Of course not. That's why encryption algorithms are always best kept proprietary. /sarcasm.

This wasn't for a public API. It's employee-use-only business stuff; both client and server are bespoke.

Oh wow, he knows HTTP layer 7 protocol. Quick, write a blog post.

Please re-read the guidelines and pay special attention to the sections dissuading dickishness.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

tldr

Marketing and sales came in and fucked it over, as usual. Nothing new.