> Am 16.03.2018 um 13:33 schrieb Yann Ylavic <[email protected]>:
> 
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 1:11 PM, Eric Covener <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 7:57 AM, Stefan Eissing
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi Rainer,
>>> 
>>> thanks for solving this issue. The version check indeed was missing. I do 
>>> not think supporting ACME on servers with such old OpenSSL is really 
>>> something to strive for. I'd have settled for a check von 1.0.2 even. If 
>>> your changed check makes it working for 1.0.1 also, that's fine.
>>> 
>>> My (a tad philosophical) point of view is that security on the public 
>>> network is only achievable and *maintainable* by ever moving forward to the 
>>> lastest, best efforts of the community. If you stick on version, even if 
>>> that worked fine at the time, you'll get owned.
>>> 
>>> Again, 2.4.x promises support for 0.9.8a+, so the check was missing. Maybe 
>>> this is a reason for a 2.6.x that is a re-vamped 2.4.x but with a revisited 
>>> baseline? Without mpm-prefork, http/0.9 and other cruft? A man can dream...
>> 
>> 2.6 aside, should we just pick a date that openssl < 1.0.1 (or
>> whatever) compat will be dropped from 2.4 and add it to the
>> announcement template/website?  I don't think we're ultimately doing
>> anyone favors here.
> 
> +1, and while at it I think I think we should even require 1.0.2 (if
> possible) since 1.0.1 in no longer supported at OpenSSL.

+1

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