THE VIDEO SHELF · libressl and openssl cleanup
LibreSSL with Bob Beck
Bob Beck of OpenBSD describes the first month of LibreSSL, the fork aimed at cleaning up OpenSSL, including oddities found in the code base and why it was cleaned rather than audited cryptographically.
Why HN readers recommended it
Frequently linked as an entertaining and alarming account of OpenSSL code quality and why the fork happened.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Jason Tubnor
- Topic
- libressl and openssl cleanup
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 6
- HN mentions in dataset
- 19
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Bob Beck also covers this in his talk about the first 30 days of libreSSL. The entire talk is amazing, even 7 years later. [VIDEO]
mrweasel on Hacker News · 2021-10
In OpenBSD: How it all startedThe LibreSSL talk is funny and scary. [watch the other version one [VIDEO] so you can hear the other people and see the end]
protomyth on Hacker News · 2014-05
In BSDCan 2014 Videos"just fixing the problems in openssl." That's what libressl is about. If you're in any doubt, please see this talk: [VIDEO]
lomnakkus on Hacker News · 2014-05
In OpenSSL, OpenSSH and NTP to receive support from Core Infrastructure Initiative
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