Re: Harmonising OpenSSL UI handling...

2000-06-15 Thread Geoff Thorpe
Hey there, On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Dr Stephen Henson wrote: When I was discussing various methods of handling OpenSSL key databases the issue of PIN handling came up and in more general UI handling wrt "PIN like operations". The problem is that OpenSSL PIN handling is all over the place. The

Re: Harmonising OpenSSL UI handling...

2000-06-15 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
From: Geoff Thorpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] geoff Perhaps however, the UI_METHOD could be formulated independently geoff (./crypto/ui/) but bound into the ENGINE framework in the same way that geoff RSA, DSA, etc are - so that an ENGINE can if it wishes supply a UI_METHOD, geoff to be set as a default,

Re: Harmonising OpenSSL UI handling...

2000-06-15 Thread Geoff Thorpe
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote: From: Geoff Thorpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] geoff Perhaps however, the UI_METHOD could be formulated independently geoff (./crypto/ui/) but bound into the ENGINE framework in the same way that geoff RSA, DSA, etc are - so that an ENGINE

Re: Harmonising OpenSSL UI handling...

2000-06-15 Thread Goetz Babin-Ebell
Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote: Hello Richard, From: Dr Stephen Henson [EMAIL PROTECTED] drh So, any thoughts on the matter? Could clear up some stuff... Hmm, a general UI function in OpenSSL that takes the following parameters: I don't think that one UI function is a good solution:

Re: Harmonising OpenSSL UI handling...

2000-06-15 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
From: Goetz Babin-Ebell [EMAIL PROTECTED] gbe I don't think that one UI function is a good solution: gbe There should be more than UI function: gbe gbe 1. InsertString: ask the user for a string gbe 1.1InsertPass: special case: ask for a passphrase gbe (1.2 InsertFile:

Re: Harmonising OpenSSL UI handling...

2000-06-15 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
From: Goetz Babin-Ebell [EMAIL PROTECTED] gbe Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote: gbe Hallo Richard, gbe From: Goetz Babin-Ebell [EMAIL PROTECTED] gbe gbe 1. InsertString: ask the user for a string gbe gbe 1.1InsertPass: special case: ask for a passphrase gbe gbe (1.2

Re: Harmonising OpenSSL UI handling...

2000-06-15 Thread Goetz Babin-Ebell
Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote: Hallo Richard, From: Goetz Babin-Ebell [EMAIL PROTECTED] gbe Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote: gbe Agree, gbe but a seperate function for user autentification would be good... Exactly what do you mean? If it's the separation between strings,

Harmonising OpenSSL UI handling...

2000-06-14 Thread Dr Stephen Henson
When I was discussing various methods of handling OpenSSL key databases the issue of PIN handling came up and in more general UI handling wrt "PIN like operations". The problem is that OpenSSL PIN handling is all over the place. The PEM stuff has PIN callbacks applicable on a per call basis even