indygreg / indygreg/cryptography-rs

Break out the ASN1 primitives into their own crate or feature?

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enhancement
Dominant language
Rust
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Description

I'm wondering if it would be possible to break out the ASN1 primitives in the `asn1` folder as their own independent crate or as a feature of the CMS crate that we could use independently? The rest of the crate brings in dependencies that we can't support (notably blocking calls on `reqwest` that can't compile on some of our targeted platforms).

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Research direction

Start by inspecting the `asn1` folder and how it is included by the CMS crate, then identify where the unsupported blocking `reqwest` dependency enters the build. Determine whether the primitives can be independently consumed without those dependencies; done means the chosen crate or feature builds for the targeted platforms and its existing users remain functional.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cryptography
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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