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The OSTIF and QuarksLab Audit of Monero Bulletproofs is Complete – Critical Bug Patched

Post published:October 22, 2018
Post category:Audits Monero News Security

Bulletproofs are a specific type of range proof based on new cryptography by Benedikt Bunz et al. Bulletproofs are a trustless proofs setup that are substantially smaller than the current Borromean style range proofs that were previously used, which reduces the size of Monero transactions by 80-90%. Monero’s latest network update,…

Our Review of the OpenSSL 1.1.1 Random Number Generation Update

Post published:September 26, 2018
Post category:Audits OpenSSL

We have completed the security review of the new Pseudorandom Number Generator (PRNG) for OpenSSL1.1.1. This security review was sponsored by Private Internet Access, ExpressVPN, DuckDuckGo, OpenVPN, and the privacy community. Random number generation is a crucial component in all cryptography, because the “randomness” of numbers is the mechanism that makes secret numbers hard to guess. Problems…

The Audit of OpenVPN is Complete

Post published:April 2, 2017
Post category:Encryption OpenVPN Security

The Audit of OpenVPN is Complete We have confirmed with QuarksLab that the security review of OpenVPN 2.4.0 is complete, and that they are now documenting the results. The process will then proceed as follows: QuarksLab will securely give these results to the OpenVPN security team on April 7th. The…

We Have Come to an Agreement to Get VeraCrypt Audited

Post published:August 1, 2016
Post category:Encryption Open Source QuarksLab Security VeraCrypt

OSTIF is proud to announce that we have come to an agreement to fully fund an audit of VeraCrypt. Using funds that were donated by DuckDuckGo and VikingVPN, we plan to hire QuarksLab to go over the code and search for vulnerabilities and backdoors. VeraCrypt is a crucial piece of…