geremy condra <debat...@gmail.com> added the comment: On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Martin v. Löwis <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote: > > Martin v. Löwis <mar...@v.loewis.de> added the comment: > >>> * I'd prefer if the crypto API didn't become OpenSSL specific (like the >>> SSL one is), which would theoretically allow switching in other crypto >>> provider(s). >> >> I agree in theory, although I'm not sure how important this is likely >> to be in practice. > > I always wanted to drop OpenSSL from the Windows binaries, and use MS > CryptoAPI instead.
My familiarity with the CryptoAPI is limited, but I think doing this for something like evpy would be possible. I also suspect that doing it for anything that exposed much more than evpy does would grow very quickly in complexity where it was possible at all. Geremy Condra ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8998> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
