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Subject: Re: Crypto overhaul
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From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
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In message <CAG5KPzws=3DjmF2wLeEAz8Lzn7Ugude=3D0w5neoQjeDjYnGtJpS9Q@mail.g=
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, Ben Laurie writes:

>OpenSSL includes (and is used for) lots of crypto that is not used in
>SSL - since BearSSL targets SSL/TLS only, it can't, presumably, be
>used to replace all uses of OpenSSL.

Which implicitly raises the question if we really need all the
boatloads of crap OpenSSL drags in, or if we would be in a better
position with something simpler and saner ?

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