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4internetanonymity

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LibreSSL to replace OpenSSL?

A moderator closed a thread about this and suggested starting one in this forum, so I thought I would take the initiative because I'm interested

Who thinks it would be beneficial for Arch to switch to - or at least official support - LibreSSL? OpenBSD folks wrote it, so that lends credence... And Arch already uses OpenNTPD and OpenSSH - so why not LibreSSL?

Stewart Little

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Re: LibreSSL to replace OpenSSL?

Wouldn't this cause compatibility issues on Arch? Lets say for steam itself like Steam's proton. If there isn't a compatibility issue and all of those issues are sorted out then I'm not fuzzed about it if it won't cause major changes to the way the system works.

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progandy

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Re: LibreSSL to replace OpenSSL?

Alpine Linux did try that for a time and chose to go back to OpenSSL
https://lists.alpinelinux.org/alpine-devel/6079.html

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4internetanonymity

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Re: LibreSSL to replace OpenSSL?

Alpine Linux did try that for a time and chose to go back to OpenSSL
https://lists.alpinelinux.org/alpine-devel/6079.html

Interesting, thanks.