Not Just a Cleanup Any More: LibreSSL Project Announced

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."

Comments

Please change the name!

[cmdrbuzz]

LibreSSL.... Please for the love of code, change the name!

Re:Please change the name!

[Anonymous Coward]

The "r" in "libre" wouldn't be silent in french.

Re:Graphic design geniuses too

[Anonymous Coward]

There's something at the bottom of the page.

"This page scientifically designed to annoy web hipsters. Donate now to stop the Comic Sans and Blink Tags"

Re:Can they do OpenSSH too?

[Anonymous Coward]

They DO OpenSSH. And other projects: http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/

Re:Get it FIPS certified

[BitZtream]

Having gone through the certification process myself, people that think that are stupid, paranoid idiots. The certification process is entirely based on finding and fixing known flaws in the encryption process, nothing I saw would indicate any kind of weakening.

Of course, its entirely possible that the NSA was aware that my code was insecure and just didn't request any changes to make it weaker, but the certification process certainly didn't make that apparent.