Metadata Distribution Subcommittee of TAC

[Tom Scavo <>]

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:26 PM, John Bradley 
<>
 wrote:
>
> From the developer Docs
>
> OpenSSL
>
> OS X includes a low-level command-line interface to the OpenSSL open-source 
> cryptography toolkit; this interface is not available on iOS.
>
> Further, although OpenSSL is commonly used in the open source community, it 
> does not provide a stable API from version to version. For this reason, the 
> programmatic interface to OpenSSL is deprecated in OS X and is not provided 
> in iOS. Use of the Apple-provided OpenSSL libraries by apps is strongly 
> discouraged.
>
> To ensure compatibility, if your app depends on OpenSSL, you should compile 
> it yourself and statically link a known version of OpenSSL into your app. 
> Such use works on both iOS and OS X.

Thanks John, that's interesting. I'm sure there's a reason why the
Shib SP doesn't do this today...

Tom