tinc + OpenSSL

[Guus Sliepen]

On Mon, 22 May 2000, Lubomir Bulej wrote:

> I just want to ask if it has been considered to use OpenSSL 
> for the encryption stuff. I guess they've spent quite some
> time on the subject and have the cipher routines both 
> debugged and optimized.

> I know that some of the current cipher code was taken from 
> SSLeay but since OpenSSL is de facto SSLeay successor, it 
> might give tinc more flexibility and allow the user to choose 
> between weaker/faster or stronger/slower ecryption schemes.

Certainly a good thing to include in echelon. I think cabal should be left
alone from now on, except when there are real bugs in it.

What kind of encryption is SSL anyway?

Met vriendelijke groet,
Guus Sliepen.

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