[systemd-devel] [RFC] Switching to OpenSSL 3?

[Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)]

On 14/09/2021 13.36, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> Heya!
>
> Some of the systemd developers have been discussing switching
> systemd's crypto libraries to be exclusively OpenSSL 3.0, and drop
> support for older OpenSSL versions, as well as any GNUTLS/libgcrypt
> support. As you might have noticed OpenSSL 3.0 has been released
> recently, and for the first time resolves the GPL2 license
> incompatibility mess comprehensively, which opens this door to us.
>
I am not an active developer.  Nonetheless I would second this, provided 
the use of OpenSSL does not lead to security vulnerabilities in core 
non-optional system parts on systems built with the systemd project's 
outputs.

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Rudd-O
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