Project OpenSSL announced About long-term support of the cryptographic library branch OpenSSL 3.0, release updates for which will be formed for 5 years from the date of release, i.e. until September 7, 2026. Previous LTS-branch 1.1.1 will be supported until September 11, 2023.
Additionally, it can be noted release project OpenBSD tolerated editorial board Librassl 3.5.0 package The framework of which the Forc OpenSSL is developing, aimed at ensuring a higher level of security. From the changes in the new version, porting from OpenSSL support RFC 3779 (expansion X.509 for IP addresses and autonomous systems ) And the Certificate Transparency mechanism (independent public log of all issued and recalled certificates, which makes it possible to conduct an independent audit of all changes and actions of certifying centers, and allows you to immediately track any attempts to hidden the creation of fake records). Significantly improved compatibility with OpenSSL 1.1 and identical with OpenSSL names of ciphers for TLSV1.3 are enjoyed. Many features are translated into the use of Calloc (). In Libssl and Libcrypto, a large portion of new calls has been added.