David Benjamin
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We didn't note they could be NULL in some APIs. Also almost all of EC ignores BN_CTX anyway, so we can just say it's ignored. For the handful of functions that don't ignore it, I think we can probably just say it hint that you can pass in NULL and, if you think you have something useful to do with BN_CTX, you probably know what it's used for. (But also we should just remove the EC code's dependency on BN_CTX. BN_CTX is really only useful when you call lots and lots of BIGNUM-using operations in a row, and neither of the remaining such operations fall under that umbrella.) Bug: 42290433 Change-Id: I2766b310ca1d28a67e45354111cc2d90fa45f113 Reviewed-on: https://boringssl-review.googlesource.com/c/boringssl/+/79988 Reviewed-by: Adam Langley <agl@google.com> Auto-Submit: David Benjamin <davidben@google.com> Commit-Queue: Adam Langley <agl@google.com>
BoringSSL
BoringSSL is a fork of OpenSSL that is designed to meet Google's needs.
Although BoringSSL is an open source project, it is not intended for general use, as OpenSSL is. We don't recommend that third parties depend upon it. Doing so is likely to be frustrating because there are no guarantees of API or ABI stability.
Programs ship their own copies of BoringSSL when they use it and we update everything as needed when deciding to make API changes. This allows us to mostly avoid compromises in the name of compatibility. It works for us, but it may not work for you.
BoringSSL arose because Google used OpenSSL for many years in various ways and, over time, built up a large number of patches that were maintained while tracking upstream OpenSSL. As Google's product portfolio became more complex, more copies of OpenSSL sprung up and the effort involved in maintaining all these patches in multiple places was growing steadily.
Currently BoringSSL is the SSL library in Chrome/Chromium, Android (but it's not part of the NDK) and a number of other apps/programs.
Project links:
To file a security issue, use the Chromium process and mention in the report this is for BoringSSL. You can ignore the parts of the process that are specific to Chromium/Chrome.
There are other files in this directory which might be helpful:
- PORTING.md: how to port OpenSSL-using code to BoringSSL.
- BUILDING.md: how to build BoringSSL
- INCORPORATING.md: how to incorporate BoringSSL into a project.
- API-CONVENTIONS.md: general API conventions for BoringSSL consumers and developers.
- STYLE.md: rules and guidelines for coding style.
- include/openssl: public headers with API documentation in comments. Also available online.
- FUZZING.md: information about fuzzing BoringSSL.
- CONTRIBUTING.md: how to contribute to BoringSSL.
- BREAKING-CHANGES.md: notes on potentially-breaking changes.
- SANDBOXING.md: notes on using BoringSSL in a sandboxed environment.