Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 18:50:28 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New DES library for secure/ Message-ID: <199509141650.SAA15940@grumble.grondar.za>
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> The important point is that the DES library associated with Kerberos > v4 has been called `libdes' from time immemorial, and that to break > this would be a rather gratuitous change for absolutely no benefit. > (The DES libraries associated with Kerberos v5 are called `libcrypto' > and `libdes425'.) The library that I am talking about is called [ hopefully ;-) ] libcrypto. I have seen the Kerberos5 DES, and it requires Eric Youngs library, which is the one that I am going to import. Looks like we are (sort of) compatible with the future to start with! > Now, I have no objection if you want to call it `libfoo' and then > create `libdes' links (assuming that the new code is call-compatible > with what we have now), but it is important to me that we avoid > ``change for change's sake'', as it does bad things for our public > image and irritates people trying to port and manage software on our > platform. I can live with that... M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grumble.grondar.za for PGP key
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