Re: [RFC] OpenSSL BigNum support
| From: | Nikita Popov | Date: | Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:22:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] OpenSSL BigNum support | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 3:35 AM, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote:
> As it says on the tin: Wrap the BN (BigNumber) library in OpenSSL.
>
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/openssl.bignum
>
Why do we need this when we already have GMP?
If the only reason is "not all environments install GMP" then I'm -1 on
this.
Nikita