[NTLK] [ANN] mbedTLS 2.16.6 for NewtonOS

[Ronnie Simon]

As we say in english - You wait a long time for one bus and then 3 buses arrive at the same time :-)

Ronnie

> On 17 Jun 2020, at 15:35, Eckhart Koeppen <eck at 40hz.org> wrote:
> 
> This is amazing :)! The MP2100's are actually still moderately capable compared to the MCUs which mbed is targeting, and I guess having GCC enabled now would also allow some other software from the embedded world to be ported more easily.
> 
> Eckhart
> 
> On 6/14/20 12:40 PM, Paul Guyot wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I am pleased to announce a port of mbedTLS 2.16.6 for NewtonOS.
>> This library allows SSL connections and comes with a quick and dirty patch that allows IMAPS connections with Mail V.
>> 
>> It was developed on Einstein and tested on a MP2100. The code was compiled for armv3 and could work on earlier devices. Please note that it requires quite a lot of RAM and I am not sure it would work as is on an eMate 300 or a MP2000.
>> Theoretically, it should work with NIE 1.1 on a MP130, but lacking any such device I didn't test it.
>> 
>> The binaries are available on GitHub:
>> https://github.com/pguyot/mbedtls-NewtonOS/releases
>> 
>> Documentation, especially for developers, is here:
>> https://github.com/pguyot/mbedtls-NewtonOS/blob/master/README.md
>> 
>> The source code is available as well, including source code of a test application that demonstrates usage with HTTPS and IMAP with STARTTLS.
>> 
>> For the history of this port which originates from Pawel and Noah's Worldwide Online Newton Conference, I have just published a LinkedIn pulse article:
>> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/diving-retro-computing-paul-guyot/
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
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