[Cryptography Team] Re: Looking for Cryptography maintainers SHA256 added to Mantis

[luciano]

Hi Ron,
Thanks for the update, it was quite a surprise. I've been through the
mailing list archives and I took a look at the MC packages, and I'm
quite amazed to see how fast this project is moving. I'll try to
contribute some of my time but I don't intend to lead anything as you
suggested... you're obvously doing a great job as team leader.

Cheers,
Luciano

On 2/7/06, Ron Teitelbaum <Ron at usmedrec.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> It's great to hear from you.  I have been trying to reach you and have
> posted to the general news groups trying to find your new email.  I got your
> email from your package on squeakMap.
>
> We started up the squeak cryptography team and have started working on our
> plans for development.  We have really two major goals.  First to write
> cryptography software that makes it easy for people to integrate
> cryptography into their software.  Second to have a cryptography library
> that is safe and secure and acceptable to the business community.  I have
> very strict requirements for my own application and I believe that by better
> rounding out our offering we can attract more business developers.
>
> Along that line I began talking to Cincom about porting some of their code.
> I haven't followed up with James Robertson yet because I have not had the
> time, but that is one of the things we would like to look into.  The major
> stumbling point with Cincom was the license issue.  James says he is looking
> into the possibility of licensing their code as MIT.
>
> We are currently working on an ASN.1 framework.  The goal is to try to
> provide the same benefits in Smalltalk that C++ programmers have today, and
> to use the same framework in many different ANS.1 implementations.  Paul
> Davidowitz is leading the development effort and should have something to
> post soon.
>
> We are planning on using this framework to develop x509 v3.  Also I would
> like to see the ASN.1 framework used to provide access to other business
> protocols like X12 (that would shake things up).
>
> We have just started the process of looking into Government Certification
> and are looking at the OpenSSL FIPS program.
>
> Also Hans-Martin is working on his PGP implementation, but has been too busy
> of late to concentrate on it.
>
> Chris Muller and Hans-Martin did a nice job rearranging the library into a
> MC packages (see squeakSoruce www.squeakSoruce.com) , and Chris has a
> separate KryptOn Package that he is actively seeking comments for design
> review.
>
> We started a Cryptography team Development list:
> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/cryptography .  We have a
> nice membership but need to promote the group more I would think, and have
> some more general discussion about direction.
>
> We also established a relationship with Dan Ravicher at the software freedom
> law center.  They worked with us while we notified the US Government of an
> Open Source Cryptography group that allows foreign export of code.  This
> allows US Developers to contribute code without fear of breaking any US laws
> as long as they do not knowingly export code by way of directly transferring
> information to a country that is on the US list of terrorist countries.
> (Posting to our repository is ok) They have also agreed to help us with
> License Negotiations, and other Squeak Community issues.
>
> I would be very happy to have you join our efforts, or even lead this effort
> if you have time.  See our squeakSource cryptography package and wiki site
> for our team goals.  I'm sure we could make better progress with more help!
>
> It's really nice to hear from you,
>
> I look forward to your participation,
>
> Ron Teitelbaum
> President / Principal Software Engineer
> US Medical Record Specialists
> www.USMedRec.com
> Ron at USMedRec.com
> Squeak Cryptography Team Leader
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: luciano [mailto:luchiano at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 7:25 PM
> > To: Ron Teitelbaum
> > Subject: Re: Looking for Cryptography maintainers SHA256 added to Mantis
> >
> > Hi Ron,
> > Carlos Sarraute just brought your mail (quoted below) this to my
> > attention: http://macos.tuwien.ac.at:9009/596982653.asHtml
> >
> > I didn't receive any mail from you, perhaps you sent it to an old mail
> > account. Let me know if I can help with anything.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Luciano
> >
> > ---
> >
> > From: "Ron Teitelbaum" <Ron at USMedRec.com>
> > Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:55:14 -0400
> > Subject: Looking for Cryptography maintainers SHA256 added to Mantis
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I'm trying to reach the maintainers for Cryptography; I have added SHA256
> > to
> > Mantis bug server.  I've sent an email to Luciano Notarfrancesco but have
> > not received a reply.  The package mentions Leandro Caniglia, John
> > Maloney,
> > Duane Maxwell, Carlos Sarraute, and Robert Withers.  Are any of you
> > available to discuss this addition?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ron Teitelbaum
> > President / Principal Software Engineer
> > US Medical Records Specialists
> > Ron at USMedRec.com
>
>
>