OpenSSL with Elliptic Curve

[Jeff Mendoza]

Hi,

I have worked a bit on:

  Request: OpenSSL with Elliptic Curve, IDEA, MDC-2, RC5 crypto algorithms
  Summary: The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between machines.
  URL: http://www.openssl.org/
  Why not in Fedora: Because of the problem with software patents: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=319901
  Notes: OpenSSL is included in Fedora but with Elliptic Curve, IDEA, MDC-2, RC5 crypto algorithms disabled.

from the http://rpmfusion.org/Wishlist. 

I have a building and working rpm, but I don't know what the name/version should be. Is there a standard for packages that replace one in Fedora? I thought of calling it openssl-ec, and having it conflict with openssl, but you can't use yum to replace it without removing openssl and all it's dependent packages. Using 'rpm -e --nodeps' and then installing the replacement works fine.

Another option would be to add something to the revision (.ec?). The problem there is anyone with rpm fusion will get it with their next 'yum update' even if they don't want it. Also, it could be overwritten by the regular openssl with the next fedora update.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Jeff