[Fedora-legal-list] libzrtpcpp build faild: missing openssl/ec.h

[alekcejk at googlemail.com]

Hi,

I sent mail to libzrtpcpp developer, he answered that
disabling elliptic curve stuff is not a good idea (libzrtpcpp built now without EC).

> Other distributins seem to have no problem with it because openSSL does
> not use any of the patented enhancements for elliptic curve computations.
> I know, some time ago there were discussions about this. However, Certicom
> lost the law suits regarding their ECC patents. For more infor please
> refer to
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECC_patents

So, if openSSL does not use patented ECC algorithms then maybe it
can be re-enabled in openssl package?

> On 12/26/2011 05:56 PM, alekcejk at googlemail.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I tried to build libzrtpcpp-2.0.0 (see http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ccrtp/ ).
> > But it is impossible to build it in Fedora because
> > openssl/ec.h is disabled in openssl which is build with no-ec option.
> > 
> > libzrtpcpp/crypto/openssl/ZrtpDH.cpp:46:24: fatal error: openssl/ec.h: No such file or directory
> > 
> > Is it possible to build openssl with enabled openssl/ec.h?
> > If this is impossible is there any workaround for building libzrtpcpp-2.0.0?
> 
> Not at this time. I am researching this issue, and hopefully we will be
> able to enable ec in the future.
> 
> ~tom
> 
> ==
> Fedora Project

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Alexey Kurov <nucleo at fedoraproject.org>