The OpenSSL 1.1.1 life cycle will end on September 11
The OpenSSL 1.1.1 life cycle will end on September 11
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The OpenSSL 1.1.1 life cycle will end on September 11, and the official issued a warning urging users to upgrade.
OpenSSL is a widely used open source suite that applications can use to communicate securely.
Its 1.1.1 version was originally released in September 2018.
Since the official provides 5 years of updates and maintenance for each long-term support version, the official OpenSSL blog recently issued a warning that the support for OpenSSL 1.1.1 will be released in September 2023. End, urge users to upgrade .
Officials said that users must upgrade to a newer version of OpenSSL before the end of life of OpenSSL 1.1.1 on September 11.
The current latest version, OpenSSL 3.1, will be officially supported until March 14, 2025, while the long-term version, OpenSSL 3.0, has a life cycle of up to September 7, 2026.
It is reported that OpenSSL 3.0 has many major changes compared to the old version, and it is not fully compatible with the previous version. Compared with the old version, the changes of 3.X include joining the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS), using the Apache License 2.0 open source authorization, and abandoning many old APIs.
IT Home noticed that the official said that most software using OpenSSL 1.1.1 can run normally only after recompilation , but developers will see many compilation warnings for deprecated APIs.
Before the end of the OpenSSL 1.1.1 lifecycle, users need to take necessary actions to ensure official support and security.
