Re: [GNUnet-developers] avoiding openssl, take 2

[Wayne Scott]

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> First of all, OpenSSL is the defacto standard currently for a crypto API. 
> Until 
> that changes I think it's a "Good Thing" to support it. Also, as with the 
> network support and file support, GNUnet is extensible and provides options 
> for 
> it's users. I'm not a big fan of being tied to any one software. 

OK.  That is fine.  I just never saw the reasoning stated.  I would
have assumed that the algorithms are the standards and that openssl is
just the most common implimentation.  

Don't worry about it.  I was just asking...

> What do you 
> mean by 'more optimized versions of openssl'?

I was merely guessing at possible reasons.

-Wayne