Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 20:34:02 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Subject: Re: OpenSSL vs. LibreSSL (OpenBSD) Message-ID: <A80EF450-465F-4473-85FC-92870E6058C8@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <23CF0EE3-3387-47C7-9DCE-61F20D87E8D9@FreeBSD.org> References: <20140424223540.627bf130.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <23CF0EE3-3387-47C7-9DCE-61F20D87E8D9@FreeBSD.org>
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On Apr 24, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 24 Apr 2014, at 22:35, O. Hartmann <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: >> It seems that OpenBSD is now forking their own SSL implementation, called LibreSSL. As >> OpenBSD speaks for many similar opinion regarding the state of the code of OpenSSL, I'd >> like to hear what the plans are in FreeBSD for this critical portion of software. >> >> Is FreeBSD going to support the effords taken by OpenBSD and participating in the >> LibreSSL development (http://www.libressl.org/)? > > Wouldn't it be wiser to wait and see what comes out of this project? :) > Besides, they're first making it for OpenBSD only (which is completely > reasonable), porting it will come even later. > > If you want to contribute to LibreSSL now, I think the best you can do > is to donate money. They don't seem to need more programmers... :) Well, need and want are two different things. So far all I’ve seen is a lot of trash talk and no track record. It would wiser, as you suggest, to wait and see where they wind up. Warner
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