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OpenSSL as you can guess is also open source. Having boringssl opensourced does not change anything.



Google hadn't been using OpenSSL for most of their services; in fact, they discovered Heartbleed when studying the possible transition to OpenSSL from NSS; they ended up transitioning directly to BoringSSL.

This doesn't detract from your point, since NSS is also open source, it's just a factoid.


Who knows that google was using OpenSSL?


The security of a system should never rely on an attacker not knowing the details of the algorithm or implementation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity


It is possible to fingerprint a TLS stack using its behaviour that a sysadmin can't change. People knew it was openssl.




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