Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 10:53:15 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: mark@grondar.za (Mark Murray) Cc: Wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu, gibbs@freefall.cdrom.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crypto code - an architectural proposal. Message-ID: <199506181753.KAA01986@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199506181600.SAA24683@grumble.grondar.za> from "Mark Murray" at Jun 18, 95 06:00:48 pm
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> > Hi folks > > OK - through a conversation with Rod I have pretty much decided not > to merge eBones with secure, as it is clear the two are separate. > > What I would like to do is remove the DES library (libdes.*) from > eBones/des and put it in secure/lib/libdes, where I believe it belongs. You don't state your reasons for believing this is where it belongs :-(. And I know have another big problem with the code in there.. it is GPL'ed and not in the gnu subdirectory :-(. [Read copyright on fcrypt.c, went and read eBones/docs.original/README :-(. Also does this code come with eBones? Should this could be maintained on a vendor branch? > Included in the new DES code that I have (and in the old BTW) is > fcrypt.c, which is a faster (2-3 times) replacement for the DES-based > crypt(3) we are currently using. I would like to include this fcrypt.c > in libdes to reduce the number of libraries produced. That would make libdes GPL'ed. Sorry, I can't go for that... > Secure telnet and other bits of code will benefit from this move/merge. Makeing telnet and other bits of code GPL'ed :-(. > What say you? Stop the GPV (Gnu Public Virus or something like that) :-( > Not being much of a boffin with shared libs, I need to know one thing; > Is there going to be a problem if the MD5 shareable libcrypt has a > different number of (what do you call them?) 'entry points' to what > the new libdes will have? > > What say you(2)? > > M > > -- > Mark Murray > 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa > +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD
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