Google forks OpenSSL into BoringSSL

By Juha Saarinen on Jun 23, 2014 5:00AM

Will continue to fund Core Infrastructure Initiative.

Google will develop its own version of the OpenSSL open source Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) cryptographic library used to authenticate and secure internet traffic. Adam Langley, a security engineer with the web services giant, announced the "forking" of OpenSSL into ...

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