Yes. It would make most sense to use OpenSSL for most applications. I thought about the other direction only because in one of my applications there is a download size restraint and the OpenSSL libraries are fairly large.
Given the sizes of the DLLs, I can imagine there is a huge amount of code in OpenSSL. But I suppose a good portion of the code is some legacy code that is not used most of the time. Then I don't know it enough to tell how big that portion is. Thanks for the replies. Jack Thursday, September 11, 2008, 8:36:25 AM, you wrote: > I would add to Arno words that one has to look at the size of OpenSSL source > code. It is huge ! > I don't see any reason to rewrite it given it is open source and recognized > as a high quality software. > But maybe you see something I missed... > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The author of the freeware multi-tier middleware MidWare > The author of the freeware Internet Component Suite (ICS) > http://www.overbyte.be > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arno Garrels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "ICS support mailing" <twsocket@elists.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:52 AM > Subject: Re: [twsocket] Poor man's SSL/TLS? >>> that encourage people to use the OpenSSL library. I hope >>> those who worked on ICS-SSL could shed some light... >> >> Beside the huge effort it would take to implement the SSL >> from scratch, do you realy believe that any home-grown >> solution, written by non-experts in cryptography could be >> more secure than an open source library that is standard in >> unix world, with contributers like IBM etc.? >> >> -- >> Arno Garrels [TeamICS] >> http://www.overbyte.be/eng/overbyte/teamics.html >> >> >> jlist wrote: >>> I was reading TLS's wikipedia page the other day. I find >>> that although it's a lot of work, it is probably not >>> too bad to write the SSL handshake and encryption from >>> scratch, say, with ICS. I must be seriously overlooking >>> the details and complexities. I wonder what are the potential >>> issues of taking this approach and what is the main reasons >>> that encourage people to use the OpenSSL library. I hope >>> those who worked on ICS-SSL could shed some light... -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
