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<a href="https://gitlab.com/Vrancken">Tom</a>
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<pre style="margin: 0;"> <span id="LC2093" class="line" lang="c"> <span class="kt" style="color: #458; font-weight: 600;">unsigned</span> <span class="n" style="color: #333;">idx</span><span class="p">,</span></span>
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<pre style="margin: 0;"> <span id="LC2094" class="line" lang="c"> <span class="n" style="color: #333;">gnutls_datum_t</span> <span class="o" style="font-weight: 600;">*</span> <span class="n" style="color: #333;">response</span><span class="p">);</span></span>
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<pre style="margin: 0;">+<span id="LC2096" class="line" lang="c"><span class="cm" style="color: #998; font-style: italic;">/* RAW public key functions (RFC7250) */</span></span>
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<p dir="auto">I think the main reason would be to reduce the size of the library yes. Only compile that features that you use. For normal systems a large library is not an issue anymore but for constrained devices it could be. I don't know whether we want to target smaller devices and OSs?</p>
<p dir="auto">Also, a second reason that I can think of is that if you have a smaller code base you also have a smaller attack surface. Of course we aim at perfect code but you never know for sure where you will have vulnerabilities. You don't have to care about parts of the code that you disable and don't use.</p>
<p dir="auto">Furthermore, I actually blindly followed the approach that is applied to other parts of the code where functionality and authentication mechanisms are compiled conditionally and can be enabled/disabled via the configure script. I think you have a better point of view of what should be conditional and what not.</p>
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