+1, thanks for doing this Krishna. Valerie
On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Krishna Yenduri wrote: > Hello, > > We would like to start a Kernel SSL Enhancements project. > We are requesting endorsement from the security community > and the networking community. > > Thanks, > -Krishna > > > -- OPENSOLARIS PROJECT PROPOSAL -- > > > Project Name: > Kernel SSL Enhancements > > > Short Name: > kssl > > > Project Synopsis: > Kernel SSL Enhancements to make it more widely usable. > > > Project Purpose: > > OpenSolaris has a kernel level SSL server proxy (KSSL) that > can be used for improved SSL performance on the server side. > It can be configured as a proxy for a non-SSL server > (e.g. web servers like Apache and Sun web server) to communicate > with a SSL client. > > There is an ongoing effort to add new features to KSSL. > This project proposes to provide a place for that ongoing effort. > > Possible initial enhancements include: > * Debugging tools and scripts > * Add IPv6 support > * Add support for TLS 1.1 > * Performance optimizations > * Add support for client authentication > * Add support for ECC cipher suites > > A new mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] is requested. > > > Proposed Community Sponsors: > Security and Networking > > > Participants: > Project leads: > Krishna Yenduri (O.S. id: krishna), primary contact > Kais Belgaied (O.S. id: kais) > Vladimir Kotal (O.S. id: vkotal) > > Other Participants: > Darren Moffat (O.S. id: darrenm) > Pallab Bhattacharya (O.S. id: pallab) > > Other interested participants: please speak up, or join the project > list once we have it running. Contributions of both code and review > time are obviously quite welcome; there's a lot of work to be done > here. > > _______________________________________________ > security-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
