[Info-vax] SSL V3

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-02-16, Craig A. Berry <craigberry at nospam.mac.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>

I wish people would not rename an open source product with a
slightly different VMS-specific name. It's bloody confusing
and completely unnecessary. :-(

Simon.

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