Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>
> Ben Laurie wrote:
> >
> > Tom Zerucha wrote:
> > >
> > > I had SSLeay 0.9's crypto portion ported (basically PilotSSLeay plus
> > > more algorithms). This using gcc.
> > >
> > > It required a lot of patches so is not a clean set of just compiler
> > > options or such, and didn't do SSL since I am using it for OpenPGP.
> > >
> > > OpenSSL 0.9.1c worked more or less.
> > >
> > > After a lot of work I managed to get 0.9.5a to compile, but the BN or
> > > algorithms using it fail, and I haven't tested a lot of the rest.
> > >
> > > Is anyone else working on porting OpenSSL to PalmOS?
> >
> > No, but I'm interested. I even had the tools installed on my previous
> > machine - guess I'll have to install them again.
> >
> Hmm. What would be the advantage of that ?
> I mean, to do anything serious with it (ie connection to the outside
> world) you'd need to connect it via serial cable to some PC or
> Workstation. And that neccessarily involves a daemon to handle the
> connection between the PalmPilot and the rest of the world. So we can as
> well build the SSL-capabilities into the daemon und run the connection
> over the serial line unencrypted, since it is rather unlikely that
> someone would eavesdrop on a serial line which is only a couple of feet
> long (provided you are not in full paranoia mode, that is)(Anyone read
> the tempest document from mskuhn ?).
>
> Plus it has the advantage of offloading some processing load from the
> Pilot.
> So why should one do it ?
One obvious answer: mobility.
Cheers,
Ben.
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