Darren J Moffat wrote:
> James Falkner wrote:
>> Darren,
>>
>> I'd be interested in helping out.  I'd also like to ensure
>> that the feature is usable cross-platform (for example, by
>> using the KMF bindings through an OpenSolaris-specific
>> interface, and allowing for other implementations on other
>> platforms).  I have such an abstraction implemented for generic
>> use in IPS, which is currently under code review, and am hopeful
>> that it will be completed in the near future.
> 
> One of the reasons I want to use KMF is that KMF is an abstraction 
> layer, currently over OpenSSL and NSS (as used in Firefox et al).
> 
> KMF doesn't exist on on OpenSolaris platforms but it should be easy to 
> port to them or implement the signing layer using some other platform 
> API (eg MSCAPI).

Exactly! As long as the proper abstraction exists, porting
tiny bits of KMF or even binding directly to OpenSSL for non-OpenSolaris
seems feasible.  There are some examples for that (e.g.
<http://pyopenssl.sourceforge.net>).  So, I'd like to help out
in designing that abstraction for IPS so that the majority of the
new python code won't need porting at all.

-jhf-
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