Yes this is a good idea. Stef
On Jul 18, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Adrian Lienhard wrote: > Bill, please note that Esteban just needs a standard hash algorithm. > No encryption. > > Some time ago we discussed including hash functions from Cryptography > in Pharo core. We postponed it then because it seemed that maybe some > people would join and make Cryptography work in Pharo. An OpenSSL > interface would be a very interesting alternative too. > > In any case I think we should add MD5 and maybe some other hash > functions to the core. Will add this to my todo list. > > Adrian > > > On Jul 18, 2009, at 05:09 , Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote: > >> Esteban, >> >> IMHO, the correct path is to write an interface for OpenSSL. >> Ultimately, that should also give us SSL sockets, but long before >> that, it can provide various hashes and cyphers with very little >> effort. I am open on whether the interface should be FFI, Alien, or >> plugin based. One argument for a plugin could come through benefits >> that _might_ acrue to sockets. I have along way to go on Squeak/ >> Pharo external interfacing, so I could be way off here(!!), but I am >> under the impression that plugins can use OS threads, and that could >> greatly simplify getting OpenSSL to not hang the entire image while >> waiting on things to happen to/on a socket; that benefit would come >> at the cost of having to write a plugin. >> >> Another option might be to use FFI/Alien to access the cyphers and >> have a plugin for the SSL sockets. Hopefully someone with Squeak >> external interfacing experience will tell us "where be the dragons" >> with the various options. >> >> Bill >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected] >> ] On Behalf Of Esteban Lorenzano >> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 7:25 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Pharo-project] MD5 in pharo? >> >> Hi, >> Some time ago, I read a thread about cryotography, and as far as I >> remember, some body says about integrate the basic algoritms (MD5 >> and maybe others) as part of the pharo core. >> Well... now I need to use MD5 and cryptography package is not >> working well (it opens a debugger each time I save my image). >> >> I wonder if there are another package with MD5? >> >> Cheers, >> Esteban >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pharo-project mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
