[External] : Re: FAQ

[John Cecere]

Matt,

If by "out-of-date" you mean that a lot of it wasn't relevant to the 
most current version of OpenSSL, I would agree. However, please keep in 
mind that many people aren't or can't be on the current version. In my 
case, there was some information in the FAQ that explained why the move 
from MD5 to SHA1 to SHA256 for hashing algorithms in symmetric key 
encryption and why they got rid of MD5 altogether for FIPS mode. While 
this isn't relevant for the current version, it did explain why things 
are the way that they are and why I couldn't use SHA256 in my encryption 
in 1.1 and expect it to be able to be decrypted with 1.0.

Instead of just throwing the whole thing away, maybe you can post it in 
an obsolete documents section? Better yet, split up the FAQ by version.

Thanks,
John

On 2/6/24 8:38 AM, Matt Caswell wrote:
> The FAQ was removed. It was very very out-of-date. It was decided to 
> just remove it completely.
>
> Matt
>
> On 06/02/2024 13:34, John Cecere wrote:
>> Where can I find the OpenSSL FAQ. There are several pointers to it 
>> (including in my own documentation), but it seems to have disappeared 
>> off the face of the Earth sometime within the past 6 months. This is 
>> where it used to be, but this URL just gives an XML error, and there 
>> are no new pointers to it anywhere in any of the docs.
>>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.openssl.org/docs/faq.html__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!KtbNtiEFWDzZHWpFx2xDPVKz8Z0XE7hfHIaotJIf7yvxZYSe3brTnl1hz-gFzCXwQKUCHcx3p0B5Hg$ 
>>
>> Any clues anyone?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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