Go's Cryptography Packages Were Audited: The Results

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The audit produced a single low-severity finding, in the legacy and unsupported Go+BoringCrypto integration, and a handful of informational findings.
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Go ships with a full suite of cryptography packages in the standard library to help developers build secure applications. Google recently contracted the independent security firm [Trail of Bits] to complete an audit of the core set of packages. The audit produced a single low-severity finding, in the legacy and unsupported [Go+BoringCrypto integration], and a handful of informational findings.