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OpenSSL of old (which broke API between releases...

Never mind that, there were cases where OpenSSL broke binary compatibility in security patches. Code which worked fine suddenly stopped working when OpenSSL was upgraded.

During my tenure as FreeBSD security officer, OpenSSL was right at the top of the "don't ever trust the patches these guys send out" list.



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