> > I can think of multiple > > common storage formats: text files, DBM files, LDAP, RDBMS. > > why not use an existing database abstraction layer such as libdbi or ODBC? Too abstract - queries are done with SQL statements. That's not a problem with a RDBMS backend, but requires a lot of extra code with everything else. Even if you identify a set of standard query strings and use hardcoded strcmp(), maintenance is a nightmare.
All you really need is a simple api: store(), remove(), lookup(), revoke() (or update()?), maybe a few more, and a dynamic library loader. And some configuration code that allows the user to specify which dynamic library to load. (Then again, in this case it may be okay to just create a symlink from some standard name to the desired dynamic library.) ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
