Re: resolution. was: [GNU Crypto] how to deal with weak keys.

[Raif S. Naffah]

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hello Casey,

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 06:21 am, Casey Marshall wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 09:05:20PM +1000, Raif S. Naffah wrote:
> > it seems that i'm the only one convinced with the advantage of
> > conditional compilation.  everybody else, who expressed a view,
> > sees more benefit in having a (class) attribute with a getter
> > method.
> >
> > Casey, pls checkin your patch.
>
> One thing just occurred to me: Classpath does not (yet) have a robust
> implementation of the access control mechanism, making secure setups
> difficult on free platforms.
>
> So; why not keep these constants for now -- especially since the
> parts covered only include prime testing and DES weak keys? Though I
> do still think that these things should be property based once (if)
> more choices are added.

fine.  let's make it clear in the class documentation of the new 
Properties class, that we intend in the future to move to a different 
pattern.

- -- 
cheers;
rsn
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