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The pandemic of incomplete OpenSSL error handling
- thesuperbigfrog 3mo agoRecklessly discarding OpenSSL errors is really bad and could lead to security vulnerabilities. Calling ERR_clear_error before operations is widely recommended: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/discussions/23025 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/discussions/23025 which matches the blog author's point. How widespread is this OpenSSL error discarding practice? It might explain a lot of security vulnerabilities.