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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 20:41:22 +1100
From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Adding standalone RSA code
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On Thu, 2004-Dec-09 20:58:27 -0800, Colin Percival wrote:
>  I'd like to add a new library for lightweight barebones RSA
>computations, and associated commandline rsa-makekey, rsa-sign,
>and rsa-verify utilities.

To head off on a slight tangent...

Does -core have an official set of guidelines for adding new libraries
and utilities to FreeBSD?  (What purpose does it serve?  Why aren't
existing facilities adequate?  Why should it be in the base system
rather than ports?  How will it be maintained in future? etc).

-- 
Peter Jeremy