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The first thing I thought of was OpenSSL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7575210 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7575210
by SilasX 6y ago
The first thing I thought of was OpenSSL:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7575210 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7575210
- majewsky 6y agoGnuPG and ffmpeg also come to mind.
- SilasX 6y agoYes, I remember GPG being in the news for that: https://www.propublica.org/article/the-worlds-email-encryption-software-relies-on-one-guy-who-is-going-broke https://www.propublica.org/article/the-worlds-email-encrypti... But I also remember the takedown about no one actually relying on email encryption for security: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22368888 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22368888
- mbakke 6y agoI thought it was referring to the "Olson" time zone database, used by virtually any operating system except Windows to keep track of time zone changes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3080437 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3080437 Voluntarily maintained by a single person for decades until hit by a big lawsuit and ICANN stepped up to help.