On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Ralph W Siegler <[email protected]>wrote:
> Stuart Henderson <stu <at> spacehopper.org> writes: > > > > > On 2014-04-09, sven falempin <sven.falempin <at> gmail.com> wrote: > > > i which this : https://polarssl.org was open and inside the base > > > > You can wish, but that is commercial+GPL code so OpenBSD can't use it in > base. > > What I would wish for is the OpenSSH project to expand to become the > OpenSSH/SSL project. I'll take a 'correct and slow' transport layer > security over 'fast and bypassing my OS's memory protection features' > transport layer security any day. Such a scope would seem to be within > the > purview of securing communications. > > So Theo's message in the other thread about openssh and the foundation imho is the right approach. Not that my opinion matters. Point out what secure, fundamentally important software billions of people rely on every second of every day and don't pay a dime for. Step up and donate, I'm sure everybody here agrees. The problem with that as I see it is that people will complain about not being able to donate to a specific subset of the project. As with OpenSSH in the past and probably present. The same way many complained before the foundation existed about paying Theo's power bill and humble salary. I shouldn't say problem, couldn't think of better language, just that there may be an opportunity here. I disagree with that attitude completely but in this case would it be such a bad idea to make an appeal to the broader community and seek funding for just this? I guess my point is, people are worked up about this and everybody knows you guy's are the ones to fix it, even if they whine about their hurt feelings. -noah
