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OpenSSL provides robust cryptographic services and is widely supported
August 15, 2021

OpenSSL provides robust cryptographic services and is widely supported

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with OpenSSL

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
  • 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.

Do you think OpenSSL delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with OpenSSL's feature set?

Yes

Did OpenSSL live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of OpenSSL go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy OpenSSL again?

Yes

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.