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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Oct 18 00:13:09 -0700 
2006 -------
>True... But it is not built in... I don't think I am simple user, but I was
unable to 
>activate it... The external dependency makes it very hard.

This has certainly to do with the right Mozilla/Firefox profile that has not
been found. Selecting the proper profile should be improved in OOo. However,
this idea was postponed because of lack of resources. 

Integrating PKI into OOo is interesting but I would still rely on external
libraries for signature and certificate validation. Since this is a sensible
area it needs a great deal of time to maintain this particular code in terms of
security and compliance to specifications, such as RFC3280, ISIS-MTT.

I do not want to put you off but currently there is no one available (who I know
of) who could spend time on this. Nevertheless, you could start a discussion on
[email protected] with regard to integrating PKI in OOo. This may be the place
to find other developers who are willing to contribute. But do not underestimate
the effort for creating a feature specification and GUI. 

If you are interested in helping with the current implementation, there come two
things to mind:
1. Help for selecting the right Mozilla profile (Unix). For example, when the
user wants to sign a document or receives a signed document for the first time,
he could be asked by a dialog to select the proper profile. The profile should
also be selectable in the options.

2. We are using an older version of libxmlsec which contains a lot of bugfixes.
To migrate to using the latest version, it is necessary to 
-evaluate every fix made
-confer with the owner of libxmlsec if the fix can be integrated there
-if not apply the fix in the latest version.
I assume that this alone could cost a couple of weeks.

What do you think?


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