Cryptographic operations in the browser

Many operations you like to perform on the web like authentication, sending secure messages and the signing of documents require cryptographic operations. W3C started an effort to standardise a secure API for performing these operations on the web. This work resulted in a Javascript Web Cryptography API which will be implemented by all major browsers soon, but is also applicable in other environments.

This talk will start by quickly explaining why a native Cryptography API is required, followed by an introduction to the Web Cryptography API by exploring some of its use cases using live code demos in various browsers.