Re: GNUTLS [Re: [Bug-wget] remove windows subdirectory]

[Giuseppe Scrivano]

Micah Cowan <address@hidden> writes:

> On 06/14/2010 08:32 AM, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote:
>> By the way, I see that currently OpenSSL is preferred over GNU TLS (not
>> only under Windows), I would invert this.
>
> The current GNU TLS support is broken: that needs to be fixed first. My
> understanding is that it doesn't do all the checks it ought to do, so
> allows sites that lie about who they are. But I think it handles the
> encryption itself alright.

Yes, I have noticed it.  I am working on it and I have a small patch
that removes the "broken" part.



> I know that RMS had expressed a desire to remove the licensing exception
> we currently have for OpenSSL once GNUTLS support was working properly.
> I'm not particularly crazy about that, myself.

I am, a bit :-)  Also GNU TLS makes cross-compiling much easier than
it is with OpenSSL now.

Cheers,
Giuseppe