2013/4/2 Noah Silva <shir...@galapagossoftware.com> > Hi, > > Actually I think on OS X and Linux it makes sense to depend on OpenSSL, > but not for the reasons you mentioned so much as one more: Security. If > you are using doing encryption, then it's better to use a library that is > updated more often for bug fixes, and to have the updates be applied to > your program automatically. If you static-link it in, it will never be > updated until you update it and ship a new version of your program and > everyone installs it. If you dynamically link to it, then then the > operating system updates it, you get the updates "for free". > > After bad past experiences with VB and OCX files that broke all the time, > and Java (enough said), I vastly prefer to use Pascal code in most cases > and have everything linked static (less moving parts = less to break) - but > there can be exceptions. (I use SQLite a lot, which isn't included by > default in Windows). For HMAC only though I just use Synapse. > > Thank you, > Noah Silva >
Well, who wants to link and configure an entire DLL to use only a single function, so be it. Who wants to use and configure an entire lib (Synapse, DCPcrypt etc) to use only a single function, so be it. But nothing prevents that it being implemented directly in the FCL, quick to declare/use. Sorry, but I'll stop commenting in this topic. Now I feel like a dog trying to chasing its own tail ( http://stream1.gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs6/2077970_o.gif). :p -- Silvio Clécio My public projects - github.com/silvioprog
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