64 bit OpenSSL API

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Simon Josefsson <simon at josefsson.org> wrote:
> Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Simon Josefsson <simon at josefsson.org> wrote:
>>> Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Hey Guys,
>>>>
>>>> Were you guys aware of "64bit BIOs and support in OpenSSL",
>>>> http://marc.info/?l=openssl-users&m=128621823121551?
>>>>
>>>> It might make a good topic for Compare/Contrast.
>>>
>>> GnuTLS doesn't have anything directly comparable to BIO, and there
>>> shouldn't be any problems with 64-bit streams with GnuTLS.
>> I've been working through client examples at
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/manual/html_node/Client-examples.html#Client-examples.
>> I noticed GnuTLS returned ssize_t's, which made me think of OpenSSL's
>> BIO problems.
>
> That is the appropriate type to use for supporting 64-bit (or larger)
> objects.
Agreed.

> Btw, please keep cc to the mailing list for GnuTLS discussions.
No problem, but it was not meant for general discussion.

Jeff