Congratulations, Aleksey! XMLSec apparently meets one of my favorite criteria for successful software: it's useful in ways you didn't envision when you wrote it.
I still can't get over what a nice piece of work it is. It's an important contribution to the collection of open source libraries. > -----Original Message----- > From: Edward Shallow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 1:21 PM > To: 'Aleksey Sanin'; 'John Belmonte' > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [xmlsec] build system changes > > > So am I. For every Decrypt and Verify, someone has performed > a Sign and > Encrypt. Given key storage requirements, signature policies > mandating active > involvement of clients at signing time (e.g. the EU > Directive), desktop > signers, etc ... very often that client is a desktop. > > We are utilizing XMLSec on both the desktop and the server. This is a > distinct advantage that XMLSec has over other XMLDSIG implementations, > especially given its multiple crypto engine support. I need > not deal with > cross-library compatibility issues. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Aleksey Sanin > > Sent: September 5, 2003 10:43 AM > To: John Belmonte > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Ok, you are right. The "rich" clients might use these > technologies as well. > It's just my limited view on the world from a browser window > makes me think > that all the xml security things are happen between two servers :) > > Aleksey > > John Belmonte wrote: > > > Aleksey wrote: > > > >> - The main usage for xmlsec is on servers, most likely > there would > >> be only one crypto > > > > > > That sounds strange to me. XML is commonly used for client-server > > applications, and for every server app using XML > Signature/Encryption > > there must be a client app using it too. I am designing such an > > application, which is what brought me to xmlsec. _______________________________________________ xmlsec mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.aleksey.com/mailman/listinfo/xmlsec
