I can't really answer any of your questions, but having used both libraries, I have some additional points to offer.
First, Aleksey's project is, well, Aleksey's. He's incredibly competent, responsive, and helpful, and he's happy to have patches. That said, he was (last I checked) the only committer on the project, which means you have to accept the risk that he'll stop maintaining it, whether becuase of unforeseen circumstances or lack of time or interest. Apache's project is Apache's, so there's a process for adding maintainers if there's need and interest. Second, Aleksey's code relies on one or more of Daniel Veillard's XML libraries (depending on how you use it). I was already using Xerces-C intensively, so using Aleksey's library meant adding not one but three new libraries to my project (xmlsec, libxml2, and libxslt). This means additional maintenance, more code to be linked in (and worry about bugs in), and more APIs to deal with. In the end, despite being perfectly happy with xmlsec, I moved to the Apache library in the interest of simplicity. If I were starting from scratch, I'd weigh the pros and cons of libxml2 and Xerces-C as well as the security libraries built on them, then choose one collection of libraries or the other. I suspect I'd end up with the Apache code, but perhaps not. > -----Original Message----- > From: Amiler Scumba [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 5:46 PM > To: security-dev@xml.apache.org > Subject: Xmlsec vs. ApacheSecurity project > > Hi, > > We are in process of choosing an open source security library. > > What are the main differences between Apache Security Project (C++ > implementation) and XmlSec in terms of: > - number of users and projects(I know, that xmlsec is used by > OpenOffice) > right? > - suport for different standards (looking at this mailing > list I have found > out, that Apache has some problems with the XPath transform...) > - performance (I have found some benchmarks on > http://xmlbench.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=results.php) > - size of the development team > > Thanks for the answers, > Amiler > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today > it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > >
