Excellent.. +1
Krishna Yenduri wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We would like to start a Kernel SSL Enhancements project.
> We are requesting endorsement from the security community
> and the networking community.
>
> Thanks,
> -Krishna
>
>
> -- OPENSOLARIS PROJECT PROPOSAL --
>
>
> Project Name:
> Kernel SSL Enhancements
>
>
> Short Name:
> kssl
>
>
> Project Synopsis:
> Kernel SSL Enhancements to make it more widely usable.
>
>
> Project Purpose:
>
> OpenSolaris has a kernel level SSL server proxy (KSSL) that
> can be used for improved SSL performance on the server side.
> It can be configured as a proxy for a non-SSL server
> (e.g. web servers like Apache and Sun web server) to communicate
> with a SSL client.
>
> There is an ongoing effort to add new features to KSSL.
> This project proposes to provide a place for that ongoing effort.
>
> Possible initial enhancements include:
> * Debugging tools and scripts
> * Add IPv6 support
> * Add support for TLS 1.1
> * Performance optimizations
> * Add support for client authentication
> * Add support for ECC cipher suites
>
> A new mailing list kssl-discuss at opensolaris.org is requested.
>
>
> Proposed Community Sponsors:
> Security and Networking
>
>
> Participants:
> Project leads:
> Krishna Yenduri (O.S. id: krishna), primary contact
> Kais Belgaied (O.S. id: kais)
> Vladimir Kotal (O.S. id: vkotal)
>
> Other Participants:
> Darren Moffat (O.S. id: darrenm)
> Pallab Bhattacharya (O.S. id: pallab)
>
> Other interested participants: please speak up, or join the project
> list once we have it running. Contributions of both code and review
> time are obviously quite welcome; there's a lot of work to be done
> here.
>
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