Not Just a Cleanup Any More: LibreSSL Project Announced 360
An anonymous reader writes "As some of you may know, the OpenBSD team has started cleaning up the OpenSSL code base. LibreSSL is primarily developed by the OpenBSD Project, and its first inclusion into an operating system will be in OpenBSD 5.6. In the wake of Heartbleed, the OpenBSD group is creating a simpler, cleaner version of the dominant OpenSSL. Theo de Raadt, founder and leader of OpenBSD and OpenSSH, tells ZDNet that the project has already removed 90,000 lines of C code and 150,000 lines of content. The project further promises multi-OS support once they have proper funding and the right portability team in place. Please consider donating to support LibreSSL via the OpenBSD foundation."
Re:Please change the name! (Score:5, Funny)
libwressle.so - will be here, sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY!!
Re:Please change the name! (Score:3, Funny)
I think LeSSL would sound better since they are reducing the code base by so much
Re:Please don't (Score:2, Funny)
Where is the "bad idea" here?
A fork is alien to the OSS concept. If you are not happy with direction and quality of current maintainer and code, and think you can do better, you shouldn't just fork it and do it. Who have ever asked you to do that with OSS?? You should work with the provider and hope that helps.
Re:Get it FIPS certified (Score:4, Funny)
People are starting to think tha "FIPS Certified" means "has all required NSA backdoors installed".
Re:Libre is the new Open (Score:5, Funny)
SSSL - Secure SSL
Re:Please change the name! (Score:4, Funny)
Clearly you haven't been paying much attention to the US lately. Clearly, we don't.
becase socialism is communism is real bad. (Score:2, Funny)
They should call it "FREEDUMB:SSL" and make everybody happy.
Or at least "rePun SSL". Sorry, it's hard finding a use for that -ZL sound.
Re:Please change the name! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Please change the name! (Score:4, Funny)
Or they could go with MoreSSL, which sounds delicious.