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Date:      Sun, 29 Oct 2017 07:05:26 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Eric McCorkle <eric@metricspace.net>
Cc:        Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@freebsd.org>, Ben Laurie <ben@links.org>, "freebsd-security@freebsd.org security" <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Crypto overhaul
Message-ID:  <28039.1509260726@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: <df46aaa5-13a9-2fc6-bcd2-d57d792800eb@metricspace.net>
References:  <dc08792a-3215-611c-eb9f-4936a0d621f9@metricspace.net> <CAG5KPzws=jmF2wLeEAz8Lzn7Ugude=0w5neoQjeDjYnGtJpS9Q@mail.gmail.com> <13959.1509132270@critter.freebsd.dk> <CAG5KPzxGtAwV-svCv24FbZtLvxKCwX7OSyb2pPaTc63EUmFFGA@mail.gmail.com> <20171028022557.GE96685@kduck.kaduk.org> <23376.1509177812@critter.freebsd.dk> <20171028123132.GF96685@kduck.kaduk.org> <24228.1509196559@critter.freebsd.dk> <df46aaa5-13a9-2fc6-bcd2-d57d792800eb@metricspace.net>

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In message <df46aaa5-13a9-2fc6-bcd2-d57d792800eb@metricspace.net>, Eric Mc=
Corkl
e writes:
>On 10/28/2017 09:15, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
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>> In message <20171028123132.GF96685@kduck.kaduk.org>, Benjamin Kaduk wri=
tes:
>> =

>>> I would say that the 1.1.x series is less bad, especially on the last =
count,
>>> but don't know how much you've looked at the differences in the new br=
anch.
>> =

>> While "less bad" is certainly a laudable goal for OpenSSL, I hope
>> FreeBSD has higher ambitions.
>> =

>
>I'm curious about your thoughts on LibreSSL as a possible option.

It retains the horrible APIs, so the potential improvement is finite.

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Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
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