Status of OpenSSL 1.1.1

Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Wed Aug 1 13:02:59 UTC 2018


On Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 12:31 PM Eric McCorkle <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.

Warner

Incidentally, if there's something I can do to help out with integrating
> 1.1.1 into base, I'd potentially be interested.
>
>


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