Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 13:15:12 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: convert libgmp to a port? Message-ID: <20010621131512.A52345@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3B2FABA8.D439B306@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 12:44:40PM -0700 References: <20010616201135.A60010@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20010617063845.E53DA39E9@overcee.netplex.com.au> <20010617182256.A17724@hades.hell.gr> <20010617135156.B94632@xor.obsecurity.org> <20010618010338.A50655@hades.hell.gr> <3B2FABA8.D439B306@mindspring.com>
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On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 12:44:40PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 01:51:56PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >
> > > libbn is already part of OpenSSH; it's a trivial matter to make it
^^^^^^^
I meant to say OpenSSL here, of course.
> > > into a standalone library. In other words, we already include two
> > > functionally equivalent bignum libraries in FreeBSD, so one of them
> > > should go.
> >
> > I couldn't agree more :)
>
> I'm going to word this strongly, mostly because I feel
> strongly about the underlying issues.
>
> The SSL one is known to be very slow, and was written
> as a proof of concept by the author. Please read the
> release notes; it is seriously slow. Replacing it will
> increase your SSL performance significantly.
I know of no-one who has developed patches to make OpenSSL work with
an external math library (e.g. libgmp). The OpenSSL guys are very
interested in cleaning up their legacy code; you should work with them
if you are interested.
In FreeBSD, the only use of the libgmp code is for non-speed-critical
applications, so replacing it with a less efficient library doesn't
cost anything. libgmp will still exist in ports for applications
which want to make use of a more efficient library.
Kris
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