Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 00:48:12 +1000 From: Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne.geraghty@heuristicsystems.com.au> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: libressl anyone? Message-ID: <53C53F2C.4000202@heuristicsystems.com.au> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1tsnhy51twKfs6yoaO848OBjGoYrzQODK3Zy_r-WvG-GA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAN6yY1tsnhy51twKfs6yoaO848OBjGoYrzQODK3Zy_r-WvG-GA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/07/2014 9:12 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > Now that OpenBSD has released LibreSSL, can someone port it? And maybe try > putting it into head? I'd love to see OpenSSL gone yesterday. > > The initial portable LibreSSL is available from > http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL. Note that the OpenBSD folks > say that this release is intended for testing and evealuation, so it is not > a candidate for any stable or release, but it does build on FreeBSD. > > Yes, if I get some time today or tomorrow, I'll try to write up a port, but > I'm still far from comfortable with the new porting stuff, so it will > likely take longer that I'd like. Others can probably knock it out in > nothing flat. Thanks for sharing Kevin. I found this a compelling paper justifying the libressl effort and seeking community involvement. (For the time poor, start at page/slide 7) http://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan14-libressl/index.html As an aspiration, Libressl is expected in Openbsd 5.6; 5.5 was released on 1st May, 2014. Dewayne.
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