Re: Status of OpenSSL 1.1.1

From: Eric McCorkle <eric_at_metricspace.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 10:05:28 -0400
On 08/01/2018 09:02, Warner Losh wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 12:31 PM Eric McCorkle <eric_at_metricspace.net
> <mailto:eric_at_metricspace.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi folks,
> 
>     I'm wondering what's the status of OpenSSL 1.1.1 integration into base?
>     More specifically, is there a repo or a branch that's started the
>     integration?  I'm aware of the wiki page and the list of port build
>     issues, but that seems to be based on replacing the base OpenSSL with a
>     port build (similar to the way one replaces it with LibreSSL).
> 
>     I have some work I'd like to do that's gating on sorting out the
>     kernel/loader crypto situation, and I'd very much like to see OpenSSL
>     1.1.1 get merged, so I can start to look into doing that.
> 
> 
> There are patches to use bear SSL for the loader. OpenSSL is simply too
> large to use due to limits the loader operates under.

I was going to look into the feasibility of doing something like what
LibreSSL does with portable, where they extract a subset of the full
library designed to be embedded in the kernel, loader, etc.

I think it ought to be possible to do something like that, but it really
ought to be done in a tree with 1.1.1 integrated.


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