From owner-freebsd-security Sat Jul 29 7:54:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9960C37B97E for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2000 07:54:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from localhost (narvi@localhost) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA36097; Sat, 29 Jul 2000 16:54:17 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 16:54:16 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi To: Mike Tancsa Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CDSA ? In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000729015307.033b94a8@mail.sentex.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org CDSA is "yet another" crypto interface standard. Except it's "still coming" unlike others that exist now and implementation of which are availablle under a reasonable standard. On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > Anyone take a look at this ? Supposedly coming to LINUX by the end of > August as open source ( http://developer.intel.com/ial/security/faq.htm for > more info.) I guess it kinda reminds me of PAM, but much more > comprehensive... From the FAQ, > > "CDSA eases the process of adding security to software products. By writing > to one common API, a software developer can add authentication services > (such as smart card readers), encryption services (such as DES) and the > ability to manage security processes (key recovery, export restrictions, > prevention of attacks on the internal software pieces). Application > developers can focus on a single API for all security services, instead of > a potentially conflicting collection of individual APIs from multiple > toolkit vendors. This provides application developers with flexibility, > consistency, and portability when implementing security solutions within > their products." > > > ---Mike > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 > Network Administration, mike@sentex.net > Sentex Communications www.sentex.net > Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message