Replacing OpenSSL in base -- does it work?

Chris H bsd-lists at BSDforge.com
Wed Dec 13 02:05:11 UTC 2017


On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 20:58:26 -0500 "Shawn Webb" <shawn.webb at hardenedbsd.org> said

> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 05:57:29PM -0800, Chris H wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I just fired off a fresh build on a new 12-CURRENT install. But forgot
> > to add WITHOUT_OPENSSL to src.conf(5), as I had intended to. :-(
> > Anyway, I'd like to remove OpenSSL from base. Any recommendations on the
> > best approach, and best alternatives?
> 
> Both HardenedBSD and TrueOS use LibreSSL in base.
WOW. Thanks for the fast reply, Shawn!

I had already considered that might be a good direction. Nice to hear it
works!

Thanks again, Shawn!

--Chris
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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