For a meeting last week I wanted to show how much of OpenSSL is being written by people paid to do so by their employers, and how much was from individuals in their own time. And it turns out most of OpenSSL is written by people paid to do so. This is crucial to understanding the critical role that corporations provide to Open Source projects such as OpenSSL.
After extensive feedback from our communities, OpenSSL is pleased to announce that we have formally adopted the Mission and Values Statement, and will now be aligning our activities to support these.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all those who provided feedback to us. We have reviewed all the comments and responses, which showed that a clear majority (around 70%) agreed on OpenSSL adopting the Mission and Values Statement. It was really beneficial to hear from our various communities and we will continue to seek out your feedback in the future.
OpenSSL 1.1.1 series will reach End of Life (EOL) on 11th September 2023. Users of OpenSSL 1.1.1 should consider their options and plan any actions they might need to take.
The OpenSSL project is pleased to announce that the first of the rebranded
FIPS 140-2 certificates, available exclusively to our Premium Support
Customers, have been officially issued by the CMVP. With this
significant milestone achieved, we anticipate a smooth and ongoing
rollout of the remaining and future rebrandings. If your company desires
a rebranded FIPS 140-2 validation certificate bearing your organisation’s
name, obtaining one is a straightforward task: simply secure a
premium support contract with the project and ask for a rebranded
certificate.
OpenSSL would like to thank everyone who has provided feedback on our draft
mission & values statement.
The response has been great, and the feedback is really important to us. We are
working through those responses.
We’d like to get even more feedback so we are extending the response
period until 19th May 2023.
If you haven’t already provided feedback to us, please do so by:
As a small incentive we will be randomly selecting 10 responders out of
everyone who has provided feedback and the lucky ones will receive an OpenSSL
T-shirt. (Yes this includes those who have already responded to us).
We are thrilled to announce that Anton Arapov has joined the OpenSSL team! Anton brings a wealth of experience to the project, having previously worked on the Linux kernel, telecom core services, and cloud infrastructure management software as an engineering and project manager. He’s deeply committed to open-source software and will undoubtedly propel the OpenSSL project forward with his expertise and knowledge.
Following the successful OpenSSL 2023 face-to-face conference, OpenSSL has produced a draft mission &
values statement. Once finalised, we intend to realign all activities of the
project to ensure they reflect our agreed mission and values. Before doing so
however, we would like to obtain feedback on this statement from the public, to
ensure it represents all of our communities. By offering us your feedback, you
will help us to ensure the OpenSSL project is run in a way that reflects the
values of all of our users.
In February 2023, the OpenSSL project held a face-to-face meeting in Queensland,
Australia, which was attended by most of the project’s full-time contractors and
OMC members. Amongst other subjects, the conference aimed to identify how
OpenSSL can improve its governance and better execute on its mission.
We are thrilled to inform you that the complimentary FIPS rebranding
service for our premium support customers has been extended. As part
of this non-contractual benefit, premium support customers are entitled
to one rebranding of any of our FIPS provider certificates per year,
completely free of charge.