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Date:      Sun, 13 Dec 2020 10:37:09 +0100
From:      Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>
To:        Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Kerberos: base or port? [Was: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-20:33.openssl]
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In-Reply-To: <20201212181821.GO64351@kduck.mit.edu>
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On 12/12/20 7:18 PM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:

> Having two different instances of libcrypto in the same address space is
> generally asking for trouble

Of course.
That's why I was always wary about switching to a newer/shinier OpenSSL 
from ports (wihtout eradicating the old one from base).
You are right, "with sufficient care to detail" it will work, but it's 
going to be a lot of testing.



> Understood.  Thanks for following up anyway!

You are welcome! Really!





> None of those quite seem like they qualify as being complicated uses, so
> there is probably not much immediate benefit from switching, for you.

Thanks a lot for clarifying.



> Sorry to have been a little too sensationalist, there.

Well, you being "sorry" means me being safe and safe is better than sorry :)


  bye
	av.



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