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What worries me about this is that the commit that fixes it [0] doesn't include any tests. Is that normal in crypto? If I committed a fix to a show-stopper bug

What worries me about this is that the commit that fixes it [0] doesn't include any tests. Is that normal in crypto? If I committed a fix to a show-stopper bug without any tests at my day job I'd feel very amateur. [0] http://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=96db9023b881d7cd9f379b0c154650d6c108e9a3 http://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=...

rmc 12y ago
Sometimes things are time-critical.....
- colinbartlett 12y ago
  Ah, the old middle-management excuse: "We don't have time to write tests!"
  - rmc 12y ago
    When half the secure internet is on fire... yeah, i think that's an acceptable time.
    - Rizz 12y ago
      When half the internet is going to install your code without much additional testing in the next day it had better be properly tested beforehand.