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Hi all,
I only recently discovered that the peer<->hub traffic, which carries the user names and passwords in plain text, can be encrypted quite easily with 'stunnel'.
I never coded a line in c++, but may I ask the stupid question:
"Is it such a big deal to incorporate the encryption functions that libeay32 and libssl32 provide into dc++ to encrypt the p2p traffic ?"
I believe more than a handful of people would be hugely happy to find this feature included... I mean, it would simply be nice to have the encryption features of (uglyyyyy) dcgui combined with the beautiful dc++....
Appreciate any answer.
Greez.
I only recently discovered that the peer<->hub traffic, which carries the user names and passwords in plain text, can be encrypted quite easily with 'stunnel'.
I never coded a line in c++, but may I ask the stupid question:
"Is it such a big deal to incorporate the encryption functions that libeay32 and libssl32 provide into dc++ to encrypt the p2p traffic ?"
I believe more than a handful of people would be hugely happy to find this feature included... I mean, it would simply be nice to have the encryption features of (uglyyyyy) dcgui combined with the beautiful dc++....
Appreciate any answer.
Greez.
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http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#LEGAL2 wrote:2. Can I use OpenSSL with GPL software?
On many systems including the major Linux and BSD distributions, yes (the GPL does not place restrictions on using libraries that are part of the normal operating system distribution).
On other systems, the situation is less clear. Some GPL software copyright holders claim that you infringe on their rights if you use OpenSSL with their software on operating systems that don't normally include OpenSSL.
If you develop open source software that uses OpenSSL, you may find it useful to choose an other license than the GPL, or state explicitly that "This program is released under the GPL with the additional exemption that compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed." If you are using GPL software developed by others, you may want to ask the copyright holder for permission to use their software with OpenSSL.
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Em yes, I read that
paragraph 1: "On many systems including the major Linux and BSD distributions"
> OK, we're not talking about Linux/BSD, so this paragraph is not interesting.
paragraph2:
a) "Some GPL software copyright holders"
> Now, who could that be? Jacek? cologic? The openSSL guys?
b) "claim that you infringe on their rights"
> Is this the case? Does anyone claim anything?
paragraph 3:
"If you develop open source software that uses OpenSSL, you may find it useful to choose an other license than the GPL, or state explicitly that "This program is released under the GPL with the additional exemption that compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed.""
> This is exactly the case for dc++. If it shall stay GPL'ed, the 'or' in the sentence applies: add that line to the license. That's it.
Someone might feel the need to explain what they want to say. Simply linking to or quoting a page doesn't explain anything. I read it (the first time already) and I didn't understand which part applied to this case, really.
paragraph 1: "On many systems including the major Linux and BSD distributions"
> OK, we're not talking about Linux/BSD, so this paragraph is not interesting.
paragraph2:
a) "Some GPL software copyright holders"
> Now, who could that be? Jacek? cologic? The openSSL guys?
b) "claim that you infringe on their rights"
> Is this the case? Does anyone claim anything?
paragraph 3:
"If you develop open source software that uses OpenSSL, you may find it useful to choose an other license than the GPL, or state explicitly that "This program is released under the GPL with the additional exemption that compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed.""
> This is exactly the case for dc++. If it shall stay GPL'ed, the 'or' in the sentence applies: add that line to the license. That's it.
Someone might feel the need to explain what they want to say. Simply linking to or quoting a page doesn't explain anything. I read it (the first time already) and I didn't understand which part applied to this case, really.
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