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LibreSSL languishes on Linux

LibreSSL languishes on Linux

Posted Jan 5, 2021 8:04 UTC (Tue) by flussence (guest, #85566)
In reply to: LibreSSL languishes on Linux by dannyobrien
Parent article: LibreSSL languishes on Linux

In my experience, when there's a choice between OpenSSL and GnuTLS codepaths in software, the latter is significantly worse maintained. IIRC GnuTLS has openssl compatibility shims of its own just to avoid getting the short end of the stick.

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LibreSSL languishes on Linux

Posted Jan 5, 2021 9:52 UTC (Tue) by ale2018 (subscriber, #128727) [Link]

Version 3 of GnuTLS was largely reworked. What version did you try?

Overall, GnuTLS API seem to me to be more consistent, which presumably allows the library to grow with less constraints.

LibreSSL languishes on Linux

Posted Jan 6, 2021 12:54 UTC (Wed) by ametlwn (subscriber, #10544) [Link]

> IIRC GnuTLS has openssl compatibility shims of its own just to avoid getting the short end of the stick.

The OpenSSL compatibility layer covers only a very small subset of the API. And it has stayed unchanged for a very long time, afaict it is in we-will-drop-it-if-it-breaks-status.


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