rip out all openSSL replace with libreSSL

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Marc Hoersken <info_at_marc-hoersken.de>
wrote:

> Daniel, thanks for gathering the feedback!
>
> On 14.06.2014 23:16, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> > up-to-date windows binaries by knauf
>
> If I would know which type of Windows builds are the most frequently
> requested ones, I could setup my Windows testing buildbots [1] to
> produce curl and libcurl binaries and make them available for download.
>
> > My biggest issue is that the key feature I need is only available with
> > the
> > OpenSSL backend. For my application (and frankly most others, they
> > just don't
> > actually care enough), it's essential to be able to control validation
> > of the
> > server's key while setting up a TLS connection. Without that feature,
> > use of
> > TLS is completely unsafe for applications, and right now that's OpenSSL
> > only. So the portability to other back-ends is both not useful, and has
> > actually caused bugs in the OpenSSL back-end because of the complexity of
> > supporting the others.
>
> I understand the concerns regarding the mismatch of the supported
> SSL/TLS features by each individual crypto backend, but I actually think
> that supporting different crypto backends is one of curls most valuable
> assets. Of course, the vtls abstraction and especially the niche
> backends definitely require some hard work and love.
>
> [1] http://curlbuild.uxnr.de/waterfall
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