| > - Do you guys have an RPC library written in anything other than C++? If not, could you point me to protocol specs so I can start writing my own? People have written implementations in Rust, Go, and Erlang, and wrappers around the C++ library in Javascript and Python: https://capnproto.org/otherlang.html Scroll down that page for some info on how to start writing an implementation in another language. The RPC protocol spec is here: https://github.com/sandstorm-io/capnproto/blob/master/c++/sr... > - Since it uses a streaming model to support random access, what encryption method do you think would work best with Cap ' n Proto that would keep it speedy and still retain all functionality? Hmm, I'm not clear on what you mean by "streaming model" -- I think of "streaming" as the opposite of random access. Regarding encryption, this is a very big question and there are a lot of different needs and use cases to consider. Mostly I don't think that use of Cap'n Proto affects encryption decisions much, but if you want to make sure you don't lose random access, you should of course use a cipher that supports random access, like chacha20 or AES-CTR. |
Right, sorry, I re-read my comment and confused myself too. Seems like it's bad for me to go on HN without a fresh cup of coffee (it's 10am now here in the Philippines).
Thanks for your swift response, I'll experiment with AES-CTR (since I'm more familiar with it than chacha20). And thanks for pointing out that there are wrappers for Python/Go already, the programming language I use daily and was thinking of building libs for! Again, great work, and I'll stay posted.