On Saturday, January 07 at 09:20PM, Frank Morgner wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > IIRC the original discussion had a few combined aspects:
> >  * splitting sc_transmit into an APDU version and byte array version (yes)
> >  * exporting the byte array version to libopensc (libopensc "removal"
> > from exported interfaces was to discourage relentless linking against
> > libopensc for "smart card support" a la linking against OpenSSL if you
> > only need sha1.c)
> 
> I don't agree on this point. The OpenSSL guys know what they are doing
> and this is the most important thing when you are programming security
> related software. Implementing SHA-1 yourself feeling self-confident
> only because you read "Applied Cryptography" is not a good idea...

Uh, I forgot to mention, that this also applies to OpenSC, which is also
security related in some regard...

Cheers, Frank.

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