OpenSSL

(Open Secure Sockets Layer) An open source version of the SSL and TLS security protocols, which provide encryption and server authentication over the Internet. The OpenSSL project began in 1998, runs on every popular operating system and is used in millions of Web servers. See TLS, Heartbleed and OpenVPN.

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The OpenSSL Team includes the following individuals: Matt Caswell, Mark Cox, Paul Dale, Viktor Dukhovni, Bernd Edlinger, Steve Henson, Tim Hudson, Lutz JAaAaAeAnnicke, Ben Kaduk, Emilia KAaAaAeAnsper, Ben Laurie, Ric Levitte, Steve Marquess, Bodo MAaAaAeA ller, Andy Polyakov, Kurt Roeckx, Ri Salz and Geoff Thorpe.

2018 Levchin Prize recipients announced

The current FIPS module for OpenSSL has not had a significant upgrade since 2012, during which time encryption standards have significantly evolved.

United States : Oracle, SafeLogic and OpenSSL Partner on Next Generation FIPS Module

For the Raspberry Pi 2B, we used the OpenSSL library which implements elliptic curve primitives, curves of different standards and many different algorithms based on elliptic curves i.

Anomalous Behaviour of Cryptographic Elliptic Curves over Finite Field

According to OpenSSL co-founder Tim Hudson, the Coverity Scan service helped to catch newly discovered defects and highlight where other issues like the Heartbleed bug might exist.

Commercial code is more compliant to security standards than open source code: Coverity Scan Open Source Report

The new bugs were disclosed as the group responsible for developing that software released an OpenSSL update that contains seven security fixes.

Cyber criminals steal $445 billion yearly

This was due to the fact that this vulnerability contained the cryptographic OpenSSL library which is used in different software including banking software," commented Sergey Golovanov, Principal Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Lab reports about rise in malware capable of stealing money

Each of these bugs--the "Heartbleed" bug in a program called OpenSSL, the "goto fail" bug in Apple's operating systems, and a so-called "zero-day exploit" discovered in Microsoft's Internet Explorer--was created years ago by programmers writing in C, a language known for its power, its expressiveness, and the ease with which it leads programmers to make all manner of errors.

Imposing Security

By incorporating open source firmware and OpenSSL based OpenVPN technology into our routers, we provide an Internet experience with enhanced encryption and privacy that enables free and open access.

FLASHROUTERS DEBUTS NETWORKING SECURITY SOLUTION

Array Networks, a global leader in application delivery networking, today announced that Array Networks products are not exposed to the OpenSSL Heartbleed vulnerability.

Array Networks products 'unaffected by virus'

On June 5, developers of the widely used OpenSSL crypto library released emergency security patches to address several vulnerabilities, including one tracked as CVE-2014-0224 that could allow attackers to spy on encrypted connections if certain conditions are met, Computerworld reported.

To understand why the Heartbleed bug was worth the headlines it generated, it's important to appreciate what's at stake when OpenSSL is compromised.

What Heartbleed means for the future of the internet

All websites that display addresses beginning with https use SSL, but only those that use certain versions of OpenSSL are affected by this bug.