[xmlsec] build system changes

[Jesse Pelton]

Congratulations, Aleksey!  XMLSec apparently meets one of my favorite
criteria for successful software: it's useful in ways you didn't envision
when you wrote it.

I still can't get over what a nice piece of work it is.  It's an important
contribution to the collection of open source libraries.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Shallow [mailto:ed.shallow at rogers.com] 
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 1:21 PM
> To: 'Aleksey Sanin'; 'John Belmonte'
> Cc: xmlsec at aleksey.com
> Subject: RE: [xmlsec] build system changes
> 
> 
> So am I. For every Decrypt and Verify, someone has performed 
> a Sign and
> Encrypt. Given key storage requirements, signature policies 
> mandating active
> involvement of clients at signing time (e.g. the EU 
> Directive), desktop
> signers, etc ... very often that client is a desktop.
> 
> We are utilizing XMLSec on both the desktop and the server. This is a
> distinct advantage that XMLSec has over other XMLDSIG implementations,
> especially given its multiple crypto engine support. I need 
> not deal with
> cross-library compatibility issues.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmlsec-admin at aleksey.com 
> [mailto:xmlsec-admin at aleksey.com] On Behalf
> Of Aleksey Sanin
> 
> Sent: September 5, 2003 10:43 AM
> To: John Belmonte
> Cc: xmlsec at aleksey.com
> 
> Ok, you are right. The "rich" clients might use these 
> technologies as well.
> It's just my limited view on the world from a browser window 
> makes me think
> that all the xml security things are happen between two servers :)
> 
> Aleksey
> 
> John Belmonte wrote:
> 
> > Aleksey wrote:
> >
> >>    - The main usage for xmlsec is on servers, most likely 
> there would 
> >> be only one crypto
> >
> >
> > That sounds strange to me.  XML is commonly used for client-server 
> > applications, and for every server app using XML 
> Signature/Encryption 
> > there must be a client app using it too.  I am designing such an 
> > application, which is what brought me to xmlsec.