Re: Kerberos: base or port? [Was: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-20:33.openssl]

Andrea Venturoli <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.security.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 12/12/20 7:18 PM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:

> Having two different instances of libcrypto in the same address space is
> generally asking for trouble

Of course.
That's why I was always wary about switching to a newer/shinier OpenSSL 
from ports (wihtout eradicating the old one from base).
You are right, "with sufficient care to detail" it will work, but it's 
going to be a lot of testing.



> Understood.  Thanks for following up anyway!

You are welcome! Really!





> None of those quite seem like they qualify as being complicated uses, so
> there is probably not much immediate benefit from switching, for you.

Thanks a lot for clarifying.



> Sorry to have been a little too sensationalist, there.

Well, you being "sorry" means me being safe and safe is better than sorry :)


  bye
	av.
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