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0 pointsLoganDark2mo ago0 comments

What? Ring is not even close to a fork of BoringSSL; it merely borrows subroutines from BoringSSL.

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gspr2mo ago

Ok, maybe not a fork outright. But the project description says: Most of the C and assembly language code in ring comes from BoringSSL.

toast02mo ago

That's the proper way to use OpenSSL and derivatives. Their C and assembly code for crypto primatives is good.

Protocol code and x.509 certficate handling will probably be better written in another language.

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gspr2mo ago

Ok, maybe not a fork outright. But the project description says: Most of the C and assembly language code in ring comes from BoringSSL.

toast02mo ago

That's the proper way to use OpenSSL and derivatives. Their C and assembly code for crypto primatives is good.

Protocol code and x.509 certficate handling will probably be better written in another language.

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