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Alex Gaynor alex

I program computers, and build teams that program computers, with a heavy focus on security.

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pyca/cryptography

cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers.

Python 3.6k 769
what-happens-when

An attempt to answer the age old interview question "What happens when you type google.com into your browser and press enter?"

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fishinabarrel/linux-kernel-module-rust

Framework for writing Linux kernel modules in safe Rust

Rust 1k 76
fishinabarrel/fishinabarrel.github.io

Security research organization dedicated to finding low hanging, critical, vulnerabilities.

HTML 6 8
topazproject/topaz

A high performance ruby, written in RPython

Python 972 86
letsencrypt-aws

Python 729 118

4,275 contributions in the last year

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Contributed to pyca/cryptography, hallowauth/hallow, fishinabarrel/analysis and 5 other repositories

Contribution activity

October 2020

alex/Early-Vote-2020G HTML Oct 15

Created a pull request in PyO3/pyo3 that received 10 comments

Merge master into abi3 branch, resolving conflicts

+223 −207 • 10 comments

bumped to latest libressl Oct 19
fixed twisted tests Oct 17
Update .travis.yml for 3.9 Oct 6
Update wheel buidler for 3.9 release Oct 6
Update CI for 3.9 release Oct 6
Update wheel builder for new GHA syntax Oct 2
Update windows CI for new GHA syntax Oct 2

Make get_free_list API sound Oct 18
merge master into abi3 branch to resolve conflicts Oct 12
Update environment setting for Github Actions API updates Oct 12
Assorted updates to the abi3 branch from review Oct 11
Improved documentation for abi3 Oct 11
Merge master into the abi3 branch to resolve conflicts Oct 10

Satisfy clippy Oct 11
Update comments for new generation API Oct 8

[imagemagick] fixed cloning of freetype2 Oct 10
[graphicsmagick] fixed cloning of freetype2 Oct 10

oops Oct 2
Update for new GHA syntax Oct 2

fixed tests for twisted change Oct 14

Let dependabot update indirect deps as well Oct 11

Point people at the effort to upstream rust kernel modules Oct 4

Update for new GHA syntax Oct 2

Start migrating to acme_lib Oct 1

Make to_url public on DirectoryUrls Oct 1

Fix MSRV CI to correctly use MSRV Oct 12
Complete abi3 support Oct 11

Reading UUID from URL Ending Oct 21

bpo-41845: Move PyObject_GenericGetDict() back into the limited API Oct 19

Declare support for Python 3.9 Oct 14

Add exploit mitigations chapter to the rustc book Oct 14

Run go mod tidy Oct 2

Created an issue in sphinx-contrib/spelling that received 5 comments

sphinx failing with sphinxcontrib.spelling 6.0.0

Seen here: https://travis-ci.com/github/pyca/cryptography/jobs/401809478 Relevant bits of the log: docs run-test: commands[3] | sphinx-build -T -W …

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oss-fuzz last week: 23 vulnerabilities Oct 21
Chrome 86.0.4240.111 Oct 20
Android October Security Bulletin - Qualcomm components Oct 14
Android October Security Bulletin - Media Oct 14
Android October Security Bulletin - Android runtime Oct 14
BleedingTooth: Linux BlueTooth vulnerabilities Oct 14
oss-fuzz last week: 29 vulnerabilities Oct 14
Memory Safe ‘curl’ for a More Secure Internet Oct 9
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Chrome 86.0.4240.75 Oct 6

Prepare to change target logic Oct 13

104 contributions in private repositories Oct 1 – Oct 21

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