On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Nelson B Bolyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been told that GnuTLS's API only supports carrying non-binary > text strings as application data, and doesn't facilitate the transmission > of pure binary files (e.g. containing lots of zero bytes). I find that > rather hard to believe, but it is cited as a reason that some developers > choose NSS over GnuTLS. I'd appreciate any light that could be shed on that.
I am not familiar with GnuTLS, but I don't believe GnuTLS could have such a serious problem. I believe you're referring to Howard Chu's posting "GnuTLS considered harmful" on openldap-devel: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg02484.html That problem didn't cause Howard Chu to choose NSS over GnuTLS because "OpenSSL works for [him]": http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg02500.html But for people who are considering GnuTLS for GPL compatibility, NSS's triple license indeed also meets that requirement. Wan-Teh _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
