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LibreSSL – An OpenSSL replacement

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Re: LibreSSL – An OpenSSL replacement

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post #29

This presentation is tasteless and totally takes any seriousness that should be related to making and promoting an OpenSSL replacement. I personally can't take it seriously and I would recommend hackers to think about what image their presentation and design conveys.

When it comes to security tools, one uses a different approach to selecting your tools. At least, you do if you want to be secure. The best presentation and the prettiest website are nowhere in the selection criteria. You look at the history of the people involved, primarily. What have they done in the past? Was it believed to be secure by other researchers? Is it secure today because they have actively maintained it? Have they used good practices that allow their code to easily be audited by others? Have they welcomed feedback from other competent developers?

Using Comic Sans and bitching about the quality of another project is irrelevant in this scenario. OpenBSD project brings with it an almost two-decade history of seriousness about security that I think one would be a fool to ignore.

Re: LibreSSL – An OpenSSL replacement

#42
post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The software is meant to generate content for an X11 viewer/presentation app using a simple text-based markup as input. The HTML is an export. It's not what the software was really designed to produce. That said, I don't know if the quality of the slides is really any better in the native viewer.

That's not really an excuse for using jpg instead of png for a bunch of text.

Consider the age of the program. It was first developed in 1997. The png format was very new and not even standardized yet. Some (most?) web browsers didn't support it or only supported it in the latest version, at a time when auto-updating browsers didn't exist.

Re: LibreSSL – An OpenSSL replacement

#43
post #11

OK, I don't get WTF is so funny with Comic Sans?

It seems many people have a habit of using Comic Sans for formal/semi-formal stuff, even though it was inspired by comic books and designed to be used in Microsoft Bob. Lately, it's become yet another way for typography hipsters to put people down and feel smug about themselves. Scoffing at typography hipsters scoffing at bad typography is just the latest plot twist.

Re: LibreSSL – An OpenSSL replacement

#44

I'm curious as to their funding goal. Sounds like a couple salaries for a year or two. It almost seems appropriate to test the waters here with a KickStarter. OpenSSL is pervasive in technology, I wouldn't be surprised at all if they were able to achieve even somewhat lofty donations from a combination of both individuals and private organizations.

+1. It would be great if they would set up some a kickstarter or another mainstream mechanism for people to contribute (?dogecoin?).

Dogecoin is mainstream now?

Re: LibreSSL – An OpenSSL replacement

#45
post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not only that, but the slides are JPG with horrible artifacts, and the text is JPG too, making it look bad and not be compatible with screen readers.

The software is meant to generate content for an X11 viewer/presentation app using a simple text-based markup as input. The HTML is an export. It's not what the software was really designed to produce. That said, I don't know if the quality of the slides is really any better in the native viewer.

>I don't know if the quality of the slides is really any better in the native viewer.

They can be with

% mgp -D -E png

:)

Defaults to jpg though.

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