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Having had to reverse engineer the way openssl generates keys from passphrases for certificates I can attest to the general f'ed upness of openssl. Why did I h
by fleitz 16y ago
Having had to reverse engineer the way openssl generates keys from passphrases for certificates I can attest to the general f'ed upness of openssl.
Why did I have to reverse engineer it?
Because the documentation was both lacking and wrong.
- baguasquirrel 16y agoThe only documentation I found useful at all was the RFC. It seems that if you want to use OpenSSL, you need to read both the RFC and the source. It's also preferable to have examples of its usage in other OSS code.
- bborud 16y ago...and the code is written in such a convoluted way that most people who have to deal with it never want to touch it again if they can help it.