Sept. 22, 2009
12:05 a.m.
Bill Janssen wrote:
Again, I wasn't proposing to replace m2cryto or pycrypto or anything else; I was suggesting that providing easy-to-use APIs to a couple of commonly-requested crypto features, for use by non-cryptographers, wouldn't be a bad idea.
Actually, it could be a really bad idea that leads to people thinking they have secured something when they have in fact done nothing of the sort. Having to go find a crypto library at least means a developer has put in a minimal amount of thought. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia ---------------------------------------------------------------