Eee

So, I finally got my hands on an Eee. There’s only one store over here that sells the Linux version of the 901, which is the only model that has exactly everything I’d want from it. Here are my experiences with it so far. I’ve played with it for a couple of day now, and am very happy with it. It came with Asus’s own software based on Xandros, which was not really to my liking; the software I use most isn’t directly available, and the default interface could be a bit slicker.

PKCS11 library

Here’s another one from my software wish-list, a full implementation of PKCS#11 as a software library. Let’s do this as a little brainstorm, in the form of a small FAQ. A software implementation of an API that is designed for hardware interaction… For the love of crypto, why? Very good question! The reason I’d like to see a software implementation is simply because not everyone has cryptoki hardware available at all times, or maybe even not at all.

OpenID Library

So here’s one idea: An OpenID 2.0 Library, in C minor. There are already a lot of implementations of OpenID, but none of them are done in C. Now this might not be the first language that comes to mind when one thinks about it implementing it, especially since OpenID is (at the moment?) mainly targeted at blog-style web sites, which are often programmed in languages like Ruby, Python, or Java.

Wishes

Okay, one of these days I’m going to misuse this news page to put forth some wishes, or other things I would like to do or see done in the near future. I’ll keep the topics to possible software projects, not unattainable stuff like world peace, or finding true love. The idea is mostly to sort my head around various ideas I’ve got floating around in my mind for quite some time now, and maybe sorting them out and putting them down will get me far enough to actually start doing some of them.

led legend

Legend of color of LED lights: Green On Red Error Orange Busy Blue Modern