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by Animats 4119 days ago
They're sure trying. Right now, they're struggling to turn off OpenSSL's "dynamic engine", which allows loading and unloading new crypto engines while OpenSSL is running. In case someone hot-plugs a USB crypto device, perhaps?

There stuff in there that 0.001% of users want. It creates a risk for everyone else.