. This post is written in an attempt to help me to put the pieces together.I understand the principles behind public key cryptography. There are plenty of online resources that explain it but what they don’t explain is how to implement it in a real […]