Although OpenSSL is complex, a lot of that complexity can be avoided. The remainder of this article concentrates on features that are easy to use, and in only a few lines of shell code. This article ...

SSL certificates are an integral component in securing data and connectivity to other systems. Learn tips on how you can use the Linux openssl command to find critical certificate details.

The Linux Foundation, with support from those tech companies, created the Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) to boost the security of OpenSSL and other open source projects in need of help.

openssl req -text -noout -verify -in testmastersite.csr This command will verify the key and its validity: openssl rsa -in testmastersite.key -check These commands should show the certificate data ...

OpenSSL, the open-source program LibreSSL aims to replace, has ways to recover from such cases. LibreSSL does not, at least not on Linux.

A large number of applications within all Linux distributions make use of the OpenSSL library to provide SSL support. All users are therefore advised to upgrade the OpenSSL packages to correct these ...

The team behind the Debian Linux project have discovered a flaw in their implementation of the OpenSSL cryptography package that has been in place since 2006.

So far the Linux Foundation has raised $5.4 million over the next three years. And OpenSSL is also still collecting donations through the OpenSSL Foundation.

Debian Linux got a bit of a black eye this week with the announcement that a nasty cryptographic vulnerability exists in its version of the OpenSSL package.

Thus, the openssl must be upgraded once more. After the upgrade you should restart every daemon that uses the openssl library, in particular sshd and (if you are running a web server httpd). Affected ...