Re: GOST in OPENSSL_BASE

From: Andrey Chernov <ache_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 01:51:54 +0300
On 12.07.2016 1:44, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> On 11.07.2016 21:41, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 02:28:45PM -0400, Jung-uk Kim wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/10/16 10:10 AM, Andrey Chernov wrote:
>>>> On 10.07.2016 16:30, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:
>>>>> I am surprised lack of support GOST in openssl-base.
>>>>> Can be this enabled before 11.0 released?
>>>>
>>>> AFAIK openssl maintainers says something like they can't support this
>>>> code and it will become rotten shortly with new changes, so they drop it.
>>>
>>> [OpenSSL-maintainer-for-the-base hat on]
>>>
>>> GOST is supported on FreeBSD 10.x and 11.x.  We will not drop it on
>>> these branches unless secteam explicitly ask us to do so.  However, we
>>> *may* drop it from 12.0 *iff* we import OpenSSL 1.1.0 branch.
>>>
>>> [OpenSSL-maintainer-for-the-base hat off]
>>>
>>> Jung-uk Kim
>>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> May be need file PR for dns/bind910?
>>
>> # grep -3 BROK /poudriere/ports/default/dns/bind910/Makefile
>> .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
>>
>> .if ( ${PORT_OPTIONS:MGOST} || ${PORT_OPTIONS:MGOST_ASN1} ) && ${SSL_DEFAULT} == base
>> BROKEN= OpenSSL from the base system does not support GOST, add \
>>         DEFAULT_VERSIONS+=ssl=openssl to your /etc/make.conf and rebuild everything \
>>         that needs SSL.
>> .endif
>>
> 
> I dislike idea to use GOST in the bind, it is unneeded there, DNSSEC
> don't use GOST, so I vote for removing GOST option from there.
> 

I need to note that RFC exists, proposing GOST (old version) for DNSSEC:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5933
but nobody really use it.
Received on Mon Jul 11 2016 - 20:52:04 UTC

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