Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 02:44:09 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> Cc: Eric McCorkle <eric@metricspace.net>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-security <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Status of OpenSSL 1.1.1 Message-ID: <CANCZdfqqHk1k_WuDHg3Tob2m-Egbns9X4jq5eAaQu1tzgz1nwA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20180802234519.GD68224@kduck.kaduk.org> References: <b7b8a27c-b520-dcba-e7eb-fa3fa2d78083@metricspace.net> <CANCZdfpRSxKAvW=X2Fh5OM3ZxzkhPxC3ooOgLpogkMUdwpumRg@mail.gmail.com> <dc890dce-59b0-4647-268b-6035e8fbfd31@metricspace.net> <20180802234519.GD68224@kduck.kaduk.org>
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On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 5:45 PM, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 10:05:28AM -0400, Eric McCorkle wrote: > > On 08/01/2018 09:02, Warner Losh wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 12:31 PM Eric McCorkle <eric@metricspace.net > > > <mailto:eric@metricspace.net>> wrote: > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > I'm wondering what's the status of OpenSSL 1.1.1 integration into > base? > > > More specifically, is there a repo or a branch that's started the > > > integration? I'm aware of the wiki page and the list of port build > > > issues, but that seems to be based on replacing the base OpenSSL > with a > > > port build (similar to the way one replaces it with LibreSSL). > > > > > > I have some work I'd like to do that's gating on sorting out the > > > kernel/loader crypto situation, and I'd very much like to see > OpenSSL > > > 1.1.1 get merged, so I can start to look into doing that. > > > > > > > > > There are patches to use bear SSL for the loader. OpenSSL is simply too > > > large to use due to limits the loader operates under. > > > > I was going to look into the feasibility of doing something like what > > LibreSSL does with portable, where they extract a subset of the full > > library designed to be embedded in the kernel, loader, etc. > > > > I think it ought to be possible to do something like that, but it really > > ought to be done in a tree with 1.1.1 integrated. > > > > It wouldn't be terribly easy or effective, IMO. OpenSSL wasn't designed > with such modularity in mind. > Others that have tried have found OpenSSL to be way too large for the boot loader and a completely impossible to subset enough to get things small enough due to the intertwingled nature of things. Warner
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