LTS+

Dr Paul Dale paul.dale at oracle.com
Mon Oct 19 23:52:12 UTC 2020


Unless the change can be argued to be security hardening — an improved entropy source would be IMO.

Pauli
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Dr Paul Dale | Distinguished Architect | Cryptographic Foundations 
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> On 20 Oct 2020, at 9:10 am, Dr Paul Dale <paul.dale at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Not with the wording used.  The feature exists even if it’s rubbish.
> 
> 
> Pauli
> -- 
> Dr Paul Dale | Distinguished Architect | Cryptographic Foundations 
> Phone +61 7 3031 7217
> Oracle Australia
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 20 Oct 2020, at 5:07 am, Tomas Mraz <tm at t8m.info <mailto:tm at t8m.info>> wrote:
>> 
>> I wonder if something like adding a new entropy source on an existing platform especially on some that currently don't have adequate ones would be covered by this.
>> 
>> ⁣Tomáš​
>> 
>> 19. 10. 2020 18:29, 18:29, Matt Caswell <matt at openssl.org <mailto:matt at openssl.org>> napsal/a:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 19/10/2020 15:14, Matt Caswell wrote:
>>>> LTS+ releases may contain the following new features:
>>>> - Support for additional platforms
>>>> - Performance improvements
>>> 
>>> Based on the discussion in PR #13176, I'd like to add to this list:
>>> 
>>> - Extending existing features to existing platforms where that feature
>>> does not yet exist
>>> 
>>> Thoughts?
>>> 
>>> Matt
>> 
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