Hi, I am new to this list and to nginx, so here is a short intro:
I am Jan Algermissen, primarily a complete REST/HTTP-head and recently focussing on REST API security. About to write an nginx module as an authenticating HTTP gateway. I have a question regarding memory management and the use of OpenSSL (libcrypto) in nginx: AFAIK, libcrypto is doing quite a lot of memory allocations/deallocations internally, unsing standard malloc etc. When a piece software that builds upon libcrypto provides its own memory management (for example nginx) it can explicitly set the memory management functions used by libcrypto. This can be done by using CRYPTO_set_mem_functions (#include <crypto.h>). Looking at the nginx sources, I did not find any use of this feature. Am I missing something, or does the SSL module of nginx simply ignore the memory management issue, defering to the use of malloc inside libcrypto? If so, can anyone explain the rationale for doiing so? Jan _______________________________________________ nginx mailing list nginx@nginx.org http://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx
