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Shouldn't it say LibreSSL - An OpenSSL fork :)? Seems cool that we kinda have a choice, and do not need to depend on one OpenSource project to have SSL, on oth

by mk3 12y ago

Shouldn't it say LibreSSL - An OpenSSL fork :)? Seems cool that we kinda have a choice, and do not need to depend on one OpenSource project to have SSL, on other hand it seems it will be another underfunded project, waiting for another heartbleed to happen. :)

jacquesm 12y ago
On the positive side, and assuming sufficient divergence by then, at least that will only affect about half of the ssl web instead of nearly all of it.
dtech 12y ago
They're aiming at binary compatibility, as such it is a replacement (but also a fork). Similar to MariaDB v.s. MySQL. Fork and replacement are not mutually exclusive. In fact I'd think that often forks start with the intention to provide a replacement.