LibreSSL 2.5 Released With New Features, iOS Support

Written by Michael Larabel in BSD on 28 September 2016 at 10:18 AM EDT. 2 Comments
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LibreSSL 2.5.0 is available today as the newest version of this growing fork of OpenSSL led by the OpenBSD project.

LibreSSL 2.5's libtls implementation now supports ALPN and SNI while handling four cipher suite groups, there is tightened error handling in some areas, support for OCSP intermediate certificates, initial support for Apple's iOS platform, and a variety of other fixes and functionality improvements.

Those interested in LibreSSL as an alternative to OpenSSL can learn more about this v2.5 feature release via the release notes published this morning to OpenBSD.org.
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