openssl ipv6 support

[Kevin Kofler]

Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> Anyone know if OpenSSL supports IPv6? All I've found is that it does
> not, which is a real bummer. I found a bug[1] that looks like it added
> IPv6 support, but when I test using the openssl command line argument it
> fails.
> 
> If OpenSSL does support IPv6, then I'd be grateful to know where to look
>   to work with the C ABI.

I'd suggest using NSS instead of OpenSSL:
* friendlier licensing (GPL-compatible!),
* has some security certifications OpenSSL doesn't have,
* most likely doesn't have this issue either.

That said, unfortunately, porting existing OpenSSL code to use NSS instead
is not trivial.

        Kevin Kofler