OpenSAML user discussion

[Chris Card <>]

thanks Scott


> > is there likely to be much difference in the performance of SAML assertion
> > signing between the Java and C++ opensaml implementations? Are there
> > any benchmark figures available?
>
> I don't think anybody's compared them. Modern Java optimizations have certainly shrunk the gap enormously from the early days.
>
> While I enjoy not having to worry much about low level performance in my SP, I don't use C++ because of that, I use it because there is no other web server integration strategy that makes any sense.
>
Does the Java implementation of signing use the same underlying C libraries for the crypto stuff (via JNI say) or is it implemented in Java?

Chris