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@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@USMedRec.com Squeak Cryptography Team Leader
-----Original Message----- From: luciano [mailto:luchiano@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@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@USMedRec.com