RE: Looking for Cryptography maintainers SHA256 added to Mantis

> -----Original Message-----
> From: luciano [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 7:25 PM
> To: Ron Teitelbaum
> Subject: Re: Looking for Cryptography maintainers SHA256 added to Mantis
>
> Hi Ron,
> Carlos Sarraute just brought your mail (quoted below) this to my
> attention: http://macos.tuwien.ac.at:9009/596982653.asHtml
>
> I didn't receive any mail from you, perhaps you sent it to an old mail
> account. Let me know if I can help with anything.
>
> Thanks,
> Luciano
>
> ---
>
> From: "Ron Teitelbaum" <[hidden email]>
> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:55:14 -0400
> Subject: Looking for Cryptography maintainers SHA256 added to Mantis
>
> Hello All,
>
> I'm trying to reach the maintainers for Cryptography; I have added SHA256
> to
> Mantis bug server.  I've sent an email to Luciano Notarfrancesco but have
> not received a reply.  The package mentions Leandro Caniglia, John
> Maloney,
> Duane Maxwell, Carlos Sarraute, and Robert Withers.  Are any of you
> available to discuss this addition?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron Teitelbaum
> President / Principal Software Engineer
> US Medical Records Specialists
> [hidden email]

> Hello!
>
> It's great to hear from you.  I have been trying to reach you and have
> posted to the general news groups trying to find your new email.  I got your
> email from your package on squeakMap.
>
> We started up the squeak cryptography team and have started working on our
> plans for development.  We have really two major goals.  First to write
> cryptography software that makes it easy for people to integrate
> cryptography into their software.  Second to have a cryptography library
> that is safe and secure and acceptable to the business community.  I have
> very strict requirements for my own application and I believe that by better
> rounding out our offering we can attract more business developers.
>
> Along that line I began talking to Cincom about porting some of their code.
> I haven't followed up with James Robertson yet because I have not had the
> time, but that is one of the things we would like to look into.  The major
> stumbling point with Cincom was the license issue.  James says he is looking
> into the possibility of licensing their code as MIT.
>
> We are currently working on an ASN.1 framework.  The goal is to try to
> provide the same benefits in Smalltalk that C++ programmers have today, and
> to use the same framework in many different ANS.1 implementations.  Paul
> Davidowitz is leading the development effort and should have something to
> post soon.
>
> We are planning on using this framework to develop x509 v3.  Also I would
> like to see the ASN.1 framework used to provide access to other business
> protocols like X12 (that would shake things up).
>
> We have just started the process of looking into Government Certification
> and are looking at the OpenSSL FIPS program.
>
> Also Hans-Martin is working on his PGP implementation, but has been too busy
> of late to concentrate on it.
>
> Chris Muller and Hans-Martin did a nice job rearranging the library into a
> MC packages (see squeakSoruce www.squeakSoruce.com) , and Chris has a
> separate KryptOn Package that he is actively seeking comments for design
> review.
>
> We started a Cryptography team Development list:
> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/cryptography .  We have a
> nice membership but need to promote the group more I would think, and have
> some more general discussion about direction.
>
> We also established a relationship with Dan Ravicher at the software freedom
> law center.  They worked with us while we notified the US Government of an
> Open Source Cryptography group that allows foreign export of code.  This
> allows US Developers to contribute code without fear of breaking any US laws
> as long as they do not knowingly export code by way of directly transferring
> information to a country that is on the US list of terrorist countries.
> (Posting to our repository is ok) They have also agreed to help us with
> License Negotiations, and other Squeak Community issues.
>
> I would be very happy to have you join our efforts, or even lead this effort
> if you have time.  See our squeakSource cryptography package and wiki site
> for our team goals.  I'm sure we could make better progress with more help!
>
> It's really nice to hear from you,
>
> I look forward to your participation,
>
> Ron Teitelbaum
> President / Principal Software Engineer
> US Medical Record Specialists
> www.USMedRec.com
> [hidden email]
> Squeak Cryptography Team Leader
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: luciano [mailto:[hidden email]]
> > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 7:25 PM
> > To: Ron Teitelbaum
> > Subject: Re: Looking for Cryptography maintainers SHA256 added to Mantis
> >
> > Hi Ron,
> > Carlos Sarraute just brought your mail (quoted below) this to my
> > attention: http://macos.tuwien.ac.at:9009/596982653.asHtml
> >
> > I didn't receive any mail from you, perhaps you sent it to an old mail
> > account. Let me know if I can help with anything.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Luciano
> >
> > ---
> >
> > From: "Ron Teitelbaum" <[hidden email]>
> > Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:55:14 -0400
> > Subject: Looking for Cryptography maintainers SHA256 added to Mantis
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I'm trying to reach the maintainers for Cryptography; I have added SHA256
> > to
> > Mantis bug server.  I've sent an email to Luciano Notarfrancesco but have
> > not received a reply.  The package mentions Leandro Caniglia, John
> > Maloney,
> > Duane Maxwell, Carlos Sarraute, and Robert Withers.  Are any of you
> > available to discuss this addition?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ron Teitelbaum
> > President / Principal Software Engineer
> > US Medical Records Specialists
> > [hidden email]
>
>
>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: luciano [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 5:47 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Cc: Cryptography Team Development List
> Subject: Re: Looking for Cryptography maintainers SHA256 added to Mantis
>
> Hi Ron,
> Thanks for the update, it was quite a surprise. I've been through the
> mailing list archives and I took a look at the MC packages, and I'm
> quite amazed to see how fast this project is moving. I'll try to
> contribute some of my time but I don't intend to lead anything as you
> suggested... you're obvously doing a great job as team leader.
