Re: [Ocamlnet-devel] [PATCH] Persistent connections and HTTPS

[Török E. <edw...@et...>]

On 09/23/2013 01:56 PM, Gerd Stolpmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> thanks for the patch. If I don't find another solution, I'll apply it.
> 
> Currently, I'm revising SSL anyway - OCamlnet 4.0 will have its own
> binding for GnuTLS, and this will give us a lot more freedom in the
> design. In particular, the management of the TCP connection and the TLS
> tunnel can be completely decoupled (i.e. TLS will appear as a separate
> layer on top of the multiplex controller).
> 
> (If you are curious:
> https://godirepo.camlcity.org/wwwsvn/branches/onet4/code/src/nettls-gnutls/?root=lib-ocamlnet2)

Interesting, does this mean that an application could choose between OpenSSL and GnuTLS by simply
linking with nettls.gnutls vs nettls.openssl? [*]

[*] Or why not someone could contribute a nettls.nss, as Fedora seems to prefer it over GnuTLS (Debian
on the other hand seems to default to GnuTLS in curl for example):
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraCryptoConsolidation

Best regards,
--Edwin