[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #3627] Enhancement request: add more "Protocol" options for SSL_CONF_CTX

[Salz, Rich via RT]

> So you want a separate "openssl-conf" package.  Fine, then provide it and
> give an easy mechanism for applications to hook into it.
> And for users to be able to overwrite system defaults.
> But this has not that much to do with #3627.

Yes it does.  :)  A newer simpler API that does what you want seems exactly the way forward.  Go for it.

I've said that adding new magic keywords is not something we're going to do, and I've tried to explain the reasoning.  I am sorry that you don't like it.