[Demexp-dev] [comp.os.linux.announce] Announcing release 0.1 of librpcssl

[David MENTRE]

Hello,

Here is a library that provides RPC over SSL. Might be useful in a short
future. I haven't check the license.

Yours,
d.

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> Announcing release 0.1 of librpcssl
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> Thu, 6 May 2004 16:59:58 CST
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> Announcing release 0.1 of librpcssl, a C library for making RPC (remote
> procedure calls) using SSL for security. Thus, SSL provides the 
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> authentication mechanisms.
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> See http://rpcssl.sourceforge.net
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> ONC-RPC or RPC is a open protocol for making service calls across the
> network. The RPC protocol provides a lightweight, flexible
> architecture for clients/servers communications on the network. The
> first implementation was developed by Sun and given away under an
> open-source licence. The RPC implementation is freely available on
> many operating systems including Linux. Initially RPC provided little
> support for strong encryption and authentication, but mechanisms do
> exist. GSS-API provides a framework for plugging in many
> encryption/security mechanisms.
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> SSL is an open protocol supporting secure authentication and
> encryption of a stream. The OpenSSL library is a widely used open
> source implementation of SSL.
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> Here, you will find a library which allows the Sun RPC library to
> operate over an SSL transport. SSL is a very popular transport for
> security/authentication, it being the transport which is used for
> secure web (HTTPS). The authentication mechanism, which uses X.509
> certificates is already in use in many enterprises, and so RPC calls
> using the SSL transport have the potential to be extremely useful.
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