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LibreSSL with Bob Beck

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CryptographySecurity & hackingC, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages

What it is

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 Hacker News recommends it

Frequently linked as an entertaining and alarming account of OpenSSL code quality and why the fork happened.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “The entire talk is amazing, even 7 years later.”

    Talk on LibreSSL's first 30 days

    mrweasel, 2021-10 · Strong recommendation · in “OpenBSD: How it all started”

  2. “The LibreSSL talk is funny and scary.”

    Funny and scary LibreSSL talk

    protomyth, 2014-05 · Recommendation · in “BSDCan 2014 Videos”

  3. “please see this talk”

    Shows what LibreSSL is about: fixing OpenSSL problems

    lomnakkus, 2014-05 · Recommendation · in “OpenSSL, OpenSSH and NTP to receive support from Core Infrastructure Initiative”

  4. “I recommend you watch”

    Overview of what is wrong with OpenSSL

    teamhappy, 2015-10 · Recommendation · in “BoringSSL”

  5. “talk from Bob Beck of OpenBSD on pruning OpenSSL”

    Hilarious talk on pruning OpenSSL

    Bayart, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “U.S. telecoms are going to start physically removing Huawei gear”

  6. “around the 10 minute mark he recounts fixing issues in the memory allocator which had been reported 4 years prior”

    Recounts fixing long-ignored OpenSSL allocator issues

    g0xA52A2A, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “OpenSSL Security Advisory [7th February 2023]”

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Topics: libressl, openssl, openbsd, heartbleed, c code quality

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