Guus Sliepen <g...@debian.org> wrote: [...] > The problem is that OpenSSL is much more than just an implementation of > SSL/TLS. It is also provides a very extensive set of low-level > cryptographic functions. There are many programs that use OpenSSL for > the latter, not for the SSL/TLS layer. You just cannot drop in GnuTLS, > MatrixSSL or PolarSSL for those.
> Some of the alternatives to OpenSSL come with the essential > cryptographic primitves to support SSL/TLS built-in, others rely on > external libraries to do that. For example, GnuTLS currently depends > on Nettle. Hello, However, gnutls exposes some cryptographic primitives through its crypto API, so it is not necessary to directly use nettle (or gcrypt) if the exposed subset is sufficient. cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/l3da9b-jod....@argenau.downhill.at.eu.org
