When Porting LibreSSL, Don't Assume Your OS Is As Sane As OpenBSD | Linux Today

When Porting LibreSSL, Don’t Assume Your OS Is As Sane As OpenBSD

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 5, 2014

OpenBSD users and developers know to appreciate that our favorite operating system is a sanely constructed, modern Unix with a well deserved reputation for an emphasis on security. That is perhaps one of the reasons why the LibreSSL initiative has caused so much excitement, to the point where several people have independently started efforts to port the OpenBSD project’s work in progress LibreSSL code to other platforms.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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