Viktor Dukhovni via Postfix-users:
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 10:56:57AM +0200, Geert Hendrickx via Postfix-users 
> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 18:32:00 +1000, Viktor Dukhovni via Postfix-users 
> > wrote:
> > > This is not a release-notes-worthy change, just avoids loss of minor 
> > > forensic
> > > detail for externally loaded kex "groups" (or, more generally, KEMs).
> > 
> > That's only true for the very last change - but the entire change allows
> > *using* those KEM's.
> 
> Yes, I forgot that detail, fair enough.  Still not sure this warrants an
> entry in the RELEASE_NOTES file, but if it does, it could read:
> 
>     [Feature 2024XXXX] Support for provider-based OpenSSL 3.x key
>     encapsulation methods (KEMs, generalisation of key exchange groups).  In
>     prior Postfix versions it was not possible to use KEMs loaded from an
>     external (not built-in to OpenSSL) "provider".  These can now be listed
>     in "tls_eecdh_auto_curves", along with any built-in curves.
> 
> I also took the opportunity to push another commit that updates the
> docs, and slightly tweaks the group order to list secp384r1 becore
> secp521r1, this is better aligned with the IANA status of these
> curves:
>     
>     https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8447#section-9
>     https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8446#section-4.2.7

I'll adopt https://github.com/vdukhovni/postfix/commits/provider-kex/
And thanks for expanding the TLAs (*).

        Wietse

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