Dear OpenSSL community,
I wrote to the OpenSSL-dev list about 6 months ago, mentioning
my work developing a Web-Of-Trust Authentication System for
OpenSSL connections. There was a little bit of interest,
and one person who helped a bit with the code...
However 6 months later, I'm basically in the same situation:
(a) I have a functioning implementation of Web-Of-Trust in OpenSSL [1]
(b) I'd like transform this into OpenPGP compliant system.
(c) I want to submit this back to OpenSSL, when its ready, so
everyone can use OpenPGP certificates for secure sockets!
The only thing that has changed, is the application ( retroshare [2] )
has progressed significantly and has a nice new GUI!
So this time, I thought I'd try the openssl-users list.....
Is there anyone interested in helping me get a Web-Of-Trust
Authentication system ready for inclusion in OpenSSL?
Thanks,
DrBob.
references:
[1] OpenSSL-xpgp: http://www.lunamutt.com/retroshare/openssl-css.html
[2] Retroshare: http://sourceforge.net/projects/retroshare/
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>I've been developing an private peer-to-peer application based on >OpenSSL
>(Thank you, to all the developers who have put time into OpenSSL)
>
>
>Initially I used X509 certificates for the authentication between
>peers, However I quickly realised that a hierarchical certificate
>structure was not ideal, and that a Web of Trust system
>would be required.
>
>So I've implemented an web-of-trust style authentication system
>inside OpenSSL. It is basically a combination of OpenPGP style
>certificates and SSL3/TSL1 connection
>
>After 6+ months of work, I've finished the first working prototype.
>and would like to share it with the OpenSSL developers of the
>world (and contribute back). Hence this email!
>
>So:
>(1) Is OpenSSL interested in including this work into the
> code base (provided its up-to-scratch etc...) ?
>(2) If so, is there anyone who could [guide/help] me to clean it up
> and correctly merge the code?
>(3) What are the procedures for doing so (I'm new around here)
>
>I haven't put the code on the website yet, (soon... there is never
>enough time to get everything done). but you can see it at work
>in my application: RetroShare available at http://www.lunamutt.com.
>
>Looking forward to any comments.
>
>Thanks.
>
> Dr Bob.
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