Hi,

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 09:24:48PM +0000, �?�?�?�?�? �?�?�?омин wrote:
> Log message:
> Remove the GOST engine: It is not compiled or used and depends on the
> "dynamic engine" feature that is not enabled in our build.  People who
> need it can still pull it out of the Attic; if it is to have a Russian
> engine just because it's a Russian engine.
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> 
> This hash function is a formal requirement in all public institutions in
> Russia. Removing it, the work of people using OpenBSD in these
> institutions is greatly complicated by its return.
> 
> This is a political decision, or indeed it is necessary for the cleaning
> OpenSSL? Do not throw out the child along with the bath.
> 

No, I have no objections against GOST and it is not a political
decision.  But the GOST engine was not even compiled on OpenBSD and we
have OPENSSL_NO_DYNAMIC_ENGINE defined by default.  It was just
sitting in our source tree.

If there is really a demand for GOST, the better way would be to
include it as normal built-in ciphers and algorithms instead of using
GOST with an engine.

So we basically have concerns about these dynamic engines and code
that is not enabled by default.

Reyk

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