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Subject: Ada for the TLS/SSL problem?
From: Peter Brooks <peter.h.m.brooks@gmail.com>
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There are still many problems turning up with TSL authentication. It's no p=
articular surprise as even OpenSSL has been using C for this code.

Isn't this an opportunity for Ada to really shine?=20

It's a really important problem - having secure, reliable communication to =
web servers is something most of the sane world needs urgently.

It plays to all Ada's strengths:

- It must be cross platform
- It is embedded code, no need for any GUI design
- It requires clear, open source, elegant code, that is not vulnerable to t=
hings like the buffer overrun that caused the heartbleed problem (beloved o=
f Microsoft)
- It is a relatively small, well contained problem.

Are there any Ada programmers who'd be willing to take part in defining the=
 requirements for the project, and, then, ideally, producing the code?

I've been thinking that it might make sense, when the project is properly d=
efined, to apply for seed capital to fund the design, development, testing,=
 and marketing. If that succeeded, then, with everybody funded for their ti=
me, it stands a better chance of being complete in good time.

Any thoughts?