[viff-devel] NaCL code in VIFF (was: [viff-commits] viff: Generate_config_files:Added support NaCl implementation of...)

[Janus Dam Nielsen]

>>> Also, can we please have that code put into VIFF? I don't like it
>>> that we're getting more and more "secret" code floating around :-)
>>> Especially not when we make changes to VIFF to accomodate this  
>>> secret
>>> code -- it would be different if we had simple drop-in Python
>>> replacements for it.
>>>
>>> (I know you've said that this code can be made public since it's  
>>> part
>>> of NaCL, so this is more for the record...)
>>
>> The code will not be a part of VIFF, but a prerequisite like Zope
>> interfaces or Twisted.
>
> Why is the code not put into VIFF? We already have too many
> dependencies, to I would much prefer not to add new ones.
>
> Dependencies are especially a problem on Windows, unless they come  
> with
> ready-made installers with the compiled C extensions.

I am not sure. Reading http://nacl.cace-project.eu/features.html I see  
that there are no copyright restrictions on the NaCl code.


____________________________________________________

Janus Dam Nielsen

Research and Innovationspecialist, PhD.
CENTRE FOR IT-SECURITY

THE ALEXANDRA INSTITUTE LTD.

T +45 42 22 93 56
E janus.nielsen at alexandra.dk
W alexandra.dk
____________________________________________________

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.viff.dk/pipermail/viff-devel-viff.dk/attachments/20091029/4bec2ca5/attachment.htm>