OpenSSL 4.0.0
by petecooper on 4/14/2026, 5:45:34 PM
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/tag/openssl-4.0.0
Comments
by: bensyverson
I just updated to 3.5x to get pq support. Anything that might tempt me to upgrade to 4.0?
4/14/2026, 7:46:19 PM
by: caycep
How is OpenSSl these days? I vaguely remember the big ruckus a while back, was it Heartbleed? where everyone to their horror realized it was maybe 1 or 2 people trying to maintain OpenSSL, and the OpenBSD people then throwing manpower at it to clear up a lot of old outstanding bugs. It seems like it is on firmer/more organized footing these days?
4/14/2026, 7:23:20 PM
by: capitol_
Finally encrypted client hello support \o/
4/14/2026, 6:10:23 PM
by: rwmj
Compared to OpenSSL 3 this transition has been very smooth. Only dropping of "Engines" was a problem at all, and in Fedora most of those dependencies have been changed.
4/14/2026, 7:15:12 PM
by: yjftsjthsd-h
As a complete non-expert:<p>On the one hand, looks like decent cleanup. (IIRC, engines in particular will not be missed).<p>On the other hand, breaking compatibility is always a tradeoff, and I still remember 3.x being... not universally loved.
4/14/2026, 6:11:57 PM
by: ge96
Just in time for the suckerpinch video
4/14/2026, 6:40:35 PM
by: georgthegreat
<a href="https://www.haproxy.com/blog/state-of-ssl-stacks" rel="nofollow">https://www.haproxy.com/blog/state-of-ssl-stacks</a><p>According to this one should not be using v3 at all..
4/14/2026, 7:10:40 PM
by: jmclnx
I wonder how hard it is to move from 3.x to 4.0.0 ?<p>From what I remember hearing, the move from 2 to 3 was hard.
4/14/2026, 6:58:00 PM