Re: ASP.NET DEVELOPRS encryption question

From: Ross Wm. Rader (ross@tucows.com)
Date: Mon Nov 24 2003 - 22:34:26 EST


On 11/24/2003 2:56 PM L.C. (Laurentiu C. Badea) noted that:

> It seems to me (I might be wrong) that the OpenSRS engineers have
> spent a good deal of effort to create parallel versions of the
> XML-RPC and SSL protocols.

Yes - back when we did this the very first time around we needed to work
around a lot of the intellectual property and licensing considerations
surrounding SSL and RRP.

The dynamic is a lot different now - for instance, we need to move
forward in a way that doesn't break the thousands of installations that
are currently out there. We're also a lot more careful with what goes in
and why.

Anyways, I just wanted to point out that while a lot of the conditions
that shaped the early versions of the protocol have since become
irrelevant, the impact is still felt - definitely something to consider
when evaluating the current state of the application and protocol.

Regards,

-- 

-rwr

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