These examples rely on the NET module, which we want to remove. In
theory we could remove just the dependency, but we decided to remove the
whole example because:
- They showcase some bad crypto: custom, undocumented protocol (not
obviously broken though, apart from authenticating only one side);
hard-coded limit of 512-bit size for the DH modulus (2048 is the
recommended minimum these days); direct use of the shared secret as a
key (instead of applying a KDF); encryption with ECB, custom
parameters and the client not having the ability to verify them.
- The programs use the DH API in the same way that TLS does, so they
have limited demonstration value.
- The programs only show finite-field DH, which is not used all that
much these days. What people want to see is mostly ECDH.
Additional work done as part of merge:
- Run ./tests/scripts/check-generated-files.sh and check in the
resulting changes to programs/ssl/query_config.c
