Hi,

Am So., 24. Feb. 2019 um 00:31 Uhr schrieb Alex Remily <
alex.rem...@gmail.com>:

> <Would this affect the attempt to support multiple OpenSSL versions?>
>
> That's an open question.  I think we could use the same approach we used to
> support 1.0 and 1.1 for cipher and random.  Of course, as you noted, the
> workload would increase to support additional versions, but I don't think
> implementing MAC would otherwise hamstring the overall effort.
>
> <I'm not saying this applies here, but is something to be aware of:  Every
> new piece of code requires maintenance, so ideally only the minimal extra
> code should be added.  If in doubt, leave it out. It can be added later if
> it turns out to be needed, but once added, is much harder to drop.>
>
> Fair point, which I think ties into the earlier comment about whether the
> benefit of native performance applies equally to a MAC as it does to a
> cipher.  I suppose I could do a minimal implementation and run a bake-off
> to help determine whether the juice is worth the squeeze.  I know that I'd
> like to see if it makes a difference in my own project, but beyond that
> I've no idea what the demand is for MAC as a feature.
>

Let's give this a shot. I like simple solutions that work für 80% of the
use cases instead of complex ones that cover 99%. Why don't you create a PR
so we can discuss in more details how the final solution should look like?

Thank you!
Benedikt


>
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 6:01 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 at 02:33, Alex Remily <alex.rem...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > <Would your implementation be based on wrapping low level APIs to
> > provide a
> > > more performant implementation to Java developers? If so I think it can
> > we
> > > added to crypto.>
> > >
> > > Yes.  My current thinking is that I'd simply expose the existing
> relevant
> > > OpenSSL functions via JNI and JNA by mapping them to the JCE API for
> the
> > > Mac class to the extent possible.  Essentially, I'd follow the
> > established
> > > pattern for the cipher and random functionality currently exposed.
> >
> > Seems like a good approach.
> >
> > Would this affect the attempt to support multiple OpenSSL versions?
> >
> > I'm not saying this applies here, but is something to be aware of:
> > Every new piece of code requires maintenance, so ideally only the
> > minimal extra code should be added.
> > If in doubt, leave it out. It can be added later if it turns out to be
> > needed, but once added, is much harder to drop.
> >
> > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 6:52 AM Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello Alex,
> > > >
> > > > welcome to the Apache Commons Developers list!
> > > >
> > > > Am Fr., 22. Feb. 2019 um 03:01 Uhr schrieb Alex Remily <
> > > > alex.rem...@gmail.com>:
> > > >
> > > > > Team,
> > > > >
> > > > > What do you think about adding HMAC and CMAC functionality to
> commons
> > > > > crypto?  I have a project I'd like to use it for, so I don't mind
> > working
> > > > > on the implementation, but I don't want to make the effort if
> > there's no
> > > > > support for the idea.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I haven't done a lot of work on crypto and I'm not a crypto expert.
> So
> > I
> > > > can not say if your proposal fits into the scope of Commons Crypto.
> > However
> > > > the components description provides some guidance here:
> > > >
> > > > > Apache Commons Crypto is a cryptographic library optimized with
> > AES-NI
> > > > (Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions). It provides Java API
> > for
> > > > both cipher level and Java stream level. Developers can use it to
> > implement
> > > > high performance AES encryption/decryption with the minimum code and
> > > > effort. Please note that Apache Commons Crypto doesn't implement the
> > > > cryptographic algorithm such as AES directly. It wraps to Openssl or
> > JCE
> > > > which implement the algorithms.
> > > >
> > > > Would your implementation be based on wrapping low level APIs to
> > provide a
> > > > more performant implementation to Java developers? If so I think it
> > can we
> > > > added to crypto.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Benedikt
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thoughts?
> > > > >
> > > > > Alex
> > > > >
> > > >
> >
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