What Is "OpenSSL" on Windows/Mac/Linux

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What is "OpenSSL" on Windows/Mac/Linux?

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"OpenSSL" is a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library. "OpenSSL" is available for all commonly used computer systems: Windows, macOS, Linux, etc..

"OpenSSL" is a command line tool that can be used for:

  • Creation and management of private keys, public keys and parameters
  • Public key cryptographic operations
  • Creation of X.509 certificates, CSRs and CRLs
  • Calculation of Message Digests
  • Encryption and Decryption with Ciphers
  • SSL/TLS Client and Server Tests
  • Handling of S/MIME signed or encrypted mail
  • Time Stamp requests, generation and verification

For more information, see OpenSSL Tutorials.

 

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