From: Dr S N Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
stephen.henson> Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
stephen.henson> >
[...]
stephen.henson> > The plugin doen't really know what the hell we're storing. All it
has
stephen.henson> > is some simple schema that could fulfill most of our needs (and
that's
stephen.henson> > flexible enough, I think I've outlined some ideas, but I haven't been
stephen.henson> > very specific yet).
stephen.henson>
stephen.henson> Ah now that's a point where we differ. The system I'm
stephen.henson> considering would include cases where it would have to
stephen.henson> know what it was storing at the plugin level.
Yup, you're right, my thinking wasn't sane, and just trying to think
how the current "database" composed of index.txt and a bunch of PEM
files would be immitated was enough to realise that.
The only thing that troubles me then is that the plug-in (dynamically
loadable, right?) would have to share certain structures with OpenSSL,
which means that we'd better define those structures in a way that
they won't need change after they are set in stone, or that something
clever is done so they can extend without breaking compatibility.
That, or have the plug-ins keep a very sharp eye on the version of the
loading OpenSSL to avoid version clashes (something we do with engines
today, sadly).
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