From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-06-05T22:11:56+09:00
Subject: Net::SSH update

Well, the thunderous silence that followed my query prompted me to 
continue with my self-assigned task to implement Net::SSH in solitude.

However, I'm rapidly learning *why* Net::SSH has never, to date, been 
implemented in Ruby--the OpenSSL module for Ruby leaves out some very 
key features (no pun intended), namely:

   1) It is frankly impossible to create an empty DH key with the Ruby 
OpenSSL interface, and

   2) There is no hook into the RSA_verify method.

Those are the two stumpers I've run into so far, and I have no doubt 
I'll run into more.

So, given this situation, which is the recommended course of action?

   1) Add the missing features to Ruby/OpenSSL and then submit patches, 
hoping they'll get integrated into the main distro, or

   2) Create my own binary module that provides the necessary features 
of OpenSSL, and distribute it as part of Net::SSH.

Any opinions?

-- 
Jamis Buck
jgb3@email.byu.edu
http://www.jamisbuck.org/jamis

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