[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Gutmann) writes:
> Bodo Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >Using an explicit state machine helps to get code suitable for multiplexing
> >within a single thread various connections using non-blocking I/O.
>
> Is there some specific advantage here, or is it an academic exercise? Some
> quirk of supporting certain types of hardware like nCipher boxes that do async
> crypto/scatter-gather?
I've had to do this on environments where threads weren't a viable
option. See, for instance, my paper from USENIX Security 2002.
-Ekr
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