On 08/01/2018 09:02, Warner Losh wrote:> > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 12:31 PM Eric McCorkle <eric at metricspace.net > <mailto:eric at metricspace.net>> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I'm wondering what's the status of OpenSSL 1.1.1 integration into base? > More specifically, is there a repo or a branch that's started the > integration?? I'm aware of the wiki page and the list of port build > issues, but that seems to be based on replacing the base OpenSSL with a > port build (similar to the way one replaces it with LibreSSL). > > I have some work I'd like to do that's gating on sorting out the > kernel/loader crypto situation, and I'd very much like to see OpenSSL > 1.1.1 get merged, so I can start to look into doing that. > > > There are patches to use bear SSL for the loader. OpenSSL is simply too > large to use due to limits the loader operates under.I was going to look into the feasibility of doing something like what LibreSSL does with portable, where they extract a subset of the full library designed to be embedded in the kernel, loader, etc. I think it ought to be possible to do something like that, but it really ought to be done in a tree with 1.1.1 integrated. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 228 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/attachments/20180801/d632ded5/attachment.sig>
On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 10:05:28AM -0400, Eric McCorkle wrote:> On 08/01/2018 09:02, Warner Losh wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 12:31 PM Eric McCorkle <eric at metricspace.net > > <mailto:eric at metricspace.net>> wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > I'm wondering what's the status of OpenSSL 1.1.1 integration into base? > > More specifically, is there a repo or a branch that's started the > > integration?? I'm aware of the wiki page and the list of port build > > issues, but that seems to be based on replacing the base OpenSSL with a > > port build (similar to the way one replaces it with LibreSSL). > > > > I have some work I'd like to do that's gating on sorting out the > > kernel/loader crypto situation, and I'd very much like to see OpenSSL > > 1.1.1 get merged, so I can start to look into doing that. > > > > > > There are patches to use bear SSL for the loader. OpenSSL is simply too > > large to use due to limits the loader operates under. > > I was going to look into the feasibility of doing something like what > LibreSSL does with portable, where they extract a subset of the full > library designed to be embedded in the kernel, loader, etc. > > I think it ought to be possible to do something like that, but it really > ought to be done in a tree with 1.1.1 integrated. >It wouldn't be terribly easy or effective, IMO. OpenSSL wasn't designed with such modularity in mind. -Ben