OT: Cypto Lib

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 05:27:57PM -0400, Rajinder Yadav wrote:
> I am wondering if there is a good cryptography lib C/C++ that is
> pretty much self contained and easy to build as a shared lib? It would
> also need to be well documented on usage / APIs.
> 
> I started to look for Blowfish and came across "Twofish" but the
> author provides source code (on his site) but it's lacking
> documentation, etc. I am looking to make a crypto module for Ruby that
> will be fast and efficient vs Ruby native Gems that exist.
> 
> Now that I've managed to get figure out how to call my C++ code from
> Ruby, I think this will be my first contribution to the Open Source
> community, and I am kind of excited about the idea.
> 
> I need help in tracking down a good crytpo library that's easy to
> build for my 1st crack at this. Would GnuPGP fit this bill if anyone
> has experience building a shared lib?

Does libssl from openssl by any chance work?  Or do the license issues
cause too much hassle?

gnutls perhaps?

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