scylladb / scylladb/cpp-rs-driver
Add support for Rustls
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- C++
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Description
Some time ago Rust Driver gained support for Rustls as backend for TLS.
It makes sense to add support for it in cpp-rust-driver. The main benefit is not requiring a library to be installed on the system, so building and using the driver becomes easier.
It remains an open question how exactly should we support it.
Imo there should definitely be a new CMake switch, similarly to how we now have one for openssl.
Should backend be chosen at runtime (as in Rust Driver), or at compile time? How exactly should the API look like? I don't know.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing OpenSSL CMake switch in cpp-rust-driver and the Rust Driver's Rustls support. Resolve whether backend selection should happen at runtime or compile time, and define the API shape and configuration behavior. Done means Rustls support has an agreed design and implementation path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake, cpp, rust
- Domain
- backend-api-design, build-system, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100