Re: SFL C API Requirements???

"C. Harald Koch" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.sfl
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In message <[email protected]>, John Pawling writes:
> 
> J.G. Van Dyke and Associates (VDA) is developing the S/MIME Freeware Library
> (SFL) to implement the IETF S/MIME v3 CMS
> and ESS I-Ds.  To date, we have developed the SFL to provide a C++ API.  In
> the past, we have stated that we are going to also develop a C API in
> addition to the C++ API.  We are now re-examining the requirement to develop
> a C API.  Does anybody require a C API in addition to a C++ API to the SFL?

Most existing UNIX freeware e-mail software (elm, pine, mh/nmh, mutt?) is
written in C. It would be nice if these packages could use the SFL code
(export restricted though it is) to add S/MIME capabilities. Therefore, it
would be nice to see a C API in addition to the C++ API.

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C. Harald Koch     <[email protected]>

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