[Cryptography Team] Re: [squeak-dev] Crypto RSAWithSHA1 sign

[Rob Withers]

Hey Chris,

I am interested in seeing Cryptography make it into the Trunk.  The idea put 
forth by Andreas, I believe, was to separate Core algorithms from 
Certificates.  The work Denis and myself did these past two days builds 
dependencies between them (ASN1Stream support and PrivateKeyReader support). 
If we continue to split them, I will move ASN1 and the reader to Core.

First issue: naming.  I really don't care which way we go.  Someone tell me 
what name to give the packages.  I think this is a conversation you and 
Andreas should have.

Second issue: To preserve the history, I believe the following must take 
place: a) don't split core and Certificates, b) copy the entire chain of 
Cryptography versions into the Trunk repository, effectively downgrading the 
Cryptography repository to holding 1) plugin code package, 2) SSH, 3) SSL, 
4) SMIME, 5) other stuff.  If we do split Certs from Core, and want to 
preserve history, we will need to remove Certificates from Cryptography and 
copy the Cryptography chain of versions to the Trunk repository. 
Personally, I would like to see both Core and Certificates in the Trunk, as 
it is not clear where to get Certificates otherwise.  This would preserve 
the package Cryptography and we could move the history.  Someone make a 
decision as to what goes into the Trunk and let me know.  If you decide what 
should go then I would like immediate action so it doesn’t sit in the Inbox 
for months.

Third issue:  I am unaware of the changes he has made.  If you can provide 
me a changeset or mcz of his changes, I will integrate them into both 
Cryptography and Crypto.

Cheers,
Rob

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From: "Chris Muller" <asqueaker at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 12:51 PM
To: "cryptography-list" <cryptography at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Subject: [Cryptography Team] Re: [squeak-dev] Crypto RSAWithSHA1 sign

> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Rob Withers <reefedjib at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for this, Denis.   I will add it to the CryptoCore package 
>> tonight,
>> after work.
>
> Hey Rob?  I have been meaning to reach out to you about "Crypto" and
> Squeak 4.2 integration.  The Cryptography package has a long history
> and I am really averse to throwing all of that MC history out the
> window.  I also cannot stand the slang name, "Crypto".  May we
> _please_ re-integrate what you did for "Crypto" to the last MC version
> of the original package, "Cryptography"?  That way we can preserve all
> of the history.
>
> Second issue:  So we now have SHA1, for exmaple,  in three different
> packages. "Cryptography", "Crypto", and "System" (as
> SecureHashAlgorithm).  Nicolas made some updates to the some of the
> other in-image cryptography-related classes just recently, and so
> those probably need to be folded into "Cryptography" as well.
>
> - Chris
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