Hi Franco,

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 01:28:43PM +0100, Franco Fichtner wrote:
> 
> > On 11. Dec 2020, at 13:20, Martin Simmons <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > I'm talking about the binary packages from pkg.FreeBSD.org.  Don't they 
> > always
> > use the base OpenSSL at the moment?
> 
> Yes, and if it would be built against ports OpenSSL you can no longer build 
> against LibreSSL locally.
> 
> In OPNsense we do build against ports OpenSSL for upgrade ease, but we also 
> offer a second set of packages for LibreSSL.
> 
> For the normal FreeBSD user defaulting packages against OpenSSL from ports 
> would be severely limiting their capability to deviate from this with one-off 
> builds and most cannot or will not run their own poudriere batch.
> 
> Effectively, using the second tier crypto to emulate the first tier crypto 
> would trash the second tier for everyone else.

Could you please clarify what you mean by "second tier crypto" and "first
tier crypto"?  I'm having a hard time understanding this statement.

Thanks,

Ben
_______________________________________________
[email protected] mailing list
https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"

Reply via email to