Hello everyone...
I'm relatively new to these lists, so this may have been hashed
out in the past or may be in some FAQ somewhere I can't find. If so,
I appologize in advance.
In the OpenCA bundle, there are some patches for OpenSSL that are
recommended in the INSTALL document. The latest patches seem to be
for OpenSSL 0.9.4 and patches against a snapshot late last year.
Examining the patches by hand, they seem to be adding some options
for getting status information. Part of the 0.9.4 patch appears to
already be in 0.9.5 and the snapshot patch no longer has that part.
The snapshot patch does successfully patch 0.9.5. Patches to the code
include changes to apps/ca.c to add a -status option and a -updatedb
option and some changes to crypto/conf/conf.c (which no longer exists
in OpenSSL snapshots although it is still present in 0.9.5).
Now... These changes appear to be useful and needed by the OpenCA
project. They also appear to have been kicking around for a while and
partially integrated into OpenSSL.
What is the status on these patches, given that there are no
patches specifically for OpenSSL-0.9.5 or against any recent snapshots?
Are they still necessary or are they now redundant in some way?
They don't appear to have any negative impact on OpenSSL so,
considering how long they've been available, why haven't they been
fully integrated into OpenSSL if they do something useful? Is there
some reason for NOT integrating them into OpenSSL or applying the patches?
TIA!
Mike
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