Re: [PATCH 1/1] gnu: Add acme-client.

[Hartmut Goebel]

Am 02.09.2016 um 16:49 schrieb Leo Famulari:

+    (name "acme-client")

I strongly suggest using a different name, as this is *one* of many implementations and it is not the "official" one.

+    (synopsis "Let's Encrypt client")

The synopsis should already state, this is *one* of the acme-clients. Something like "Let's Encrypt client  used as standard at OpenBSD" is more meaningful.

+    (description "acme-client is a Let's Encrypt client implemented in C.  It
+uses a modular design, and attempts to secure itself by dropping privileges and

*shiver* Why would one implement this in an language like C, which is prone to buffer overflows, if there are implementations available in more secure languages?

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