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diff --git a/README.boringcrypto.md b/README.boringcrypto.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..54adda65696 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.boringcrypto.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +# dev.boringcrypto branch + +We have been working inside Google on a fork of Go that uses +BoringCrypto (the core of [BoringSSL][]) for various crypto +primitives, in furtherance of some [work related to FIPS 140-2][sp]. +We have heard that some external users of Go would be interested in +this code as well, so this branch holds the patches to make Go use +BoringCrypto. + +[BoringSSL]: https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl/ +[sp]: https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/security-policies/140sp3678.pdf + +Unlike typical dev branches, we do not intend any eventual merge of +this code into the master branch. Instead we intend to maintain in +this branch the latest release plus BoringCrypto patches. + +To be clear, we are not making any statements or representations about +the suitability of this code in relation to the FIPS 140-2 standard. +Interested users will have to evaluate for themselves whether the code +is useful for their own purposes. |