Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-harmony-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 80301 invoked from network); 19 Jul 2010 20:09:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 19 Jul 2010 20:09:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 93487 invoked by uid 500); 19 Jul 2010 20:09:10 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-harmony-dev-archive@harmony.apache.org Received: (qmail 93420 invoked by uid 500); 19 Jul 2010 20:09:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@harmony.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@harmony.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@harmony.apache.org Received: (qmail 93410 invoked by uid 99); 19 Jul 2010 20:09:10 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:09:10 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [89.16.175.24] (HELO kiffer2.vm.bytemark.co.uk) (89.16.175.24) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:09:02 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=k-embedded-java.com) by kiffer2.vm.bytemark.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1OawdQ-00023m-TF for dev@harmony.apache.org; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:08:20 +0100 Received: from 91.183.51.65 (SquirrelMail authenticated user chris.gray@k-embedded-java.com) by k-embedded-java.com with HTTP; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:08:20 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <52925.91.183.51.65.1279570100.squirrel@k-embedded-java.com> In-Reply-To: <4C447A1D.80702@googlemail.com> References: <4C447A1D.80702@googlemail.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:08:20 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: [classlib][x-net] Creating a provider based on OpenSSL From: chris.gray@k-embedded-java.com To: dev@harmony.apache.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.9a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Hi Oliver, > I'm currently investigating the possibility of implementing a JSSE > provider wrapping OpenSSL. This would be a great idea, but don't underestimate he task. IIRC there is at least one abandoned project on SourceForge to do something similar. I also know of at least one proprietary (company-internal) project which does something of the sort, and there are probably many others - all implementing just as much of JSSE as the company in question needs, and no more. At first sight there seems to be little commonality between the two APIs, so actually implementing the whole of JSSE looks like a daunting task. Don't let me put you off though! Best regards Chris Gray