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First Release of LibreSSL Portable Available

posted by azrael on Saturday July 12 2014, @03:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the small-enough-to-carry dept.

cnst writes:

It has finally happened. Bob Beck of The OpenBSD Foundation has just announced that the first release of LibreSSL portable is now available, and can be found in the LibreSSL directory of your favourite OpenBSD mirror.

libressl-2.0.0.tar.gz has been tested to build on various versions of Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X and FreeBSD.

This is intended to be an initial portable release of OpenBSD's libressl to allow the community to start using it and providing feedback, and has been done to address the issue of incorrect portable versions being attempted by third-parties. Support for additional platforms will be added as time and resources permit.

 
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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by NCommander on Saturday July 12 2014, @03:20AM

    by NCommander (2) Subscriber Badge <michael@casadevall.pro> on Saturday July 12 2014, @03:20AM (#67961) Homepage Journal

    I've been following OpenSSL rampage [opensslrampage.org] to get an idea the sort of crud they're ripping out of OpenSSL. I knew that code base was ugly, but I never quite realized how badly the braindamage is. There is a pretty good presentation about libreSSL, its genesis, and the internal ugliness that is stock OpenSSL. I'm looking forward to when the vast majority of the distros have migrated away from OpenSSL.

    Long live LibreSSL!

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday July 12 2014, @03:33AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Saturday July 12 2014, @03:33AM (#67966) Journal

    Sounds good. :bravo:

    Theo will likely use the benevolent bugswatter *smash* away any norty bugs from inferior beings ;)

  • (Score: 2) by gallondr00nk on Saturday July 12 2014, @08:35AM

    by gallondr00nk (392) on Saturday July 12 2014, @08:35AM (#68017)

    There is a pretty good presentation about libreSSL, its genesis, and the internal ugliness that is stock OpenSSL.

    For those interested, I believe it's this presentation at BSDCan 2014 - LibreSSL with Bob Beck [youtube.com]

  • (Score: 1) by DeKO on Saturday July 12 2014, @11:29PM

    by DeKO (3672) on Saturday July 12 2014, @11:29PM (#68287)

    Thanks for that link. The Rampage website is as amusing as thedailywtf. I just learned a new anti-pattern to terrorize coworkers: ifdowhile.

    • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday July 13 2014, @12:28AM

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Sunday July 13 2014, @12:28AM (#68300) Journal

      For even better effect, I suggest to use doifwhile instead. As added bonus, it also stresses the compiler's optimizer:

      do if (condition)
      {
        ...
      }
      while (condition);

      SCNR :-)

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      The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.