In another hi-jacked thread I think it was determined that the current OpenSSL BIO API does not support 64bit operations. This post is to request that such support be added to OpenSSL.
With the 32bit operating systems disappearing fast on desktops and servers, with the ever-increasing involvement of cryptography in media technologies (DRM), and insatiable appetite to stream larger and higher-def media files, the need for 64bit BIO is felt ever than before. >From the perspective of a user of such API, I don't have a preference on how it's done: - as a set of separate API above and beyond what is there now -acts like 32 under 32bits (add 'l' or '64' prefixes or suffixes at will) - as a transparent approach: in 64bit compilations you get 64bit versions otherwise 32 - as a complementary set always available regardless of the underlying addressing capability Thanks, Jeff Saremi ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
