[Cryptography] Apple and OpenSSL

[Ben Laurie]

On 19 April 2014 01:35, Jerry Leichter <leichter at lrw.com> wrote:
> Be aware that this is a strongly pro-Apple site, and that comes through plainly in the article.  Still, it's an interesting history of how one company has been dealing with the issue of crypto software.
>
> http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/04/18/how-apple-dodged-the-heartbleed-bullet

"Building its own security software meant that Apple and its
developers were no longer captive to the external development issues
and eccentricities related to the OpenSSL open source project, which
despite its critical importance and broad use by the industry, was
being funded through donations and was, incredibly, maintained by a
very small team of just four core developers."

"Incredible". How could Apple have possibly helped with that? I can't imagine.