Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 13:58:52 +0000 From: Dima Dorfman <dd@freebsd.org> To: Kaarthik Sivakumar <kaarthik@comcast.net> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> Subject: Re: libmp and libcrypto Message-ID: <20040411135851.GC15793@trit.org> In-Reply-To: <86n05m3a31.fsf@comcast.net> References: <200404080744.i387ie0w047939@grimreaper.grondar.org> <86n05m3a31.fsf@comcast.net>
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Kaarthik Sivakumar <kaarthik@comcast.net> wrote: > 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. I don't think anyone still recommends using the antiquated (and largely broken) Berkeley mp(3) interface; it's only provided for compatibiltiy with applications that haven't been ported to use something more modern. libgmp and the OpenSSL BIGNUM interface are more modern, and either one is fine. If you have an application that wants gmp, just install the libgmp4 port. Dima.
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