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What is OpenSSL?

OpenSSL is a toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. It is also a general-purpose cryptography library.

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What is OpenSSL?

OpenSSL is a toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. It is also a general-purpose cryptography library.

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Users have made several recommendations for OpenSSL based on their experiences with the product. The most common recommendations include:

  1. Users recommend OpenSSL for a wide range of cryptographic operations, as it is suitable for any kind of cryptographic operation.
  2. Users find OpenSSL effective for basic cryptography and secure communication, appreciating its ability to encrypt data and establish secure connections.
  3. Users suggest involving developers in the implementation process and reading the documentation thoroughly to understand OpenSSL's features and best practices.

Overall, users recommend choosing OpenSSL if you need a versatile tool for cryptographic operations, basic cryptography, and secure communication. They emphasize the importance of involving developers and familiarizing yourself with the documentation for successful implementation.

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We use OpenSSL and its libraries for securing communications over networks and for internal cryptographic operations. It is sort of the de facto standard for just about anything that is going to encrypt things to be stored or sent over a network.
  • integrates into just about everything
  • codebase is well managed and follows predictable paths
  • although there are alternatives, OpenSSL is vastly better supported
  • the entire project could be completely refactored while preserving the library apis
  • the documentation on command line usage is not usually the best
  • code examples are not very well explained
I would recommend OpenSSL for just about any kind of cryptographic operations that you may need. I can't think of a particular situation where it would not be appropriate to use OpenSSL for a cryptographic function of some sort or another. If you are going to provide some sort of encryption service in a product, OpenSSL is probably the best way to get it off the ground and going. With other competitors, you may get it working, but I fear long term support and interoperability will be an issue.
  • stays up to date with CVEs
  • well supported code
  • found in almost everything
  • roi is hard to measure for openssl. It's not that it doesn't provide a significant roi, but it is in the background of an application, not the foreground.
LibreSSL is another option to OpenSSL, however, the sheer volume of other applications using OpenSSL and the wide support for it makes OpenSSL a compelling product.
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