Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Apr 24 17:14:53 CDT 2014
PS: A new announcement that Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Dell, Facebook, Intel, Microsoft, NetApp, Qualcomm, Rackspace, VMware, IBM, Google, Fujitsu, HP, Red Hat, Oracle and Ubuntu and probably many more of the major and minor players, under the Linux Foundation, Core Infrastructure Initiative, on the web have decided that it is about time to participate, in fixing OpenSSL. (They must have been listening to my rant of a week ago.) No project could be more important for anyone wishing to deter hackers, thieves, foreign spies and government agents from hacking everyone's company. It is good to see them all working together against a common enemy. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/24/linux_foundation_core_infrastructure I would suspect some of the finest code ever created will come out of this venture. I also think that this could be the start off a master Core Infrastructure Initiative, that will build out our enterprise Linux internet towards a fully encrypted and secure web. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, 24 April, 2014 1:09:20 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] LibreSSL anyone? There is now a group of developers from the OpenBSD projects that are working on an updated version of OpenSSL. Comparisons between the OpenOffice and LibreOffice packages are apparent...LibreOffice is a complete rebuild of OO and superior in so many ways. http://www.libressl.org How long this just announced project will take before it is ready for prime time is anyone's guess. I would assume it will have the attention of a number of users and players that have been using OpenSSL. The only downside I can see is that it is being developed first in OpenBSD (UNIX) but the migration to Linux is inevitable. Right now though the project is actively looking for donations but it should be noted the some of the A team in the developers world would be working on the project. For example: Theo de Raadt who is one of the strong proponents and main developer of the OpenBSD project will be actively assisting. Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com