Re: GOST in OPENSSL_BASE

From: Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw_at_zxy.spb.ru>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 23:13:50 +0300
On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 07:48:44PM +0300, Andrey Chernov wrote:

> On 11.07.2016 19:29, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 11:04:33AM -0500, Mark Felder wrote:
> > 
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016, at 05:29, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I.e. GOST will be available in openssl.
> >>> Under BSD-like license.
> >>> Can be this engine import in base system and enabled at time 1.1.0?
> >>> And can be GOST enabled now?
> >>>
> >>
> >> I think the wrong question is being asked here. Instead we need to focus
> >> on decoupling openssl from base so this can all be handled by ports.
> > 
> > This is wrong direction with current policy.
> > ports: unsupported by FreeBSD core and securite team, no guaranted to comaptible
> > between options and applications.
> > 
> > base: supported by FreeBSD core and securite team, covered by CI,
> > checked for forward and backward API and ABI compatibility.
> > 
> 
> Ports are supported by secteam, and recently I notice "headsup" mail
> with intention to make base openssl private and switch all ports to
> security/openssl port.

I mean `support` is commit reviewing, auditing and etc.
Secteam do it for ports?

> Adding of GOST as 3rd party plugin is technically possible in both
> (base, ports) cases, the rest of decision is up to FreeBSD openssl
> maintainers and possible contributors efforts.
> 
> I need to specially point to "patches" section of the 3rd party GOST
> plugin, from just viewing I don't understand, are those additional
> openssl patches should be applied to openssl for GOST, or they are just
> reflect existent changes in the openssl.
> 
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