[bind10-dev] crypto API

Michael Graff mgraff at isc.org
Fri Feb 26 22:33:58 UTC 2010


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On 2010-02-26 3:14 PM, Francis Dupont wrote:
>> It is an answer.  If thing1 IS A thing2, you write it one way.  If
>> thing1 HAS A thing2, then you write it another.  It's an answer.
> 
> => if it is so obvious what this says about public DNSSEC key vs
> private DNSSEC key?

In what context?  That is, what HAS the key, or IS the key here?

> => you didn't understand my idea: with other words IMHO it is better to
> adapt existing crypto libs to what BIND 10 needs than the opposite,
> so the API should be designed from the need, not the offer.
> BTW this should guarantee to not be locked to a particular library
> (i.e., not reproduce the BIND 9 and OpenSSL issue).

I think we should use softhsm for all crypto, and not touch openssl.  Ever.

- --Michael
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