Mike West

Mike West

@mikewe.st

web browser stuff: security, privacy, safety, etc.

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Do you, like me, periodically need to produce a base64-encoded SHA-2 hash of some text? Have you found existing online generator tools to be slightly annoying in some minor way that doesn't precisely fit your workflow? Well, here's another that will annoy you in _different_ ways: sha2.it

sha2.itSHA2 digest generator

I'm skimming RFC9421's signing and validation algorithms for reasons, and it seems like the spec provides way more room for confusion about what's being signed than I'd prefer, with guidance like "Determine an order for any signature parameters...". How? 🤷 www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9421....

rfc-editor.orgRFC 9421: HTTP Message SignaturesThis document describes a mechanism for creating, encoding, and verifying digital signatures or message authentication codes over components of an HTTP message. This mechanism supports use cases where...

I set up this account, then nerdsniped myself right past the process of crafting a witty and enticing "Hello, world!" post to instead spend a few minutes trying to figure out whether Bluesky supported security keys rather than email for 2FA. It apparently doesn't. 🤷

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