Developers of the OpenBSD project release of the portable edition of the package , which is a fork of OpenSSL aimed at providing a higher level of security. The LibreSSL project focuses on quality support for SSL/TLS protocols by removing unnecessary functionality, adding additional security features, and conducting significant cleanup and overhaul of the codebase. The release of LibreSSL 3.0.0 is considered experimental, showcasing capabilities that will be included in OpenBSD 6.6. The significant version number change is due to the adoption of decimal numbering (version 3.0 follows 2.9).
Key features of LibreSSL 3.0.0:
- Porting from OpenSSL 1.1 structure has been completed. , allowing the use of different implementations of functions for working with RSA;
- Documentation has been updated to reflect previously undocumented options and remove non-functional options;
- Issues identified through testing with the oss-fuzz tool have been addressed;
- Various information leaks over side channels in DSA and ECDSA implementations have been resolved;
- On Windows, the openssl utility has included a 'speed' command and performance optimizations during building in Visual Studio.
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