Bug#996978: libsrtp2-1: OpenSSL

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Alexander Traud (2021-10-25 13:06:00)
> > the only real use back then [...] was for a random number function
> 
> Sounds like I should have raised this before.

Bugreports (and other kinds of reports - the name is kinda misleading) 
are always appreciated.


> libSRTP required a crypto library to support AES-GCM based crypto 
> suites [1]. Actually, I use those suites via Digium Asterisk: 
> <https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-26190>. For that 
> library, Cisco, the maintainer of libSRTP, chose OpenSSL.
> 
> The random number generator was another story: The libSRTP team 
> stopped to support an internal generator and expects the application 
> developer to supply its own. Anything can be used, like [0].

Thanks for that clarification.

It would be quite helpful if you could check the Debian packaging of 
Asterisk and report any shortcomings related to its SIP support.


> > Do you see a concrete use for alternate TLS engine linkage?

[  details appreciated yet snipped for this response ]

> So, yes, there is no hard requirement, at least for me. Perhaps 
> someone else has a hard requirement and tells us. If you close this 
> wish, he has to create a new wish, correct?

Closing a bugreport only flags it as nothing actionable in it¹ - it 
still accepts posts even when closed¹ and continue to appear in the bug 
archive².

Anyone having followup information on this can either post to this issue 
or post a new issue.  iIf in doubt if really same, I recommend to post 
as a new issue: It is easy to merge issues as needed, but slightly more 
tricky and confusing to fork an issue.


Kind regards,

 - Jonas


¹ After some time - I think a month - a closed bugreport with no 
activity gets "archived" to reduce spam - it then need to be explicitly 
"unarchived" before further posts are accepted.

² By default only unarchived bugs are searched, so readers need to 
explicitly request to "dig deeper" into potentially dusty discussions.

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