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What is OpenSSL?

OpenSSL is an open source project that provides a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols.

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OpenSSL is an open source project that provides a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols.


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OpenSSL
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Renato M.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Security First"
ensures robust community support and regular updates to fix vulnerabilities and improve security. Its flexibility allows it to be integrated into a...
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Anand L.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Must have toolkit"
The command line tool to get most of needed details handy and very quick.
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Vivekanandan S.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"SSL at fingertips"
We use OpenSSL and its libraries for securing communications over networks and for internal cryptographic operations. It is sort of the de facto st...
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What do you like best about OpenSSL?

ensures robust community support and regular updates to fix vulnerabilities and improve security. Its flexibility allows it to be integrated into a variety of platforms and operating systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSSL?

Nothing! Ensure always safe communications! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenSSL solving and how is that benefiting you?

Secure api communications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about OpenSSL?

We use OpenSSL and its libraries for securing communications over networks and for internal cryptographic operations. It is sort of the de facto standard for just about anything that is going to encrypt things to be stored or sent over a network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSSL?

Entire project could be completely refactored while preserving the library api's

Documentation on command line usage is not usually the best

Code examples are not very well explained Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenSSL:

I would recommend OpenSSL for just about any kind of cryptographic operations that you may need. I can't think of a particular situation where it would not be appropriate to use OpenSSL for a cryptographic function of some sort or another. If you are going to provide some sort of encryption service in a product, OpenSSL is probably the best way to get it off the ground and going. With other competitors, you may get it working, but I fear long term support and interoperability will be an issue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenSSL solving and how is that benefiting you?

Integrates into just about everything

Codebase is well managed and follows predictable paths

Although there are alternatives, OpenSSL is vastly better supported Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anand L.
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What do you like best about OpenSSL?

The command line tool to get most of needed details handy and very quick. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSSL?

It doesn't offer web user interface as it can be easy to access for little non tech. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenSSL solving and how is that benefiting you?

Grabbing domain details to monitor their expiry dates and where they are registered etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about OpenSSL?

I have been using OpenSSL for years and it is a very simple and efficient tool. What I like the most is that it is totally free software. Another feature that I like is that its installation is very simple and there is extensive documentation on the use and creation of certificates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSSL?

Sometimes OpenSSL is installed integrated with programs like Cygwin and the software has trouble finding its configuration file, so it is necessary to set its variables before trying to generate any certificate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenSSL:

OpenSSL is the most reliable and easy to use security certificate creation solution you will find. It is free software available for different operating systems. I recommend it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenSSL solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use OpenSSL to create and renew the security certificates requested by our payment gateway provider, so that our website allows our customers to make purchases safely. It is a really efficient and simple tool. Another benefit is that it has a very large community of users, which publishes a lot of content about solutions to problems that they have had when generating certificates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about OpenSSL?

I use it heavily to verify signatures, its fast and gets its right Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSSL?

Documentation could have more samples and a step by step tutorial Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenSSL:

I strongly recommend OpenSSL for all your security needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenSSL solving and how is that benefiting you?

My software uses certificates to identify user, OpenSSL is used for generating certificates , signing and validations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about OpenSSL?

the ability to quickly create public and private key pairs, encrypt and decrypt, make certificates, all using the basic windows terminal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSSL?

There is nothing much to dislike, the software works great and as expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenSSL:

it's free, and very effective for basic cryptography, and even fun to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenSSL solving and how is that benefiting you?

creating public and private key pairs to share sensitive information over unsecured channels. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about OpenSSL?

There are many useful commands. OpenSSL is the true Swiss Army knife of certificate management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSSL?

Sometimes OpenSSL is installed integrated with programs like Cygwin and the software has trouble finding its configuration file. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenSSL solving and how is that benefiting you?

Checking the latest OpenSSL Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Haxhi L.
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What do you like best about OpenSSL?

Digital Certificates and signatures best solution. I have a publication that I have used openSSL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSSL?

Actually I don't have and never had any issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenSSL solving and how is that benefiting you?

Digital Certificates for encrypting the channel communication between client and server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about OpenSSL?

Secure Communication stack over TCP communication. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSSL?

Not found any issue till now. I always find positive perspective only Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering OpenSSL:

It is great software library stack to make secure communication Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenSSL solving and how is that benefiting you?

Make secure communication between IOT devices. It will prevent the all the attacks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Srinishta W.
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What do you like best about OpenSSL?

OpenSSL is platform independent and availability of wide cryptographic methods. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about OpenSSL?

Though OpenSSL is available for all platforms with wide range of crpyto algos, the vulnerabilities are still threatening. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is OpenSSL solving and how is that benefiting you?

Encrypting sensitive data such as customers' personal data and more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.