"Chad Seibert" <chadseibert@live.com> wrote in message news:BAY113-W29526D1BF4F04D595887C1D3170@phx.gbl...
Well, as I'm writing the proposal, I'm more emphasizing the structure of generic implementations of crypto-like stuff, not the actual implementations of MD5, AES, RSA, etc. The second half of my proposal was on actual implementation, where I discuss using either Crypto++ or Botan, with author permission. I'm in the midst of getting that permission.
Just recently I had a need for an RSA + SHA message signature verification: trying out OpenSSL, Crypto++ and Botan I was appalled with how bloated they were...adding several hundred kilobytes to my binary for that 'single' operation. Then I discovered LibTomCrypt: ftp://ftp.eenet.ee/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/crypt-1.17.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.eenet.ee/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/ltm-0.41.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.eenet.ee/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/tfm-0.12.tar.bz2 which is well documented and comparable in terms of features and speed to the mentioned libraries but much smaller (here is a test http://idlebox.net/2008/0714-cryptography-speedtest-comparison ). Unfortunately it was abandoned by its author for personal reasons ( http://groups.google.com/group/libtom/browse_thread/thread/9d767a2b59629237?... http://groups.google.com/group/sci.crypt/browse_thread/thread/7ff411227ee5c2ba/bae8d72a25fcfe0b?lnk=gst&q=when+is+tom#bae8d72a25fcfe0b ) but it was, AFAICT, left in the public domain/'do whatever you want with it'... So if you are still looking for a 3rd party library to wrap or pick up where someone else left off (takeover TomCrypt) take a look ;) -- "What Huxley teaches is that in the age of advanced technology, spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from one whose countenance exudes suspicion and hate." Neil Postman