From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.129.155.147 with SMTP id s141mr1258819ywg.5.1458101301010; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 21:08:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.182.40.227 with SMTP id a3mr18735obl.14.1458101300967; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 21:08:20 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!y89no7606228qge.0!news-out.google.com!k1ni20131igd.0!nntp.google.com!nt3no2053225igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 21:08:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87a8lzcv5a.fsf@jester.gateway.pace.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=169.1.165.8; posting-account=p-xPhAkAAADjHQWEO7sFME2XBdF1P_2H NNTP-Posting-Host: 169.1.165.8 References: <5011d79c-aaad-464e-a68e-c31a2738a820@googlegroups.com> <87a8lzcv5a.fsf@jester.gateway.pace.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ada for the TLS/SSL problem? From: Peter Brooks Injection-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 04:08:20 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:29793 Date: 2016-03-15T21:08:20-07:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, 15 March 2016 23:02:11 UTC+2, Paul Rubin wrote: > Peter Brooks writes: > > Isn't this an opportunity for Ada to really shine? > > Yes, I've been thinking about it for a while. > > > - It is a relatively small, well contained problem. > > I don't believe this, it is quite complicated. But it's doable. > I said 'small' and 'well contained' -- not easy! > > > 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? > > Yes, I'm not much of an Ada programmer but I'm experienced with crypto > and SSL implementation, and an Ada TLS stack is something I've been > interested in. I'd want to use Ada 2012 with as much formal > verification as is practical. It seems to me that the Muen implementers > have been heading in that direction too. > Excellent - maybe the time for the idea is here. > > > I've been thinking that it might make sense, when the project is > > properly defined, to apply for seed capital to fund the design, > > development, testing, and marketing. If that succeeded, then, with > > everybody funded for their time, it stands a better chance of being > > complete in good time. Any thoughts? > > If it's funded, count me in, I think I can help. > Thank you - I'll see how it goes.