[openssl.org #3601] [PATCH] Improves the proxy certificates howto doc.

2014-11-15 Thread Alok Menghrajani via RT
Hi, The current documentation (hosted at https://www.openssl.org/docs/HOWTO/proxy_certificates.txt) contains a bunch of spelling and grammar mistakes. I also found it hard to understand some paragraphs, so here is my attempt to improve its overall readability. Alok

Re: Improving Developer Documentation

2014-11-15 Thread Philip Prindeville
I asked O’Reilly if it was going to be updated, but here’s the response I got: Hello, Thanks for you for your interest in Network Security with OpenSSL. I wish I had better news for your, but unfortunately it appears as if there isn't a new edition being planned. Best regards,

RE: [PATCH] User can choose the public exponent in genrsa

2014-11-15 Thread Dave Thompson
From: owner-openssl-...@openssl.org On Behalf Of Stephan Mueller Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 15:00 snip I agree allowing to choose an arbitrary e is not so good. However, what kind of threats do you see when we would: - use 2**16+1 per default - allow 17 (-F4) as a legacy F4 is

Re: Improving Developer Documentation

2014-11-15 Thread Philip Prindeville
In an interesting turn, I had emailed John Viega and asked him if there was a chance of an updated and expanded edition of his book, and his response was: Probably next year, yes. so that’s something to look forward to. -Philip On Nov 15, 2014, at 2:04 PM, Philip Prindeville