.. am I the only one who wants to call "Adam" by his real name, Mike?
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:03:48 -0600, Adam Selene wrote: >�Tell you what, I'll stop complaining about the lack of a standard >�interface if OpenSRS's programmers can do the following: > >�Create two HelloWorld applications that authenticate with >�OpenSRS and peform one simple message exchange (e.g. Hello >�World). > >�One written in Java, one written in C#, using only standard libraries. > >�If they cannot do that in about 10-20 lines of code, then there is >�a problem. > >�I'd gladly write a C# implementation using TCP sockets to share >�with everyone, except that I *know* I will run into a problem with >�the encryption that will cost me time I am unwilling to spend. > >� � �Adam > > >�Colin Viebrock wrote: >>�Notwithstanding the above, the encryption portion of the OpenSRS >>�protocol was a major pain in the ass. �It may use standard encryption >>�protocols (DES, Blowfish, CBC, etc.), but it the implementation >>�(Crypt::CBC) is *not* standard in anyway. �This caused much gnashing >>�of teeth and tearing of hair, and eventually I had to "translate" >>�Crypt::CBC into PHP before I could even look at the OpenSRS code. >>�This wasn't easy, and I would happily agree that it makes porting the >>�OpenSRS client to other languages/platforms non-trival.
