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Date:      Thu, 08 Apr 2004 08:53:06 -0400
From:      Kaarthik Sivakumar <kaarthik@comcast.net>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: libmp and libcrypto
Message-ID:  <86n05m3a31.fsf@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To: <200404080744.i387ie0w047939@grimreaper.grondar.org> (Mark Murray's message of "Thu, 08 Apr 2004 08:44:40 %2B0100")
References:  <200404080744.i387ie0w047939@grimreaper.grondar.org>

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>>> "MM" == Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> writes:
MM> Kaarthik Sivakumar writes:

[...]

MM> Confirmed. Our libmp is a wrapper round the BIGNUM functions in
MM> libcrypto.

I read the man page for libmp (right after sending this mail) and it
says that we should move to using BIGNUM in libcrypto directly. Is
there a document of some sort that shows how to move things over? At
this time, it looks like FreeBSD is the only OS that recommends using
something other than (g)mp for BIGNUM support.

[...]

MM> The mp.h header documents an ancient and sacred interface to the
MM> Berkeley BIGNUM library. It ain't changing in a hurry. :-)

I get the feeling that a lot of interfaces are ancient and sacred in
FreeBSD (and other BSDs).

kaarthik



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