[omniORB] Using authentication with omniORB 4

Teemu Torma tot@trema.com
Thu, 18 Apr 2002 17:55:53 +0200


Nick Murtagh wrote:

>> Own transport for GSSAPI for example would make the setup easier, since
>> no extra setup apart from what is needed for authentication is required
>> to get it encrypted.
> 
> Wouldn't implementing your own transport from scratch be much more work?

Well, one could just copy tcp and add required modifications.  Or take ssl,
and rewrite ssl bits.

On the other hand, then we would not be able to use unix transport, or that 
would need to be duplicated too.

Teemu