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Subject: Re: Crypto overhaul
To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@freebsd.org>
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On 10/28/2017 09:15, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
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> In message <20171028123132.GF96685@kduck.kaduk.org>, Benjamin Kaduk writes:
> 
>> 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 branch.
> 
> 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.