From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:24:15 +0100 From: Enrico Weigelt To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Encryption Message-ID: <20080229182415.GD29683@nibiru.local> References: <20080228173157.GB9702@nibiru.local> <20080229144006.GA29683@nibiru.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6925077a-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 * roger peppe wrote: > these are all implemented by the kernel, so not a great example > for you, perhaps, but a nice example of a simple, uniform interface without > any of the usual API cruft. > > see for example: http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/3/ssl Ah, looks very interesting. But I've still got some questions: * why isn't the secret not represented by one (r/w) file ? * how can I attach an local fd to an remote ssl server ? * how can I read/write arbitary data blocks (w/o fd) ? cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------