ecash as pgp

This is really frustrating.

	I'm trying to figure out how to use this damn ecash software
to setup a prototype ecash-accepting remailer.

	For one thing, there's no documention.

	Secondly, from what I can tell, it's like PGP. To integrate it
into other software you have to do all sorts of nasty output
parsing. why the hell can't it just produce nice, terse, informative,
UNIX-like output?

	it's late, i'm tired, I'm going to sleep.

	(the party was fun, btw, thanks to everyone who showed up.)

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> 	Secondly, from what I can tell, it's like PGP. To integrate it
> into other software you have to do all sorts of nasty output
> parsing. why the hell can't it just produce nice, terse, informative,
> UNIX-like output?

This will change with PGP 3.  There is a very nice, easy API for PGP 3
which I have been working on for over the last month.  In fact, the
main processing code is done.  After Tranksgiving I will be working on
an API document which explains the design and implementation of the
API.

IMHO, the API is REALLY EASY to use -- I have a PGP encryption program
which has all of the main functionality of PGP w.r.t. creating messages,
and the program is only 250 lines of commented C code.

The current work is far from complete, but it is getting close!  It
should make integrating PGP into other programs very simple -- just
link against libpgp.a. :)

Enjoy!

-derek

Cool! I'm really glad you're working in this. Now if only
digicash would release libecash.a, we'd have the infrastructure for
some killer apps.

> 
> > 	Secondly, from what I can tell, it's like PGP. To integrate it
> > into other software you have to do all sorts of nasty output
> > parsing. why the hell can't it just produce nice, terse, informative,
> > UNIX-like output?
> 
> This will change with PGP 3.  There is a very nice, easy API for PGP 3
> which I have been working on for over the last month.  In fact, the
> main processing code is done.  After Tranksgiving I will be working on
> an API document which explains the design and implementation of the
> API.
> 
> IMHO, the API is REALLY EASY to use -- I have a PGP encryption program
> which has all of the main functionality of PGP w.r.t. creating messages,
> and the program is only 250 lines of commented C code.
> 
> The current work is far from complete, but it is getting close!  It
> should make integrating PGP into other programs very simple -- just
> link against libpgp.a. :)
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> -derek
> 


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> This will change with PGP 3.  There is a very nice, easy API for PGP 3
> which I have been working on for over the last month.  In fact, the
> main processing code is done.  After Tranksgiving I will be working on
> an API document which explains the design and implementation of the
> API.
> 
> IMHO, the API is REALLY EASY to use -- I have a PGP encryption program
> which has all of the main functionality of PGP w.r.t. creating messages,
> and the program is only 250 lines of commented C code.
> 
> The current work is far from complete, but it is getting close!  It
> should make integrating PGP into other programs very simple -- just
> link against libpgp.a. :)


This is SUCH good news!  May your coding be swift and sure.  Let no
bug delay that wonderful day of public distribution.


Regards,

Bryce



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