Re: State of X.509 support?

[Karl Scott <karlscottbg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks very much for the lightning fast response, Aris! This is good to
know.

-Karl

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Aris Adamantiadis <aris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Karl,
>
> As far as I know, we never saw that x509 code. It was not contributed,
> probably because of lack of time and follow-up from both parties.
>
> However the demand for X.509 is very low, I'm unsure if we should merge
> that code at all.
>
> Aris
>
> On 2/08/17 21:57, Karl Scott wrote:
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > I noticed that the "cmake/Modules/FindGSSAPI.cmake" file in the libssh
> > code base mentions hx509, which is Heimdal x509, but I wasn't able to
> > find any references to X.509 anywhere else in the code (I was thinking
> > that I should be able to find something in one of the C files, if it
> > is supported, right?).
> >
> > I see that someone wanted to add X.509 support, and even wanted to add
> > an example with it, here:
> > https://www.libssh.org/archive/libssh/2012-03/0000006.html
> >
> > I am unable to locate this code though -- perhaps it was never added?
> > Any pointers or places to start looking would be extremely welcome!
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> >
> > Karl
>
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