Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:14:44 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding standalone RSA code Message-ID: <20041213111444.GC4172@straylight.m.ringlet.net> In-Reply-To: <200412101755.iBAHt55A090986@grovel.grondar.org> References: <41B9D586.5070403@wadham.ox.ac.uk> <200412101755.iBAHt55A090986@grovel.grondar.org>
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--7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 05:55:05PM +0000, Mark Murray wrote: > Colin Percival writes: > > > Is size really a concern? > >=20 > > No. The size is a side-effect of having a minimal, highly secure, > > library, and was not a design consideration. >=20 > "New" very often means "Insecure". I'd rather see something with lots=20 > of eyes over it, and OpenSSL has the advantage of having quite a few=20 > competent crypto guys grovel through it. >=20 > I'm still inclined to say "Please stick with OpenSSL; it is the devil=20 > we know." And then, of course, there's the problem that OpenSSL doesn't work RIGHT NOW in some situations; see my two e-mails to -hackers and others (including you ;) at http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-hackers/2004-September/00808= 9.html http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-hackers/2004-September/00809= 0.html Yep, "the devil we know", indeed :) G'luck, Peter --=20 Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@cnsys.bg roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 =2Esiht ekil ti gnidaer eb d'uoy ,werbeH ni erew ecnetnes siht fI --7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBvXmk7Ri2jRYZRVMRAidWAJ9Cca8cJPNDznxJuz1MSkn87TDUqQCeJdrs ReJENdPye1YOpgyvv4lg13A= =z234 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o--
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