[Development] websockets (was RE: Qt 5.3 Feature freeze is coming quite soon...)

Kalinowski Maurice Maurice.Kalinowski at digia.com
Thu Jan 30 08:37:35 CET 2014


> > > I also don't think you even need the 'no-openssl available' use case.
> >
> > While OpenSSL is commonly available on most systems. It may not be available
> on all embedded platforms and it may not be the expected version. I can see
> scenarios in which Websockets are needed, but OpenSSL is not available or not
> desired by the user (e.g. embedded industrial apps that need to access some
> networked resource with a very strange protocol[tm] while the boss insists that
> he would run into export restrictions if he allowed OpenSSL).
> >
> >
> > 	Konrad
> 
> If I may chime in, iOS officially doesn't provide OpenSSL and the documentation
> recommends to use Apple's own cryptographic framework.
> 
> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/DOCUMENTATION/Security/Concept
> ual/cryptoservices/GeneralPurposeCrypto/GeneralPurposeCrypto.html
> 

Similar situation for Windows Phone.

Maurice




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