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OpenSSL

Last updated May 16, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is OpenSSL?

OpenSSL is a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for general-purpose cryptography and secure communication. It is widely used to implement the SSL and TLS protocols, providing secure communication over computer networks. Common uses include securing web servers (HTTPS), email servers (SMTP with STARTTLS), and other applications that require encryption and authentication.

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What other technologies are related to OpenSSL?

OpenSSL Competitor Technologies

WolfSSL is a commercial SSL/TLS library that competes with OpenSSL in providing cryptographic functions and secure communication protocols.

mentioned alongside OpenSSL in 87% (95) of relevant job posts

Libgcrypt is a general-purpose cryptographic library that can be used as an alternative to OpenSSL for various cryptographic tasks.

mentioned alongside OpenSSL in 100% (65) of relevant job posts

Bouncy Castle is a cryptographic library that offers similar functionalities to OpenSSL, including encryption, key generation, and certificate management.

mentioned alongside OpenSSL in 48% (58) of relevant job posts

OpenSSL Complementary Technologies

TLS (Transport Layer Security) is a protocol that OpenSSL implements. OpenSSL is often used to provide TLS functionality.

mentioned alongside OpenSSL in 4% (834) of relevant job posts

OpenSSH can use OpenSSL for its cryptographic functions. It relies on a cryptographic library for its SSH implementation, which can be OpenSSL.

mentioned alongside OpenSSL in 25% (104) of relevant job posts

X.509 is a standard for digital certificates. OpenSSL is commonly used for creating and managing X.509 certificates.

mentioned alongside OpenSSL in 11% (206) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention OpenSSL?

Job function

Jobs mentioning OpenSSL

Orgs mentioning OpenSSL

Engineering & R&D

0% (3.1k) job posts

2 organizations

Engineer

0% (3k) job posts

129 organizations

Software Engineer

0% (1.7k) job posts

365 organizations

Security Engineer

0% (561) job posts

135 organizations

Embedded Engineer

0% (148) job posts

33 organizations

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Which organizations are mentioning OpenSSL?

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Northrop Grumman

Manufacturing

Professional Services

Retail Trade

Scientific and Technical Services

CACI International

Professional Services

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