Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] radius password decrypt patch

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:14:08 -0600 (CST)
The files have been renamed in CVS to crypt-md5.[ch].  At the very least
it will make things easier when we apply for that ECCN license.  :-)


On 17 Dec 2002, Devin Heitmueller wrote:

> I agree with Joerg on this one.  When we get ten or fifteen different
> encryption ciphers / hashes, we will regret using whatever naming
> convention came from the original source (especially since algorithms
> are coming from different sources, leaving for inconsistent naming).  
> 
> We've already had to deal with issue when importing the existing crypto
> source (mostly from Samba), and that is what prompted the convention. 
> Given that the code is likely to require some changes anyway to work in
> the Ethereal code base (includes, data types, etc), it is highly
> unlikely that a user will be able to do a direct patch without some
> merging anyway.  
> 
> Of course, perhaps MD5 was able to be imported without modification, but
> this would be the exception not the rule.
> 
> The code isn't likely to change much, and patch can be fed arbitrary
> filenames.  Better to stick with a consistent naming convention.
> 
> -Devin
> 
> On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 08:10, Joerg Mayer wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 02:01:05AM -0800, jharris wrote:
> > > If I get a vote.. I would cast it for keep it the same.. md5.[ch].
> > > The reason being is that while it is unlikly that the md5 code will
> > > change, it would be easier to merge updates if the names werent changed.
> > ...
> > > On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:
> > > > > Checked in.
> > ...
> > > > maybe the files should be renamed crypt-md5.[c|h]
> > > > to be consistent with the naming for md4 and rc4
> > 
> > Hmm, I think it is more important to have somewhat consistent naming. The
> > patching is not that difficult. Ethereal has so many files at the top
> > level that it isn't healthy anyway, so each bit of systematic naming helps.
> > 
> >  ciao
> >    Jörg
> > 
> > --
> > Joerg Mayer                                          <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
> > I found out that "pro" means "instead of" (as in proconsul). Now I know
> > what proactive means.
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> Devin Heitmueller
> Senior Software Engineer
> Netilla Networks Inc
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