| commit | cfafcd454fd01ebc40f1a7f43537dd306b7b64c3 | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | David Benjamin <davidben@google.com> | Thu Oct 14 17:22:23 2021 -0400 |
| committer | Adam Langley <agl@google.com> | Fri Oct 15 20:35:42 2021 +0000 |
| tree | edac01afe40951a93a8df47bf0fbc56ed3495b94 | |
| parent | f6ef1c560ae5af51e2df5d8d2175bed207b28b8f [diff] |
Deduplicate d2i and i2d documentation. There are a lot of d2i and i2d functions, and there will be even more once asn1.h and x509.h are properly documented. We currently replicate the text in each, but as a result a miss a few points: - The i2d outp != NULL, *outp == NULL case isn't documented at all. - We should call out what to do with *inp after d2i. - Unlike our rewritten functions, object reuse is still quite rampant with the asn1.h functions. I hope we can get rid of that but, until we can, it would be nice to describe it in one place. While I'm here, update a few references to the latest PKCS#1 RFC, and try to align how we reference ASN.1 structures a bit. The d2i/i2d functions say "ASN.1, DER-encoded RSA private key" while the CBS/CBB functions say "DER-encoded RSAPrivateKey structure". Bug: 426 Change-Id: I8d9a7b0aef3d6d9c8240136053c3b1704b09fd41 Reviewed-on: https://boringssl-review.googlesource.com/c/boringssl/+/49906 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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