Or if you don;t mind GNU, you have GNUTLS package that is just as good. GPG can be dissected and used if you understand how licensing works there.
On May 14, 2014, at 0:56, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: > > On May 13, 2014, at 9:33 AM, Maxthon Chan <xcvi...@me.com> wrote: > >> Whatever that is there is, for 100% sure, some form of standardised format >> that iOS, Android and your Java server will be able to deal with with higher >> level API. > > *hollow laugh* > > There are lots of different standardized formats. It’s just a simple matter > of poking through a bunch of raw binary data to try to figure out which one > you have. > > Apple’s crypto/security frameworks are absolutely the most frustrating APIs > I’ve ever worked with. The domain is inherently pretty complex, but Apple's > APIs are also badly designed, badly documented, unreliable, and inconsistent > between platforms. In general I think Apple designs good APIs, but for some > reason crypto is a major exception. I’ve come to physically dread having to > touch any code relating to crypto on iOS — I literally get headaches and > stomach cramps after struggling with that stuff. > > Other platforms' APIs are better, but the underlying formats and protocols > are still hard to work with. ASN.1 and DER/BER are nasty formats that make > XML look trivial. No one can agree on how to properly format X.509 certs[1]. > And for some reason the authors of cryptography books assume you don’t > actually need to know any of this useful stuff, so instead of explaining it > they fill the book with abstract discussions of the math behind RSA and the > difference between CBC and ECB cipher modes. > > OK, enough ranting. > > —Jens > > [1]: https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/x509guide.txt is a fun read, > dripping with sarcasm. Really. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
