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Date:      Tue, 31 Oct 2017 12:23:59 +0000
From:      "Wall, Stephen" <swall@redcom.com>
To:        "freebsd-security@freebsd.org security" <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Crypto overhaul
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> At least as about its first year and a half, LibreSSL had a markedly
> better track record than OpenSSL (zero high-severity CVEs vs 5 from
> OpenSSL, about half as many mid- and low-security CVEs).

Are any of these relevant to the crypto module?  Or are they all only appli=
cable to the SSL protocol?

As I understand the discussion so far, the goal is to unify all the dispara=
te crypto pieces in the base system.  That could certainly be done using Op=
enSSLs libcrypto, and let users select their SSL provider from the ports tr=
ee.

-spw



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