Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:51:56 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: convert libgmp to a port? Message-ID: <20010617135156.B94632@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010617182256.A17724@hades.hell.gr>; from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr on Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 06:22:56PM %2B0300 References: <20010616201135.A60010@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20010617063845.E53DA39E9@overcee.netplex.com.au> <20010617182256.A17724@hades.hell.gr>
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On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 06:22:56PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 11:38:45PM -0700, Peter Wemm wrote: > > > It should not be too hard to have build a lightweight 'libbignum' that > > is extracted from the openssl sources and make that available in the base > > system. It would not be hard to convert the lib*mp consumers to use the > > libbignum (libbn, -lbn ?) and then we can get rid of it. > > > > telnet* should never have used libmp in the first place, it should have > > used libcrypto/bignum. chkey/newkey/keyserv are using libmp for > > diffie-helmann key exchange. (just large integer multiplication). It > > should be really easy to convert those three. > > Since there are a few things that are using libgmp (and I missed them > in my quick search through the sources), no I would not prefer > removing libgmp and making a new, probably buggier, libbignum that > will replace our current libgmp. > > If we do need some of the functionality of libgmp in the base-system, > then we really should import some newer version of libgmp, instead of > trying to make our own new library. I dont really like reinventing > wheels :) libbn is already part of OpenSSH; it's a trivial matter to make it into a standalone library. In other words, we already include two functionally equivalent bignum libraries in FreeBSD, so one of them should go. Kris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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