Re: cvs commit: openssl FAQ

2001-02-19 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 08:46:01AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +On some SCO installations or versions, bc has a bug that gets triggered +when you run the test suite (using "make test"). The message returned is +"bc: 1 not implemented". You may run into something similar on FreeBSD

Re: cvs commit: openssl FAQ

2000-12-18 Thread Bodo Moeller
On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 03:09:16AM +, Dr S N Henson wrote: When mentioning features that don't exist in current releases of OpenSSL (such as the new undocumented '-prexit' option to s_client), the FAQ should point out that they don't: The FAQ is not just part of the release, it's

Re: cvs commit: openssl FAQ

2000-12-18 Thread Ben Laurie
Bodo Moeller wrote: On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 03:09:16AM +, Dr S N Henson wrote: When mentioning features that don't exist in current releases of OpenSSL (such as the new undocumented '-prexit' option to s_client), the FAQ should point out that they don't: The FAQ is not just

Re: cvs commit: openssl FAQ

2000-12-16 Thread Dr S N Henson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bodo17-Dec-2000 01:32:51 Modified:.FAQ Log: When mentioning features that don't exist in current releases of OpenSSL (such as the new undocumented '-prexit' option to s_client), the FAQ should point out that they don't: The FAQ is

Re: cvs commit: openssl FAQ

2000-12-04 Thread Jean-Marc Desperrier
Jeffrey Altman wrote: From the GNUTLS site: "You should view this as an alternative implementation of OpenSSL (actually GNUTLS is closer to Eric Young's SSLEAY rather than OpenSSL)." What does this mean? A great news for everyone for writes GPL code that needs crypto. When the FSF

Re: cvs commit: openssl FAQ

2000-12-02 Thread Ben Laurie
Jim Russell wrote: On or about Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 01:19:32PM -0500, Jeffrey Altman wrote: Notice that even after 20 years of RMS placing Kermit on the list of things that must be done in a GPL manner he has never done so. I doubt someone else is ever going to open source a competitor

Re: cvs commit: openssl FAQ

2000-12-01 Thread Ben Laurie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ulf 01-Dec-2000 03:47:52 Modified:.FAQ Log: GPL FAQ. I hope this adequately summarizes the results of all those disussions. Revision ChangesPath 1.37 +19 -0 openssl/FAQ Index: FAQ

Re: cvs commit: openssl FAQ

2000-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Altman
You can configure OpenSSL so as not to use RC5 and IDEA by using ./config no-rc5 no-idea + + +* Can I use OpenSSL with GPL software? + +On many systems including the major Linux and BSD distributions, yes (the +GPL does not place restrictions on using libraries

Re: cvs commit: openssl FAQ

2000-12-01 Thread Jim Russell
On or about Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 01:19:32PM -0500, Jeffrey Altman wrote: Notice that even after 20 years of RMS placing Kermit on the list of things that must be done in a GPL manner he has never done so. I doubt someone else is ever going to open source a competitor for OpenSSL. There is

Re: cvs commit: openssl FAQ

2000-12-01 Thread Jeffrey Altman
Don't construe this message as in any way taking sides in the "debate that never ends". Just a quick point of fact, that there is, indeed, an GPL, open-source "competitor" to OpenSSL under development, called GNUTLS. The URL is http://gnutls.hellug.gr/ (Disclaimers repeated -

Re: cvs commit: openssl FAQ

2000-12-01 Thread Dr S N Henson
Jeffrey Altman wrote: From the GNUTLS site: "You should view this as an alternative implementation of OpenSSL (actually GNUTLS is closer to Eric Young's SSLEAY rather than OpenSSL)." What does this mean? Probably that its full of bugs. :-) Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson.

Re: cvs commit: openssl FAQ

2000-12-01 Thread Ed Kubaitis
Hmm. OpenSSL has served us well for years it seems to me -- ever since eay dropped out to become RSA Australia :-) Adding the GPL religion/meme/virus to SSL/TLS gives me serious heartburn... -- Ed Kubaitis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) CCSO - University of Illinois at