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authorDavid Benjamin <davidben@google.com>Tue Mar 20 15:56:17 2018 -0400
committerCQ bot account: commit-bot@chromium.org <commit-bot@chromium.org>Tue Mar 20 20:15:06 2018 +0000
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parent433c0aab3b9801b65268731f0596099242ec3b95 [diff]
Document preferences for EC_GROUP_new_by_curve_name.

Folks should use curve25519 or P-256 if in doubt.

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  6. include/
  7. infra/
  8. ssl/
  9. third_party/
  10. tool/
  11. util/
  12. .clang-format
  13. .gitignore
  14. API-CONVENTIONS.md
  15. BUILDING.md
  16. CMakeLists.txt
  17. codereview.settings
  18. CONTRIBUTING.md
  19. FUZZING.md
  20. INCORPORATING.md
  21. LICENSE
  22. PORTING.md
  23. README.md
  24. sources.cmake
  25. STYLE.md
README.md

BoringSSL

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.

There are other files in this directory which might be helpful: