[Info-vax] SSL V3

[Mark Daniel]

On 17/2/22 3:08 am, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> 
> On 2/16/22 10:14 AM, Mark Daniel wrote:
>> On 16/2/22 2:26 pm, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> Just got an email from VSI, their version of SSL V3 is now available. 
>>
>> Dave, would you mind posting the relevant section(s) of this advice.
> 
> I'm not sure what advice you refer to, but the announcement did
> emphasize that people should not try to uninstall SSL111 and that the
> 3.x kit was being made available so people could start investigating
> compatibility and migration.

See that now I've installed the kit.

>> I have been building OpenSSL 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 since release and 
>> currently have an unresolved performance issue open
>>
>> https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/16552
>>
>> As VSI have released
>>
>> VSI X86VMS SSL111 V1.1-1MA    Full LP   Install    Val 04-FEB-2022
>>
>> only in the last couple of weeks, the announcement seems a little odd.
> 
> I think the only news here for you is that other people who rely on an
> installation kit can now find the problems you've already found by
> building your own from source.

The released kit contains the described performance issue.

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/16552

$ @build_sesola3.com 1
$ mcr []sesola3
OpenSSL 1.1.1k  25 Mar 2021
value: 1
ELAPSED: 0 00:00:00.20 CPU: 0:00:00.19 BUFIO: 4 DIRIO: 7 FAULTS: 158
$ @build_sesola3.com 3
$ mcr []sesola3
OpenSSL 3.0.1 14 Dec 2021
value: 1
ELAPSED: 0 00:00:06.63 CPU: 0:00:06.58 BUFIO: 4 DIRIO: 7 FAULTS: 237

On the BRIGHT SIDE - VSI being proactive on these essential tools is a 
refreshing change from the previous incumbents' approach of only 
releasing at version EOL or when containing *absolutely* critical fixes.

Might be able to give the WASD-specific builds away if they can keep 
this up.

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