Re: entropy gathering on windows

2000-08-18 Thread Geoff Thorpe
Hey there, On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Ben Laurie wrote: > Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote: > > > > From: Ian Upright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ian-list> What is the advantage of a named socket? Why not just use > > ian-list> an ordinary TCP/IP socket? > > > > Port space. What random port do

Re: s/mime

2000-08-18 Thread Simon Josefsson
Tom Schuring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > are there any examples around of how to use the s/mime capability of openSSL > ? `man smime', search for EXAMPLES __ OpenSSL Project http:/

domainComponent

2000-08-18 Thread Goetz Babin-Ebell
Hallo, could it be possible to add the domainComponent (defined in RFC 2247) to OpenSSL ? #define SN_domainComponent "DC" #define LN_domainComponent "domainComponent" #define NID_domainComponent181 #define OBJ_domainComponent0L,9L,2342L,19200300L,100L,1L,25L By

RE: Cannot Compile

2000-08-18 Thread Bill Browning
This is probably not an issue for the Dev team to look at (apologies to the Dev team if I'm over stepping them). Please review the following message thread for more information. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssl-dev&m=96637531430457&w=2 Bill Browning -Original Message--

Problems revoking a certificate on Windows NT

2000-08-18 Thread Leo de Vida
When I try to revoke a certificate using Windows NT, I get a problem. The "index.txt" file is renamed to "index.txt.old", a new file "index.txt.new" is created, but then failed to be renamed to "index.txt". I'm almost sure that the reason is that "index.txt.new" is not closed when the rename

Re: Requests for Build changes

2000-08-18 Thread Ben Laurie
Jeffrey Altman wrote: > > > Jeffrey Altman wrote: > > > > > > > Jeffrey Altman wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, if you want to get something is writing from BXA itself you > > > > > can request a written opinion from them as to whether or not the > > > > > concerns of the OpenSSL develo

Re: Requests for Build changes

2000-08-18 Thread Ben Laurie
Rich Salz wrote: > > > ??? Crypto export was once legal, surely? If we go back far enough, that > > is. > > Sure. And if you could travel back in time, you could export. > > If you did something at time t0 that was legal, and the law was changed at t1 > to make it illegal, then you're okay. A

Re: Requests for Build changes

2000-08-18 Thread Jeffrey Altman
> They can pass a law that makes future actions illegal, of course. So, > they can change the _future_ status of OpenSSL, once it has been > "infected". > But how does that affect anyone? five years ago it was illegal to export OpenSSL after it was imported into the U.S. I completely agree tha

Re: Requests for Build changes

2000-08-18 Thread Jeffrey Altman
> > As I keep saying, this is not my concern, it is the potential > restriction on _future_ use of OpenSSL by U.S. citizens that concerns > me. The U.S. government cannot tell a U.S. company or citizen that it cannot import OpenSSL. The laws that are being used to control exports cannot be appl

Re: Requests for Build changes

2000-08-18 Thread Jeffrey Altman
This should read U.S. Constitution Article I Section 9 > U.S. Constitution Section 9 > > "No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed." > > The government may not pass a law today that changes the rules of > yesterday. Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software De

Re: domainComponent

2000-08-18 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
From: Goetz Babin-Ebell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Done, but with another nid. gbe> could it be possible to add the domainComponent (defined in RFC 2247) gbe> to OpenSSL ? gbe> gbe> gbe> #define SN_domainComponent "DC" gbe> #define LN_domainComponent "domainComponent" gbe> #define NID

Re: Requests for Build changes

2000-08-18 Thread rsalz
>As I keep saying, this is not my concern, it is the potential >restriction on _future_ use of OpenSSL by U.S. citizens that concerns >me. Could you please explain this? Are you saying that new rules might say "and if it had any US source it's doulby-illegal?" I just don't understand at all how

Does OpenSSL support the Palm environment?

2000-08-18 Thread Hei Xiaojun
Dear all, Does OpenSSL support the Palm environment? If not, is there any people working on this? Best Regards Ray __ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List