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Initially this leaves the canonical source in chrome, Additions and fillins are committed directly, the chrome files are coverted using the IMPORT script run from the pki directory for the moment. The intention here is to continue frequent automatic conversion (and avoid wholesale cosmetic changes in here for now) until chrome converts to use these files in place of it's versions. At that point these will become the definiative files, and the IMPORT script can be tossed out. A middle step along the way will be to change google3's verify.cc in third_party/chromium_certificate_verifier to use this instead of it's own extracted copy. Status (and what is not done yet) being roughly tracked in README.md Bug: chromium:1322914 Change-Id: Ibdb5479bc68985fa61ce6b10f98f31f6b3a7cbdf Reviewed-on: https://boringssl-review.googlesource.com/c/boringssl/+/60285 Commit-Queue: Bob Beck <bbe@google.com> Reviewed-by: 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:
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.