>
> Cheers,
> Luciano
>
> On 2/7/06, Ron Teitelbaum <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > It's great to hear from you.  I have been trying to reach you and have
> > posted to the general news groups trying to find your new email.  I got
> your
> > email from your package on squeakMap.
> >
> > We started up the squeak cryptography team and have started working on
> our
> > plans for development.  We have really two major goals.  First to write
> > cryptography software that makes it easy for people to integrate
> > cryptography into their software.  Second to have a cryptography library
> > that is safe and secure and acceptable to the business community.  I
> have
> > very strict requirements for my own application and I believe that by
> better
> > rounding out our offering we can attract more business developers.
> >
> > Along that line I began talking to Cincom about porting some of their
> code.
> > I haven't followed up with James Robertson yet because I have not had
> the
> > time, but that is one of the things we would like to look into.  The
> major
> > stumbling point with Cincom was the license issue.  James says he is
> looking
> > into the possibility of licensing their code as MIT.
> >
> > We are currently working on an ASN.1 framework.  The goal is to try to
> > provide the same benefits in Smalltalk that C++ programmers have today,
> and
> > to use the same framework in many different ANS.1 implementations.  Paul
> > Davidowitz is leading the development effort and should have something
> to
> > post soon.
> >
> > We are planning on using this framework to develop x509 v3.  Also I
> would
> > like to see the ASN.1 framework used to provide access to other business
> > protocols like X12 (that would shake things up).
> >
> > We have just started the process of looking into Government
> Certification
> > and are looking at the OpenSSL FIPS program.
> >
> > Also Hans-Martin is working on his PGP implementation, but has been too
> busy
> > of late to concentrate on it.
> >
> > Chris Muller and Hans-Martin did a nice job rearranging the library into
> a
> > MC packages (see squeakSoruce www.squeakSoruce.com) , and Chris has a
> > separate KryptOn Package that he is actively seeking comments for design
> > review.
> >
> > We started a Cryptography team Development list:
> > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/cryptography .  We
> have a
> > nice membership but need to promote the group more I would think, and
> have
> > some more general discussion about direction.
> >
> > We also established a relationship with Dan Ravicher at the software
> freedom
> > law center.  They worked with us while we notified the US Government of
> an
> > Open Source Cryptography group that allows foreign export of code.  This
> > allows US Developers to contribute code without fear of breaking any US
> laws
> > as long as they do not knowingly export code by way of directly
> transferring
> > information to a country that is on the US list of terrorist countries.
> > (Posting to our repository is ok) They have also agreed to help us with
> > License Negotiations, and other Squeak Community issues.
> >
> > I would be very happy to have you join our efforts, or even lead this
> effort
> > if you have time.  See our squeakSource cryptography package and wiki
> site
> > for our team goals.  I'm sure we could make better progress with more
> help!
> >
> > It's really nice to hear from you,
> >
> > I look forward to your participation,
> >
> > Ron Teitelbaum
> > President / Principal Software Engineer
> > US Medical Record Specialists
> > www.USMedRec.com
> > [hidden email]
> > Squeak Cryptography Team Leader
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: luciano [mailto:[hidden email]]
> > > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 7:25 PM
> > > To: Ron Teitelbaum
> > > Subject: Re: Looking for Cryptography maintainers SHA256 added to
> Mantis
> > >
> > > Hi Ron,
> > > Carlos Sarraute just brought your mail (quoted below) this to my
> > > attention: http://macos.tuwien.ac.at:9009/596982653.asHtml
> > >
> > > I didn't receive any mail from you, perhaps you sent it to an old mail
> > > account. Let me know if I can help with anything.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Luciano
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > From: "Ron Teitelbaum" <[hidden email]>
> > > Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:55:14 -0400
> > > Subject: Looking for Cryptography maintainers SHA256 added to Mantis
> > >
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to reach the maintainers for Cryptography; I have added
> SHA256
> > > to
> > > Mantis bug server.  I've sent an email to Luciano Notarfrancesco but
> have
> > > not received a reply.  The package mentions Leandro Caniglia, John
> > > Maloney,
> > > Duane Maxwell, Carlos Sarraute, and Robert Withers.  Are any of you
> > > available to discuss this addition?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Ron Teitelbaum
> > > President / Principal Software Engineer
> > > US Medical Records Specialists
> > > [hidden email]
> >
> >
> >