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As a programmer non-cryptographer, what will I be missing in RFCs?

L
Aug 25, 2025 · 14:30

I am a decent C programmer, but I have next to zero knowledge in cryptography.

Now, if I was to implement "naïvely" some well-established crypto-related standard protocol like https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2898.txt or https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7296.txt , what do you think would be the risks for the resulting system? What vulnerabilities would I be likely to introduce (beyond basic programming bugs such as buffer overflow or stack smashing)?