NH:STA S01E02 OpenPGP.js

This post is part of a series on our work for the  Sovereign Tech Agency  (STA). Our first post in the series explains why and how we are contributing to various open source projects. About the project OpenPGP.js is a pure, Open Source OpenPGP implementation written in JavaScript. Its main use-case is enabling PGP workflows in web-based email systems, but as JavaScript is available on almost all devices these days, its utility is universal. Our contributions We started out by introducing a fuzz testing suite to the project. Fuzz testing is a form of unit testing, but instead of relying on manually crafted input and comparing it to the desired output, fuzz testing generates a near infinite number of permutations for input data to find rare implementation bugs. For security-related software, this is an important aspect of a complete automated testing suite. We then focussed on making the project more approachable for new contributors by: improving the documentation for first-time contrib