Re: [RFC] Build OpenSSL Module by Default
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote:
> Build OpenSSL Module by Default
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/build-openssl-by-default
>
> Internal developers and application developers' life could be a lot easier
> if OpenSSL can be used always. There are number of ways to work around w/o
> it (e.g. use php_win32_get_random_bytes() (Windows) or reading directly
> from /dev/xrandom for random bytes), but life could be easier with
> openssl. e.g. Hardware AES, etc.
>
> Any comments for building openssl by default?
Yes. It's an external library that, although most people will have,
causes issues with distributing binaries. I would be in favour turning
it on by default, but do I understand correctly that you want to make
PHP hard-depend on it?
cheers,
Derick
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