[Info-vax] SSL V3

[Craig A. Berry]

On 2/16/22 7:31 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 2/15/2022 10:56 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> Just got an email from VSI, their version of SSL V3 is now available. 
>> This should be a good thing, bringing some of the latest SSL stuff to 
>> VMS.
> 
> I assume OpenSSL software version 3.x and not SSL protocol version 3.0.
> 
> OpenSSL 3.x is latest and greatest. SSL 3.0 is very much obsolete and 
> deprecated - only TLS 1.2 and 1.3 should be used - and obviously OpenSSL
> 3.x support those.

Yes, they are calling it OpenSSL v3.0-1, which presumably corresponds to
OpenSSL 3.0.1.  The product name is SSL3.  Since binary compatibility is
now guaranteed for anything with the same major version number, we
should not have a repeat of the product naming madness that resulted in
SSL111.