OpenSSL 3.2 Alpha Released With Client-Side QUIC, Raw Public Key, SM4-XTS

[phoronix]

Phoronix: OpenSSL 3.2 Alpha Released With Client-Side QUIC, Raw Public Key, SM4-XTS

The first alpha release of the OpenSSL 3.2 library is now available for testing. With OpenSSL 3.2 there are a number of new features, most notably the client-side work around QUIC support...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenSSL-3.2-Alpha

[timofonic]

OpenSSL LibreSSL plus tons of forks.

Why so much? What about joining efforts?

[Jakobson]

OpenSSL LibreSSL plus tons of forks.

Why so much? What about joining efforts?

They vary significantly in terms of dynamic vs. static linking, feature sets, size and footprint, programming language, API consistency, hardware acceleration, platform compatibility, licensing, security and compliance, performance, ease of integration, community and support, and handling of third-party dependencies, to mention a few.
Achieving them cannot be accomplished through a single implementation alone.

[Vistaus]

OpenSSL LibreSSL plus tons of forks.

Why so much? What about joining efforts?

Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, AmigaOS + tons of forks. Barbers and supermarkets on every street corner. A gazillion car and refrigerator models to choose from. Why so much? What about joining efforts?

[rmfx]

Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, AmigaOS + tons of forks. Barbers and supermarkets on every street corner. A gazillion car and refrigerator models to choose from. Why so much? What about joining efforts?

You mean Linux and the 500 distros of it available..

[lowflyer]

OpenSSL LibreSSL plus tons of forks.

Why so much? What about joining efforts?

Don't forget the #Heartbleed that caused much of this.

[yoshi314]

They vary significantly in terms of dynamic vs. static linking, feature sets, size and footprint, programming language, API consistency, hardware acceleration, platform compatibility, licensing, security and compliance, performance, ease of integration, community and support, and handling of third-party dependencies, to mention a few.
Achieving them cannot be accomplished through a single implementation alone.

with great variety of implementation comes diversification of risk, but also potential multiplication of bugs.

honestly, i do not know which is worse.

[dlq84]

You mean Linux and the 500 distros of it available..

Oh the horror, choices, yuck.