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The bindist flags in openssl + openssh were for elliptic curve support, |
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as people were concerned about patents. |
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I'm almost certain this affects libressl just the same way, probably |
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just noone ever bothered to care. |
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The bindist flags should probably be reviewed and likely removed. |
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According to Wikipedia [1] the last possibly relevant ECC patent is |
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valid until 2020. So 2 more days. There shouldn't be any patent |
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concerns about ECC any more. |
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECC_patents |
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Hanno Böck |
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https://hboeck.de/ |
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