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Hey, built my first actix-web middleware crate and would love some feedback, especially on the crypto layer

· Users Rust Lang · April 26, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
Middleware Cryptography Encryption software development
Summary
The blog post discusses a new Actix-web middleware crate for end-to-end encryption, detailing its use of various cryptographic techniques including X25519 for key exchange, AES-256-GCM for session encryption, and Argon2id for password hashing. The author seeks feedback on the key rotation design and the wrap_key derivation method.
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