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		lucian1900 on June 27, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is TLS Fast Yet? Since you're shipping certs with the app anyway, why not use a TLS library? Your own protocol is a lot less likely to be correct.

thegeomaster on June 27, 2014 [–]

Because building something like this is a neat challenge.

That's not the sole reason; see my reply to your sibling comment for some of my arguments in favor of this.

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