OpenSSL

OpenSSL product description

The OpenSSL Project develops and maintains the OpenSSL software - a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured toolkit for general-purpose cryptography and secure communication. The project’s technical decision making is managed by the OpenSSL Technical Committee (OTC) and the project governance is managed by the OpenSSL Management Committee (OMC). The project operates under formal Bylaws.

Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product OpenSSL (OpenSSL)

 

OpenSSL release strategy

As of release 3.0.0, the OpenSSL versioning scheme is changing to a more contemporary format: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH LTS releases will be supported for at least five years and we will specify one at least every four years. Non-LTS releases will be supported for at least two years. During the final year of support, we do not commit to anything other than security fixes. Before that, bug and security fixes will be applied as appropriate.

OpenSSL properties & statistics

 

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Keywords

OpenSSL

 

OpenSSL

 

System component

 

Release

 

Version

 

Major

 

Minor

 

Patch

 

End-of-life

 

EOL

 

Support

 

End-of-support

 

EOS

 

Maintenance

 

Security

 

Vulnerabilities

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVE