On 08/01/2018 09:02, Warner Losh wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 12:31 PM Eric McCorkle <e...@metricspace.net > <mailto:e...@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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