Re: [GNU Crypto] Interest in Contributing to Gnu Crypto Project

[Casey Marshall]

Thanks for your interest. I should explain the situation GNU Crypto is  
currently in: we merged the GNU Crypto code into GNU Classpath, where  
it now forms the core cryptography support there. As a result, we  
moved the focus of development on supporting the things useful in a  
crypto provider, and away from making a general-purpose crypto library.

However, we always kept the project active, since we did think that it  
might be useful to explore new ideas there. We'd appreciate any new  
ideas people would like to explore with it, but this does mean that  
there isn't much of an open task list, as such.

There may be more opportunities in other GNU Java projects, or other  
GNU projects in general. Even though development on GNU Classpath has  
slowed since Sun released OpenJDK, there are a lot of tasks open in  
that project, and that's a great place to start with Java hacking. My  
suggestion is to start asking on the GNU Classpath mailing list, address@hidden 
, and check out the Classpath web site at http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/ 
.

Thanks!


On Aug 16, 2008, at 2:51 AM, Daniel Nunn wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>   I hope I am on the right list but if I am not, please forgive me  
> and perhaps give me a nudge in the right direction. I am interested  
> in making /some/ sort of contribution to this project, however, I am  
> unsure whether I can offer any useful skills. Here is what I bring  
> to the table:
>
> 1 - Undergraduate computing and mathematics student - 1.5 years of  
> university programming experience in C++, interested in learning  
> Java (as per the project's requirements).
>
> 2 - Interested in cryptography as an area from the point of view of  
> computing and mathematics - I would love to learn more about this  
> area and algorithm design. I am due to  take a "Data Structures and  
> Algorithms" unit next semester. Whilst I have not yet taken a  
> cryptography unit at university, I have done some reading myself and  
> have found it very interesting.
>
> 3 - Improvement as a programmer - I would really like to become a  
> better programmer and, as such, would like a meaningful project to  
> work on especially if it is Open Source.
>
> 4 - Willingness to work on /any/ area, including documentation - I  
> enjoy writing and would welcome the opportunity to contribute in  
> this way.
>
> 5 - Positive about the Open Source model - I have been using Linux  
> for 2 - 3 years now and am a real convert. I think it is a great  
> idea and I would love to be a part of creating something along those  
> lines.
>
>    I realize that I have a limited amount of the requisite  
> background knowledge but I would be happy to make a minor  
> contribution initially and increase my involvement as my skillset  
> becomes more extensive. In the event that I can't do anything  
> valuable, any suggestions as regards other Open Source projects  
> would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Daniel Nunn
>
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