[issue8998] add crypto routines to stdlib

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:

Le vendredi 17 septembre 2010 à 23:14 +0000, Dave Malcolm a écrit :
> Dave Malcolm <dmalcolm at redhat.com> added the comment:
> 
> On Fri, 2010-09-17 at 23:11 +0000, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> > Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:
> > 
> > > How about nss?  As a bonus, this would also avoid making more work for
> > > Fedora (<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraCryptoConsolidation>).
> > 
> > Well, similar question: what will it bring and who will do the work? :)
> > (Fedora perhaps?)
> 
> Possibly me - if you'll take my patches :)

Converting/rewriting _ssl.c while remaining compatible is certainly the
most interesting part, so I suggest you start with that if you are
motivated :)
You should also explain the rationale on the mailing-list, so that
interested people have a chance to offer advice.

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