Paragon Initiative Enterprises Blog

The latest information from the team that develops cryptographically secure PHP software.

What's New in Defuse Security's PHP Encryption Library Version 2

Our contributions to defuse/php-encryption and how it affects future behavior


Solve All Your Cryptography Problems in 3 Easy Steps

A layman's introduction to using Halite, our libsodium wrapper


Keyggdrasil, Continuum, and the Cryptography Powering CMS Airship

A deep dive into the cryptography protocols that will secure your blog, should you choose to deploy CMS Airship.


Securely Implementing (De)Serialization in PHP

Deserializing a string into a data structure is a simple task riddled with security holes.


Introducing CMS Airship: A Secure Content Management System for the Modern Web

The beta release for a secure-by-default CMS built by Paragon Initiative Enterprises


Client Authenticity is Not the Server's Problem

The answer to a very frequently asked question that most people in the industry know without needing to read this.


How to Safely Store Your Users' Passwords in 2016

Salted Password Hashing with Argon2, Scrypt, Bcrypt, and PBKDF2


On The Design and Implementation of a Stealth Backdoor for Web Applications

Or: How I won the password hashing category for the Underhanded Crypto Contest at DEFCON 23.


Let's Re-Think Security Trade-Offs

There are three forms of dishonesty: Lies, damned lies, and security trade-offs.


Choosing the Right Cryptography Library for your PHP Project: A Guide

If you're wondering which cryptography library you should use in your project, this should help make the decision easier.


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