Re: ANN: Ada/SPARK ASN.1 implementation version 0.0.01

[ttsiodras@gmail.com]

The project contract has just been signed, and will kickoff after the summer vacations. The expected duration of the work is 12 months, with development done in the open (in a branch on the GitHub repo). 

Based on past experiences, we anticipare working versions (i.e. with SPARK 2014 support) a lot sooner than 12 months.

Feel free to chime in with tickets/comments - we welcome your feedback.

Kind regards,
Thanassis.

On Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 8:47:59 PM UTC+2, p....@orange.fr wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> By when do you plan to upgrade to SPARK 2014?
> 
> Thanks, Pascal.
> 
> Le mardi 2 août 2016 11:01:19 UTC+2, ttsi...@gmail.com a écrit :
> > On Monday, August 1, 2016 at 10:15:23 AM UTC+2, Shark8 wrote:
> > > I'm making public my ASN.1 project which aims to be a verified implementation of ASN.1, which is used in security-certificates, which is hopefully the first step in a verified-TLS/-TLS -- the project also aims to be [directly] usable in DSA projects.
> > > 
> > > As of 0.0.01 the only portion implemented is a pure big-number package, and another currently shared-passive unit for usability. 
> > > 
> > > I would certainly appropriate comments, criticism, and most especially contributions.
> > 
> > I am not sure if it can be used with the TLS ASN.1 grammar - but I think it's worth checking out our own open-source ASN.1 compiler, targetting both C and Spark/Ada (developed under the auspices of the European Space Agency, so targeting the same kind of safety-critical targets you probably have in mind).
> > 
> > The compiler is here: 
> > 
> >     https://github.com/ttsiodras/asn1scc
> > 
> > And a crash-course in using it is here: 
> > 
> >     https://www.thanassis.space/asn1.html
> > 
> > Note also that a new project has just started that will add support for Spark 2014.
> > 
> > Kind regards,
> > Thanassis Tsiodras, Dr.-Ing.
> > Real-time Embedded Software Engineer 
> > System, Software and Technology Department
> > 
> > European Space Agency
> > ESTEC - Keplerlaan 1, PO Box 299
> > NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands