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Re: Unix plugins for Netscape (Was: Calling other code in Java applications and applets)
Ian Goldberg wrote:
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> Jeff Weinstein <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Ian Goldberg wrote:
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> >> In article <[email protected]>,
> >> Jeff Weinstein <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >> > It might be interesting to make a small plugin that just does some core
> >> >stuff like gathering entropy, mod-exp, and related stuff difficult or too
> >> >slow in java. I mainly brought it up because people were asking about
> >> >calling native code from java.
> >> >
> >> In an alternate universe in which I didn't have projects to finish, I may
> >> be interested in doing something like this. However, I haven't been able
> >> to find information on how to write Unix (or preferably portable) plugins.
> >>
> >> Any hints?
> >
> > You can get the unix plugin SDK from ftp://ftp20.netscape.com/sdk/unix/
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> I downloaded this, and I notice you don't have a "makefile.linux". Is that
> just because no one's bothered to make one, or does Linux Atlas actually
> not support plugins at all? (Quickly checking the binary...) I see that
> Linux Atlas is still a.out. Ick. That would make supporting plugins
> pretty tough. If it were in ELF, things would be _way_ easier; in fact,
> I'd probably say trivial (but that's just me).
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> I'd venture a guess that most people who have a Linux box sufficiently cool
> to run netscape at all, have the ability to run ELF. In fact, there are
> probably a lot of people (like everyone who bought Slackware 3.0 or a recent
> RedHat) for which netscape is the _only_ a.out binary on their system.
>
> The reason I'm pointing this out is (obviously) because Linux is my main
> development platform, and I'd like to be able to try writing plugins
> for things like crypto and ecash.
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> - Ian "Add me to the 'Make an ELF Linux binary!!!' list..."
Ask and ye shall receive. 3.0b4 for Linux is in elf format. Sorry, but
I don't know what the deal is with plugins on linux.
--Jeff
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Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
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Any opinions expressed above are mine.