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The pandemic of incomplete OpenSSL error handling
Summary
The blog post discusses a reported bug in APT related to TLS failing on FIPS systems due to MD5 errors. The author argues against the suggested solution of using ERR_clear_error() to handle errors, emphasizing that not all errors should be discarded and that programs should fail correctly to highlight critical issues.
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