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List:       openssh-bugs
Subject:    [Bug 3561] Open SSH does not support 1-byte structure packing on non-windows systems for PKCS11
From:       bugzilla-daemon () mindrot ! org
Date:       2023-04-25 23:39:56
Message-ID: bug-3561-705-KOcBGttJKB () https ! bugzilla ! mindrot ! org/
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https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3561

Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #6 from Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> ---
It's not just one header that was copied though, there are (at least)
four different implementations that have arrived at the same situation
independently. The defacto standard is clear here.

Adding an option to OpenSSH to control pkcs11.h structure packing is
definitely not without cost and it's not clear whether we can make it
work for all the compiler toolchains that we support.

Unless and until there is some PKCS11 module that actually uses packed
structs on Unix, this option would just be a way to break ones
installation in subtle and scary ways.

Given this, we won't be implementing structure packing in OpenSSH. If
an ecosystem of PKCS11 modules that actually require packing emerges,
then feel free to reopen this bug and we can reconsider.

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