[PYTHON-CRYPTO] Requirements

Michael Ströder michael at STROEDER.COM
Fri Feb 16 10:29:25 CET 2001


PC Drew wrote:
>
> > If new implementation modules are installed the system administrator
> > has to manually tweak this registry. One could imagine that new
> > implementation modules register themselves by appending their class
> > names to the lists of algorithms they implement. (Note: Using
> > .append() as default installation method means add to *end of list*
> > => lowest priority!)
>
> This really scares me.  The idea of having other people install their
> code into our module without us knowing it.  What I'd rather do is have
> people submit their implementation to us and have us integrate it into
> the overall package.

1. I'm not keen on maintaining a crypto lib.
2. The idea behind the dynamic crypto API is to enable people to
integrate their implementations without getting other people
involved at all.

Ciao, Michael.





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