Hi,
I'd like to propose a new module for perl called Crypt::OpenSSL.
What this would be is an extension of the work that Gisle Aas
has already done with Crypt::SSLeay, but updated to work with
the latest releases from OpenSSL.
Crypt::SSLeay does not currently build with versions of SSLeay 8 and up,
including OpenSSL. Crypt::SSLeay currently implements the underlying
routines for the https protocol in the libwww package, and
Crypt::OpenSSL
would override Crypt::SSleay's functionality for use with the libwww
package. Crypt::OpenSSL would thus implement https under libwww's
LWP/Protocol.
Crypt::SSLeay could be upgraded to accomodate recent releases of SSLeay
& OpenSSL, but Gisle Aas does not seem to be available, and with the
counsel of [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas J. Koenig), maintainer of
PAUSE,
it seems a fine solution to create Crypt::OpenSSL as an extension of
Crypt::SSLeay, until Gisle Aas might incorporate it into libwww for
https.
Use of this module then would require the using of it as in "use
Crypt::OpenSSL"
before any use of Crypt::SSLeay. Internally, Crypt::OpenSSL would
hijack
Crypt::SSLeay's namespace, so LWP/Protocol/https wouldn't know any
different,
and would just work. This would not affect the listing in CPAN however,
as
there Crypt::SSLeay, and Crypt::OpenSSL would be two separate listing.
Thanks,
Joshua
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