Hi,

> I think a post of 266Kb to a public mail-list is more than a little
> unnecessary - a URL to a place where they can be downloaded would be far
> preferable. And FWIW, your mail agent is buggy or misconfigured - it
> doesn't word-wrap lines in its plain-text output as it should.

Sorry for the misconfiguration.

> 0.9.6* releases are strictly for bug-fixes, so that is out of the
> question. 0.9.7 is already in beta-testing so I'd similarly doubt
> inclusion of anything new in there - especially as it only has to trip up
> compilation on one platform for it to break the release at this late
> stage. Given the size of the attachments you sent, I expect that this risk
> would be considered unacceptable, though other team members may have
> differing views on that ...?

I've sent the first release of our engine for 0.9.6x more than 6 months ago. 
Later on, I've sent a release for the 0.9.7dev long before the 0.9.7beta versions.

> BTW: Have you tested compilation of this code on other platforms besides
> Linux? (Even if the ENGINE is only useful on Linux, the code will still
> need to compile smoothly on all other platforms unless you have explicitly
> disabled it on everything except Linux - ie. similarly to the
> OpenBSD-specific /dev/crypto support ENGINE).

We've tested in Linux (2.4.x), Windows (2k) and Solaris (8) platforms. If it is 
mandatory to test in several platforms, please send me a list. I'll be happy to do it 
:-)

On the other hand, I've proposed a patch for mod_ssl concerning the random in crypto 
cards.

> Could you please open a ticket on the openssl request-tracker for this?
>   http://www.openssl.org/support/rt2.html
> That's the appropriate place for this sort of change request.

ok. I was not aware of the RT 'til now. That's why I sent the code in the mailing list.

> NB: I'm aware you mailed in the past about a previous version of your
> code, but as you'll notice on "RT" there's other tasks in the pipeline too
> that have been waiting there a while. I'll do my best to take a look at
> your code as soon as I can, though others (not necessarily on the openssl
> team) could certainly assist by peer-reviewing code submissions on RT if
> they really want to help. <a not very subtle hint to developers lurking on
> the list>

We'll be happy to help.

Sorry for any inconvinience but I think i'm not pushing too hard, am I?

Regards
Fred
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