[OpenCA-announce] [LibPRQP] New Project available

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    Announcement:
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      The OpenCA Team announce the availability of the new project LibPRQP and initial
      source code:

	Current Version: v0.0.1 (Initial Source Code)


    Project Overview:
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      The LibPRQP package is aimed to provide a PRQP enabling library which can be used
      by applications in order to discover PKI services and repositories.

      With the deployment of new applications and services, the need to access PKI
      resources provided by different organizations is critical. Regrettably, still today
      each application needs to be told about how to find these services for each new
      certificate it encounters.

      The basic concept of the protocol is to provide a method to answer to the question
      "where is resource X URL from this CA ?". The resources might be items that are
      (occasionally) embedded in certificates today-such as URLs for CRLs or OCSP or
      SCVP-as well as items such as addresses of the CA homepage address, the subscription
      service, or the revocation request.


    Project Status:
    ===============

      o [03 Apr 2007] First initial code available for download (libprqp v0.0.1)


    Current Project developers' Tasks:
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      Massimiliano Pala is currently working on:
      - Cleaning up code;
      - Adding easy-to-use PRQP calls;
      - Editing the documentation;
      - Working at an Internet draft to submit to IETF;


    Open Issues:
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      o Many, the code is stable but needs extension


    Wishes:
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     o Let us know (!)


    References:
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    The OpenCA Project main website can be found at

         http://www.openca.org/

    You can find all current versions and available documentation there. You
    can also download any part of the software or documentation also at the
    official ftp site:

	http://www.openca.org/projects/libprqp
	http://ftp.openca.org/libprqp

    or from one of the official mirrors:

	http://www.openca.org/mirrors.shtml

    Thanks
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    Thank you for supporting the Open Source community by using/contributing to/
    reporting bugs/cheering this project! Now go ahead and actively contribute to
    make the world a better place!


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