Philbin AEGIS Crypto Library Sparks Safety Debate

Philbin released an AEGIS authenticated encryption library claiming to be the safest and fastest, boosted by the Zig standard library. jedisct1 acknowledged its value but argued other implementations are equally safe since most crypto primitives avoid pointers.

2026-09-28 ~ 2026-09-28 · 2 related posts

• Crypto dev pushes back on 'safest AEGIS library' claim, favors Zig implementations — jedisct1 · 2026-09-28
• Zig's standard library makes AEGIS crypto library Philbin faster — jedisct1 · 2026-09-28