Web Crypto API: A Low-Level Interface for Internet Security

Written by mozilla | Published 2020/04/27
Tech Story Tags: cryptography | web-crypto-api | mozilla | front-end-development | javascript | mdn-documentation | coding

TLDR The Web Crypto API is an interface allowing a script to use cryptographic primitives in order to build systems using cryptography. It's very easy to misuse these primitives, and the pitfalls involved can be subtle. Some browsers implemented an interface called 'Crypto' without having it well defined or being cryptographically sound. The API methods are now available on a new interface:SubtleCrypto.subtlecrypto.property. The new interface gives access to an object implementing it. The API is now available to browsers implementing the Web Crypto. API.via the TL;DR App
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Written by mozilla | Mozilla (stylized as moz://a) is a free software community founded in 1998 by members of Netscape.
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/04/27
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