differentiating lua-openssl from LuaCrypto

[davidm]

I've updated http://lua-users.org/wiki/CryptographyStuff to include lua-openssl.

As seen, there are a number of other projects that bind to various parts of OpenSSL:

OpenSSL SSL/TLS sockets: see LuaSec (synchronous) and ratchet (coroutine asynchronous). Both use OpenSSL.
OpenSSL crypto: see LuaCrypto (crypto binding), lua-openssl (without TLS/SSL), lmd5 (small MDx/SHAx digest binding)

Two of these apparently aim to be general purpose crpto (non-TLS/SSL) bindings: LuaCrypto and lua-openssl. As seen in the introduction ( http://luacrypto.luaforge.net/manual.html ), I think LuaCrypto may be less extensive that lua-openssl.

I think it's worth adding in your README that lua-openssl does not do SSL/TLS (I think) and some notes about why it differs from LuaCrypto. Could LuaCrypto and lua-openssl be merged? or are the designs too different?

[zhaozg]

I need more time to think about it, please wait....

[zhaozg]

Why make a lua-openssl.

I need a full openssl binding, after googled openssl binding for lua,
can't find a fit version for me. So I decide to write lua-openssl.

My mother tongue is not English, Sorry for dimness explain puzzle you.

The target of lua-openssl is below:

a. Fully support message digest. (Finished)
b. Fully support symmetrical encrypt/decrypt.(Finished)
c. Fully support RSA low level api.(NOT FINISHED)
d. Fully support X509 and PKCS.(NOT FINISHED)
e. Fully support unsymmetrical encrypt/decrypt/sign/verify.
f. Fully support SSL/TLS.(NOT BEGIN TO DEV)

[zhaozg]

I do some study on luaCrypto, and It is a not full function bind, So I write a full bind.

[zhaozg]

With more clear api, and it's easy to update from luaCrypto

[zhaozg]

Hi @davidm,
We now have a module compat with LuaCrypto,
please see https://github.com/zhaozg/lua-openssl/tree/master/lib, and http://mkottman.github.io/luacrypto/manual.html#reference