Subject: Re: libssh2: Ported to UC Linux ?

Re: libssh2: Ported to UC Linux ?

From: Paul Romero <paulr_at_rcom-software.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:40:28 -0700

Hi Simon:

Which file does the --enable-static go in ?

Best Regards,

Paul R.

Simon Josefsson wrote:

> Paul Romero <paulr_at_rcom-software.com> writes:
>
> > Hi Simon:
> >
> > Does Werner Koch have a website where one can find libgcrpyt ?
>
> Try http://gnupg.org/
>
> > The following are the versions of the TLS related libraries
> > I currently used and the versions you recommended.
> >
> > Library Current Recommended
> > ------- -------- ---------------
> > gsasl 0.2.20 1.4.4
> > gnutls 1.6.3 2.8.6
> > libgcrypt 1.2.4 1.4.5
> > libgpg-error 1.5 1.8
> > libtasn1 0.3.10 ?
> >
> > First, do any of the recommended versions have external
> > interfaces changes ?
>
> Yes I think most if not all of them do, check the NEWS entries for each
> project. There is mostly API/ABI additions, I don't recall any
> significant deletion/change, so software should work fine even with
> upgraded libraries.
>
> > Second, is there any reason to upgrade libtasn1, and if so, what
> > version do you recommend ?
>
> I recommend version 2.7. It has been cleaned up quite some since 0.3.x.
> It is completely backwards compatible.
>
> /Simon
>
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Paul R.
> >
> >
> >
> > Simon Josefsson wrote:
> >
> >> Paul Romero <paulr_at_rcom-software.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > Hi Simon:
> >> >
> >> > Thank you for answering my questions so thoroughly, and I complement
> >> > you on the clarity of the UC Linux porting menus on your website.
> >> > What versions of libgcrypt and the the standard GSASL libraries
> >> > do you consider most stable ? I am particularly curious about
> >> > libgnutls and those parts related to TLS.
> >>
> >> The safest bet (both for libssh2 and generally) is to use libgpg-error
> >> 1.8 (you may need to provide --enable-static since they disabled it by
> >> default) and libgcrypt 1.4.5. GnuTLS 2.8.6 is stable, as is GNU SASL
> >> 1.4.4. If you need recent TLS renego stuff, you may want to try just
> >> released GnuTLS 2.10.0 but I wouldn't label it stable at this point.
> >>
> >> /Simon
> >>
> >> > Best Regards,
> >> >
> >> > Paul R.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Simon Josefsson wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Paul, what Peter and Daniel has said so far should have answered all
> >> >> your questions, but let me add some more things for clarity.
> >> >>
> >> >> Libssh2 has not been ported to uClinux in the sense that libssh2
> >> >> provides the integration glue to make it part of a normal uClinux build
> >> >> environment (i.e., make menuconfig + dep + all). Doing so should be
> >> >> relatively easy, and as you know I have posted recipes on this available
> >> >> from http://josefsson.org/uclinux/ for a bunch of projects already, and
> >> >> it should be very easy to adapt for example the gnutls or gsasl recipes
> >> >> (which depends on libgpg-error + libgcrypt, like libssh2 does) for
> >> >> libssh2 as well.
> >> >>
> >> >> Fortunately, libssh2 does not require anything more than what GNU SASL
> >> >> or GnuTLS requires from Libgcrypt: SSH2 uses standard crypto algorithms
> >> >> like MD5, SHA1, HMAC, AES, RSA and DSA.
> >> >>
> >> >> /Simon
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> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Paul Romero
> >> >
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> >> >
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> >> >
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> >
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> > Paul Romero
> >
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> >
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Received on 2010-08-06