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Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

Local cert management for mere mortals

Apr 17, 2024
Security experts Ben Burkert and Chris Stolt discuss challenges in setting up secure local development environments, emphasizing the importance of encryption, HTTPS, and efficient certificate management tools. They highlight the significance of a developer-centric approach in certificate integration, explore complexities in managing certificates, introduce LCL Host for trust store automation, and praise Go's cryptography libraries for secure TLS traffic handling.
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  • Creating a secure local environment with TLS everywhere is essential for achieving dev/prod parity and improving software quality.
  • Anchor offers solutions for both back-end encryption and internal TLS setups, addressing challenges with public certificates and internal CAs.

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Developing a Secure Local Environment for Software Development

Ensuring a secure local environment for software development is crucial for achieving development and production parity. By mimicking the production environment locally, developers can catch bugs and issues early, leading to better software quality. However, encrypting local development environments and ensuring HTTPS can be challenging, with developers often resorting to bypassing TLS due to complexities. Creating a secure local environment with TLS everywhere, especially for tasks like gRPC streaming, is essential for achieving dev/prod parity and improving software quality.

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