{"id":42804,"date":"2021-09-08T17:27:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/3-years-17-alphas-2-betas-and-over-7500-commits-later-openssl-version-3-is-here\/"},"modified":"2021-09-08T17:27:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:27:09","slug":"3-years-17-alphas-2-betas-and-over-7500-commits-later-openssl-version-3-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/3-years-17-alphas-2-betas-and-over-7500-commits-later-openssl-version-3-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"3 years, 17 alphas, 2 betas, and over 7,500 commits later, OpenSSL version 3 is here"},"content":{"rendered":"

The OpenSSL team has released version 3.0<\/a> of its eponymous secure communications library after a lengthy gestation period.<\/p>\n

Coming nearly three years after its predecessor, version 1.1.1, the update lays claim to 17 alpha releases, two beta releases, and more than 7,500 commits. Equally significant is a near-doubling of the amount of documentation since upgrading an application to use it might not be an entirely simple process.<\/p>\n

“OpenSSL 3.0 is a major release and not fully backwards compatible with the previous release,” explained Matt Caswell of the OpenSSL Management Committee.<\/p>\n