From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: The netsec thread Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2019 07:33:41 +0200 Message-ID: <87mufxajwq.fsf@gnus.org> References: <86pnzdrn8u.fsf@gmail.com> <834l36koak.fsf@gnu.org> <87pnlg7r83.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> <87o90gd1us.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> <9308f549-adf8-e5c1-1bcd-beea2ddb0e0f@cs.ucla.edu> <87r25cb6vy.fsf@gnus.org> <791d5bcb-3684-c791-48f5-c1af765a5c9d@cs.ucla.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="225283"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Robert Pluim , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 25 07:33:56 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i1lA3-000wTW-4H for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Aug 2019 07:33:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40894 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i1lA2-0002VZ-2v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Aug 2019 01:33:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52067) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i1l9w-0002VT-CZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Aug 2019 01:33:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i1l9u-0000GJ-Tg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Aug 2019 01:33:48 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:51980) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i1l9u-0000Fx-NW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Aug 2019 01:33:46 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i1l9q-0001RH-Bh; Sun, 25 Aug 2019 07:33:44 +0200 In-Reply-To: <791d5bcb-3684-c791-48f5-c1af765a5c9d@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:03:18 -0700") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 80.91.231.51 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:239544 Archived-At: Paul Eggert writes: > Come to think of it, Emacs shouldn't make the :compression feature > visible on newer-GnuTLS systems, since the feature is obsolescent and > just clutters up the runtime and data. So I installed the attached > patch, which causes this feature (and the :encrypt-then-mac feature) > to be exported to the Lisp level only if the underlying GnuTLS library > supports the feature. This gives a bit more info to the Lisp code (if > it wants it) and simplifies the data and the low-level code slightly. Thanks; makes sense. I should set up a VM here with Fedora on it to test these things. I currently only have Debian and Ubuntu, but those are very similar, so I don't get much coverage. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no