From: Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy@...>
Date: 2007-11-02T14:25:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Cryptography Libraries

On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 09:24:12AM +0900, thefed wrote:
> Hey!
> 
> So we aren't all getting scared, all I did was switch emails - this  
> is Ari Brown.
> 
> Anyways, let's cut to the chase -
> 
> What are some good cryptography libraries, for Diffie Hellman, TEA,  
> RSA, etc. ?
> 
> I saw the Pure Ruby library (kudos to that!), but was looking for  
> speed as a factor. That means a C extension is probably necessary.
> 
> If all else fails, I'm looking to use ruby2cext to make the Pure Ruby  
> library a Pure Ruby Library in C.
> 
> That should be pretty nice, i might add!
> 
> Thanks,
> Ari Brown

Once the next rubygems comes out I'll be releasing a ruby extension
ruby-libtommath (needs mkrf) and then start work on ruby-libtomcrypt
which will probably satisfy much of this need.

If you want a TEA C extension, I can see what I can whip up from one of
the existing C implementations of TEA.

enjoy,

-jeremy

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 Jeremy Hinegardner                              jeremy@hinegardner.org