Porting OpenSSL 1.1.0 28 feb 2016 | Last updated: 28 feb 2016 14:04
Just for fun I decided to port OpenSSL 1.1.0 pre3 (alpha) for FreeBSD. The process starts out with copying the existing OpenSSL port but I found a lot of room for simplification. The picture is just a quip...
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OpenSSL 1.1.0 improvements 27 feb 2016 | Last updated: 27 feb 2016 00:01
OpenSSL 1.1.0 adds configuration options and uses saner defaults
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Upcoming OpenSSL vulnerabilities 27 feb 2016 | Last updated: 27 feb 2016 12:44
Coming Tuesday (1 March 2016) OpenSSL will release new versions that fix multiple vulnerabilities, at least one of them rated "High". Being curious to see if I need to scramble to patch things up, I dug into the information I could find on these vulnerabilities.
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Going to Canada 26 feb 2016
I'll be speaking at BSDCan 2016 on the topic of OpenSSL and LibreSSL in FreeBSD. The talk will address SSL in base and in ports, support timelines, security issues, remoaved features and more.
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Update MariaDB 10.0 port to 10.0.24 21 feb 2016
MariaDB released an update for 10.0 a couple of days ago. This should be made available to all users. Time to backport the improvements made for 10.1 to the 10.0 port as well!
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