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The sorry state of OpenSSL usability (2017)

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Re: The sorry state of OpenSSL usability (2017)

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Post by CaliforniaKarl »

I think this should be retitled to "The sorry state of OpenSSL usability [on macOS]", because the author is using the built-in OpenSSL on macOS (which, as is eventually discovered, isn't actually OpenSSL).

If you want to use OpenSSL on macOS, I suggest using the OpenSSL provided either in Brew or in MacPorts. That will give you a fully-functional setup (including help and man pages).

Re: The sorry state of OpenSSL usability (2017)

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Post by CaliforniaKarl »

bromonkey wrote: post #3

manpages for openssl (`man openssl`) exist on Linux + Solaris + BSD, this seems like a mac usability issue to me...

Apple deprecated OpenSSL in macOS some time ago, directing people to their Core Crypto framework instead.

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7406946/why-is-apple-depr... for more info and links

Re: The sorry state of OpenSSL usability (2017)

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Post by guitarbill »

avoidwork wrote: post #2

`openssl help` ... the macos version hides the `Invalid command '--help'; type "help" for a list.` message.

that's kind of annoying. at the same time, this also underscores the issue of usability. why not alias "--help" to "help"?

yes, i know even critical open source projects are extremely underfunded. perversely, the lack of funding meant that there weren't enough people to review code, which meant contributing was difficult - at least according to this article from 2014 shortly after heartbleed: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/tech-...

Re: The sorry state of OpenSSL usability (2017)

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Post by tedivm »

CaliforniaKarl wrote: post #5

I think this should be retitled to "The sorry state of OpenSSL usability [on macOS]", because the author is using the built-in OpenSSL on macOS (which, as is eventually discovered, isn't actually OpenSSL). If you want to use OpenSSL on macOS, I suggest using the OpenSSL provided either in Brew or in MacPorts. That will give you a fully-functional setup (including help and man pages).

Outside of the man page issue all of the complaints from the author apply to all platforms that have openssl.

Re: The sorry state of OpenSSL usability (2017)

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CaliforniaKarl wrote: post #5

I think this should be retitled to "The sorry state of OpenSSL usability [on macOS]", because the author is using the built-in OpenSSL on macOS (which, as is eventually discovered, isn't actually OpenSSL). If you want to use OpenSSL on macOS, I suggest using the OpenSSL provided either in Brew or in MacPorts. That will give you a fully-functional setup (including help and man pages).

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