Re: OpenSSL vs. LibreSSL (OpenBSD)

On Apr 24, 2014, at 4:08 PM, Dimitry Andric <dim_at_freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 24 Apr 2014, at 22:35, O. Hartmann <ohartman_at_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