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- - History- --Even though SILC were released in summer 2000 to the public the idea and -the protocol itself is quite old. I got the idea about SILC in its -current form in -the year 1996 and first lines of codes were written in early 1997. This -release is now third rewrite of the SILC. The very first version were -written in 1997 and it included SILC client and very very preliminary -SILC server. The server actually weren't usable but the client looked -pretty much the same as it does now. At that time the SILC also included -RSA implementation and 3DES implementation. The random number generator -that exists in this current release is actually based on the RNG written -in 1997. The RNG written in 1997, on the other hand, were based on -the SSH's random number generator. The RNG has been rewritten twice -since the first version. - -I stopped writing the SILC later in 1997 when I got busy at school and -in work. The pause lasted several months. The development resumed in -1998 when my friend (Juha Räsänen) and I implemented ElGamal algorithm. -I rewrote some other parts as well. However, for the same reasons as -previously the development stopped again. I resumed the development -later in 1998 by doing rewrite of the SILC in C++. This was obviously -a mistake but at that time it seemed like a good idea. Again, in the -winter 1999 I got very busy writing my thesis and was forced to stop the -development again. I also, started a new job in the spring. - -Later, in 1999, I decided that this time I'm going to make it the right -way. C++ was obviously a bad choice so I decided to fall back to plain -C language. I also decided to do complete rewrite and started doing -more thorough planning of what the SILC actually should include. I also -decided that this time it is going to kill me before I stop the -development. I started writing SILC in the weekends and actually -everytime I had some spare time. I also started a new job but I didn't -let that get to my way. The result of this development effort is the -release now in public. - -I've learned a lot by doing the SILC. I guess, when I started it I wasn't -that good of a C programmer. That alone was a reason why SILC hasn't -seen the day of light before now. My programming style has also changed -dramatically during these years. Actually, it has changed couple times -since this last rewrite as well. However, the code style of current SILC -release is quite consistent (actually the coding style SILC has been -written now I've learned in my current job). - -There is probably over 85% of new code in this third rewrite. Rest has -just been copied from the old versions and only minor changes has been -made (like changed function names and overall coding style). I've -preserved the dates of the old files (dating back to 1997) that has -existed in some forms in the old versions. There is a lot of new code but -already I see a lot that needs rewriting. The development continues. - - |
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