[Info-vax] New VSI OpenSSL version released

[Dave Froble]

On 4/23/2022 8:20 AM, Neil Rieck wrote:
> On Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 12:34:12 AM UTC-4, Steven Schweda wrote:
>>> This is OpenSSL V3, I believe. [...]
>>
>> Nope. That would look different.
>>
>> ITS $ prod show prod ssl*
>> ------------------------------------ ----------- ---------
>> PRODUCT KIT TYPE STATE
>> ------------------------------------ ----------- ---------
>> VSI I64VMS SSL V1.4-503 Full LP Installed
>> VSI I64VMS SSL1 V1.0-2UA Full LP Installed
>> VSI I64VMS SSL111 V1.1-1N Full LP Installed
>> VSI I64VMS SSL3 V3.0-1 Full LP Installed
>> ------------------------------------ ----------- ---------
>>
>> "111" and "3" might look similar in some sense, but they're
>> different.
>>
>> The link at https://vmssoftware.com/ > Products > OpenSSL ,
>> https://vmssoftware.com/products/openssl/ , is broken.
>>
>> https://vmssoftware.com/products/ssl111/ works better, but the
>> "Latest Version 1.1-1m" part seems unlikely. Similar at
>> https://vmssoftware.com/products/list/ .
>>
>> And, as usual, the ".ZIPEXE" would benefit a little from "zip -A".
>> Using your own UnZip:
>>
>> warning [ITS$DKA0:[prod.VSI.SSL111.SSL111-V0101-1N-1]VSI-I64VMS-SSL111-V0101-1N-
>> 1.ZIPEXE;1]: 220160 extra bytes at beginning or within zipfile
>> (attempting to process anyway)
>
> While I am no expert in this area (is anyone?), be aware of the fact that the organization behind OpenSSL is currently maintaining two product streams.
>
> 1) OpenSSL-1 is the product everyone should be using now
> 2) OpenSSL-3 is a product which will be targeted at FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards)
>      https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2021/09/22/OpenSSL3-fips-submission/
>
> I have no clue as to whether these streams will ever merge
>
> Neil Rieck
> Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
> https://neilrieck.net/OpenVMS.html
>

Not sure why I was thinking the latest from VSI was the OpenSSL-3 that you 
mentioned.  Perhaps wishful thinking.

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