Credits & References

lwIP-CE is a fork, a port, and a pile of platform-specific glue. This page keeps the people, reference implementations, and standards links in one place.

lwIP-CE Contributors

Area	Credit
Lead development	Anthony Cagliano
C to eZ80 work	Adam Beckingham
Entropy analysis	Zeroko
modexp_2048	jacobly
x25519	Peter Tillema (PT_)
fasmg to GNU migration	TIny_Hacker
Info, optimizations, and supporting algorithms	jacobly, calc84maniac, Zeroko, John Caesarz, MateoC
Testing	Alessio

Upstream lwIP

lwIP-CE is forked from lwIP. The upstream project remains the best reference for general lwIP behavior and raw API concepts that still apply here.

Link	Use
lwIP GitHub mirror	Convenient source browser for upstream lwIP.
lwIP documentation	Upstream API and architecture reference.
lwIP Savannah project	Upstream project home.

Reference Implementations

Project	Why it matters here
B-Con crypto-algorithms	Reference implementation lineage for AES block/key-schedule routines and SHA-256 core hashing primitives.
tiny-ECDH-c	Reference ECDH implementation basis.
OpenSSL	Reference material for Base64 behavior and compatibility.

RFCs And Standards

Reference	Topic
RFC 2104	HMAC.
RFC 4231	HMAC-SHA test vectors.
RFC 4086	Randomness requirements for security.
RFC 4648	Base64 encoding.
RFC 4868	HMAC-SHA-256 construction details and test-vector guidance.
RFC 5208	PKCS#8 private-key information syntax.
RFC 5280	X.509 certificate and CRL profile.
RFC 5869	HKDF.
RFC 5915	EC private-key structure.
RFC 5958	Asymmetric key package syntax.
RFC 6070	PBKDF2 test vectors.
RFC 8017	PKCS#1 / RSA cryptography.
RFC 8018	PBKDF2 and password-based cryptography.
RFC 8446	TLS 1.3.
FIPS 197	AES.
FIPS 180-4	Secure Hash Standard, including SHA-256.
NIST SP 800-38A	Block cipher confidentiality modes, including CBC.
NIST SP 800-38C	CCM mode.
NIST SP 800-38D	GCM and GMAC mode.
NIST SP 800-90A Rev. 1	Deterministic random bit generators.
NIST SP 800-90B	Entropy sources for random bit generation.
NIST SP 800-90 series	Random bit generation guidance and updates.
NIST CAVP	Algorithm validation program and published vector material.
ITU-T X.690	ASN.1 BER/CER/DER encoding rules.

Books And Background

Source	Use
Shemanske, Modern Cryptography and Elliptic Curves	Elliptic-curve background and conceptual reference.

AI-Assisted Tooling

AI-assisted tooling has been used for limited engineering and drafting work, including code review support, selected debugging sessions, and explanatory prose organization. It is not treated as an authority for cryptographic claims, standards compliance, or empirical results.

Human review, implementation decisions, test interpretation, and final responsibility remain with the project author.