Apple has marked most (but not all) of the OpenSSL API as “deprecated” in MacOS 10.7. Has Apple made any statements explaining why they are moving from OpenSSL to Common Crypto?
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Apple has marked most (but not all) of the OpenSSL API as “deprecated” in MacOS 10.7. Has Apple made any statements explaining why they are moving from OpenSSL to Common Crypto?
Apple is migrating from OpenSSL to Common Crypto (which Apple develops).
Some docs:
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man3/CC_crypto.3cc.html
Info on WHY Apple is doing this: http://adcdownload.apple.com/wwdc_2011/adc_on_itunes__wwdc11_sessions__pdf/212_nextgeneration_cryptographic_services.pdf
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