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Re: [LUG] OpenSSL --> LibreSSL

 

On 26/04/14 19:53, Mark Evans wrote:
On 25/04/14 18:22, Simon Waters wrote:

The protocols are over complicated and it is hard to drop support for platforms etc, but some of the crypto code (mostly in libcrypto now)  is subtle, which discourages casual contributions. 
Subtle code can easily contain all sorts of subtle bugs.
As well as being harder for anyone to contribute to.



The thing about code that solves really complicated problems is - well its complicated. And often long winded.
Tom te tom te tom
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