Re: OpenSSL integration

Pierre wrote:

Hi Thomas, Wez, On 1/13/07, Wez Furlong <kingwez@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Thomas, I think Marcus gave you all the right pointers. I just wanted to let you know that I have a pending patch for DH kex and some bignum functions, and that Pierre mentioned that he's been working on a few other bits recently.

Yes, mostly a new API (more flexible and less global namespace invasions :). I also have a toy example implementing the BN API as objects (Wez, we can merge that later, non issue :). However, Wez and I imported openssl into PECL to avoid this exact problem. Holding PHP while we are working on the new stuff. If your changes bring an immediate gain, are consistent with the current API (yes, consistency is not the word I would use for the current openssl api but still ;), I see no reason not to integrate it. Please note that 5.2.x is now frozen, it will be in at least 5.3.0 or 6.x.

If you think that we'll be overlapping, we can try harder to either get stuff committed, or pass it on to you.

A good start would be to describe your work. We can then try to write down a roadmap and define some priorities. Cheers, --Pierre

What I'm working on is definitely not overlapping with your stuff. Specifically, I'm off in BIO, PKCS#7, and EVP land. -- Thomas Hruska Shining Light Productions Home of BMP2AVI, Nuclear Vision, ProtoNova, and Win32 OpenSSL. http://www.slproweb.com/ Ask me about discounts on any Shining Light Productions product!