| commit | a70edd47a235b9b29c950b887f51f20635252d04 | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | David Benjamin <davidben@google.com> | Fri Oct 29 09:05:30 2021 -0400 |
| committer | Adam Langley <agl@google.com> | Mon Nov 01 17:20:54 2021 +0000 |
| tree | e85749fe66ef63a018962182c5540c3afcf3b265 | |
| parent | 491af10360050f53833290d9ec89583b5b2dd007 [diff] |
Remove support for constructed strings in crypto/asn1. Constructed strings are a BER mechanism where a string type can be represented as a tree of constructed nodes and primitive leaves, that then have to be concatenated by the parser. This is prohibited in DER and a significant source of complexity in our parser. Note this change does not affect our PKCS#7 and PKCS#12 parsers (where BER is sadly necessary for interop) because those use CBS. Update-Note: Invalid certificates (and the few external structures using asn1t.h) with BER constructed strings will now be rejected. Bug: 354 Change-Id: I5a8ee028ec89ed4f2d5c099a0588f2029b864580 Reviewed-on: https://boringssl-review.googlesource.com/c/boringssl/+/50286 Reviewed-by: Adam Langley <agl@google.com>
BoringSSL is a fork of OpenSSL that is designed to meet Google's needs.
Although BoringSSL is an open source project, it is not intended for general use, as OpenSSL is. We don't recommend that third parties depend upon it. Doing so is likely to be frustrating because there are no guarantees of API or ABI stability.
Programs ship their own copies of BoringSSL when they use it and we update everything as needed when deciding to make API changes. This allows us to mostly avoid compromises in the name of compatibility. It works for us, but it may not work for you.
BoringSSL arose because Google used OpenSSL for many years in various ways and, over time, built up a large number of patches that were maintained while tracking upstream OpenSSL. As Google's product portfolio became more complex, more copies of OpenSSL sprung up and the effort involved in maintaining all these patches in multiple places was growing steadily.
Currently BoringSSL is the SSL library in Chrome/Chromium, Android (but it's not part of the NDK) and a number of other apps/programs.
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