Deprecate SSL_PRIVATE_KEY_METHOD type and max_signature_len.

Instead, extract it from the certificate, which is what everyone was
doing anyway. A follow-up change will take advantage of this cleanup to
deduplicate code between signing and verifying for which keys are good
for which signature algorithms.

BUG=188

Change-Id: Ic3f83a6477e8fa53e5e7233f4545f4d2c4b58d01
Reviewed-on: https://boringssl-review.googlesource.com/14565
Reviewed-by: Adam Langley <agl@google.com>
11 files changed
tree: 0a401d3823a70301064499f7a1f5fcdea04ebc18
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  2. crypto/
  3. decrepit/
  4. fuzz/
  5. include/
  6. infra/
  7. ssl/
  8. third_party/
  9. tool/
  10. util/
  11. .clang-format
  12. .gitignore
  13. API-CONVENTIONS.md
  14. BUILDING.md
  15. CMakeLists.txt
  16. codereview.settings
  17. CONTRIBUTING.md
  18. FUZZING.md
  19. INCORPORATING.md
  20. LICENSE
  21. PORTING.md
  22. README.md
  23. STYLE.md
README.md

BoringSSL

BoringSSL is a fork of OpenSSL that is designed to meet Google's needs.

Although BoringSSL is an open source project, it is not intended for general use, as OpenSSL is. We don't recommend that third parties depend upon it. Doing so is likely to be frustrating because there are no guarantees of API or ABI stability.

Programs ship their own copies of BoringSSL when they use it and we update everything as needed when deciding to make API changes. This allows us to mostly avoid compromises in the name of compatibility. It works for us, but it may not work for you.

BoringSSL arose because Google used OpenSSL for many years in various ways and, over time, built up a large number of patches that were maintained while tracking upstream OpenSSL. As Google's product portfolio became more complex, more copies of OpenSSL sprung up and the effort involved in maintaining all these patches in multiple places was growing steadily.

Currently BoringSSL is the SSL library in Chrome/Chromium, Android (but it's not part of the NDK) and a number of other apps/programs.

There are other files in this directory which might be helpful: