From owner-freebsd-current Thu Sep 14 09:52:16 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id JAA15730 for current-outgoing; Thu, 14 Sep 1995 09:52:16 -0700 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA15653 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 1995 09:51:09 -0700 Received: from grumble.grondar.za (grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA17579; Thu, 14 Sep 1995 18:50:29 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA15940; Thu, 14 Sep 1995 18:50:28 +0200 Message-Id: <199509141650.SAA15940@grumble.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grumble.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: "Garrett A. Wollman" cc: Mark Murray , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New DES library for secure/ Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 18:50:28 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: current-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > 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