Re: F41 Change Proposal: Disable openSSL Engine Support (system-wide)

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On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 6:52 PM Ali Erdinc Koroglu
<aekoroglu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 08/03/2024 22:37, Aoife Moloney wrote:
> > Wiki - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/OpensslNoEngine
> >
> > This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.
> > This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
> > process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
> > community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
> > by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
> >
> > == Summary ==
> > We disable support of engines in OpenSSL
> >
> > == Owner ==
> > * Name: [[User:Dbelyavs| Dmitry Belyavskiy]]
> > * Email: dbelyavs@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > == Detailed Description ==
> > We are going to build OpenSSL without engine support. Engines are not
> > FIPS compatible and corresponding API is deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0.
> > The engine functionality we are aware of (PKCS#11, TPM) is either
> > covered by providers or will be covered soon.
> >
> > == Feedback ==
> >
> >
> > == Benefit to Fedora ==
> > We get rid of deprecated functionality and enforce using up-to-date
> > API. Engine support is deprecated in OpenSSL upstream, and after
> > provider migration caused some deficiencies with engine support. No
> > new features will be added to the engine. So we reduce the maintenance
> > burden and potentially attack surface.
> >
> > It follows the approach planned for CentOS 10.
>
> Hi,
> We're providing the Intel QuickAssist Technology OpenSSL Engine (QAT_Engine)* in Fedora and RHEL.
> I think we shouldn't rush things to have no-engine environment.
>
> * : https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/accelerated-encryption-4th-gen-intelr-xeonr-scalable-processors

QAT can be built with --enable-qat_provider:
https://github.com/intel/QAT_Engine/blob/1d248f28a10123f3a681b9910283d6e66e3f7dc1/configure.ac#L173
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