>> Some folks at Intel spent some time over the last week trying to figure >> out whether or not it is going to work with the recent contribution of >> lang/util/io/net/nio packages by IBM, and the general consensus is that >> they, mostly, should be compatible. We have verified that it is already >> possible to run ant and the Eclipse compiler with this combination and >> we are committed to work with the community to get more complex >> workloads to work under Harmony. > >We will work closely with you to resolve any issues you have to ensure >the two contributions work well together.
Right now, we are sorting out the integration issues. We hope to summarize the problems shortly and mail them to harmony-dev list Thanks, Mikhail Loenko Intel Managed Runtime Division >-----Original Message----- >From: Tim Ellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 2:35 AM >To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org >Subject: Re: Contribution of security, crypto, and x-net libraries > >This is very cool -- well done Mikhail and everyone at Intel involved in >producing this contribution. The Harmony train(*) is leaving the >station :-) > >(*) Ref: Geir's note to the list on Nov 8: >"I think of Harmony as a big freight train and [an earlier] contribution >builds on the contributions of Dan, Archie, David, and all the others >and the train is starting to move. The nice thing about a lot of mass >is that even small velocities result in very large momentum." > >Loenko, Mikhail Y wrote: >> With pleasure I announce the first contribution to Harmony on behalf of >> Intel. The archive with the contribution is uploaded to the following >> location: >> >> http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-16 >> >> The contribution includes the following things related to Java security: >> >> 1) Java Security Architecture (public API) >> 2) Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) and Java Cryptography Extension >> (JCE) >> 3) Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) >> 4) Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) >> 5) Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) >> 6) GSS-API (JGSS) >> 7) ASN.1 support framework and documentation for it. >> >> The contribution does not include security providers and login modules >> except for NT and UNIX login modules, provided as an example, and a >> Certificate Factory provider. >> We have tested this code with BouncyCastle, GNU-crypto, and JESSIE >> third-party security providers. >> >> The code is a result of efforts of Intel Managed Runtime Division team. >> One should be able to run this code with a 1.4+ compatible JRE/VM (we >> tested it with commercial JVMs). Classes that require special support >> from the VM are not included into the contribution. This is, for >> example, the reason why there isn't java.security.AccessController >> class. The implementation is done according to Java 5 specification, >> with the exception of where Java 5 specific language features, such as >> generics, are required. There are some package names starting with >> com.openintel.*, but, should the contribution be accepted, these are >> easy to rename. >> >> Most of the code is pure Java, but where the native parts are required, >> they are provided for Linux and Windows on IA-32 architecture. >> >> Some folks at Intel spent some time over the last week trying to figure >> out whether or not it is going to work with the recent contribution of >> lang/util/io/net/nio packages by IBM, and the general consensus is that >> they, mostly, should be compatible. We have verified that it is already >> possible to run ant and the Eclipse compiler with this combination and >> we are committed to work with the community to get more complex >> workloads to work under Harmony. > >We will work closely with you to resolve any issues you have to ensure >the two contributions work well together. > >Regards, >Tim > > >> The archive contains the README file that explains the things doable >> with this code, but should any additional clarification be required, I >> am ready to answer any questions. Please try this code out! >> >> Mikhail Loenko, >> Intel Managed Runtime Division >> > >-- > >Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >IBM Java technology centre, UK.
