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Re: LibTomNet [v0.01]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Rescorla)
Tue Jul 8 15:53:28 2003
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To: tom st denis <tomstdenis@yahoo.com>
Cc: iang@systemics.com, cryptography@metzdowd.com
Reply-To: EKR <ekr@rtfm.com>
From: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
Date: 08 Jul 2003 12:19:54 -0700
In-Reply-To: <20030708191012.36611.qmail@web41111.mail.yahoo.com>
tom st denis <tomstdenis@yahoo.com> writes:
> --- Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> wrote:
> > tom st denis <tomstdenis@yahoo.com> writes:
> > > The point I'm trying to make is that just because a fairly standard
> > > product exists doesn't mean diversity is a bad thing. Yes, people
> > may
> > > fail to create divergent products but that isn't a bad thing. You
> > > learn from the faults and create a better product. I mean by your
> > > logic we would all drive Model T cars since well... diversity is
> > bad.
> > > The model T exists!
> > My logic is that if you're going to create something new, it should
> > be better than what already exists. There is precious little
> > evidence that libtomnet fills that bill.
>
> To you. You know SSL inside and out.
>
> LibTomNet has eight functions and one data type in the API. To a
> complete stranger that is a nice welcome change than say all the
> constants, functions, structures in SSL.
As I said before, the problem here isn't SSL. Rather, it's the way
that OpenSSL does things. Now, it would be a real contribution for
you to write a simple wrapper for OpenSSL. I've seen people do stuff
like that, but it's generally too custom for general use.
-Ekr
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[Eric Rescorla ekr@rtfm.com]
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