[Dnsmasq-discuss] Does DNSSEC require nettle and gmp, or nettle with gmp?

Dave Taht dave.taht at gmail.com
Wed Apr 9 14:51:26 UTC 2014


On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 6:24 AM, /dev/rob0 <rob0 at gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 11:54:28AM -0500, I wrote:
>         ^^^^^^
>> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 07:08:44PM -0400, Alex Xu wrote:
>> > On 25/03/14 07:03 PM, sven falempin wrote:
>> > > my concern of nettle vs openssl is the amount of review and
>> > > testing nettle did get compared to something more widely(!)
>> > > used openssl
>> >
>> > something being used a lot != something being good
>>
>> Absolutely true, but in the context of open source software,
>> especially cryptographic software, more use also tends to mean
>> more code review.
>
> April Fools!
>
> ;)

My heart bleeds for the openssl folk and openssl derived application users
right now. More investment into creating, maintaining and improving
core crypto libraries is desperately needed to hold our civilization together.

>> I'm not really qualified to judge here what is best; I can only
>> point out what I, as a user, think about it. I'll trust Simon's
>> judgment, but I hope he has considered these concerns.
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