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		jborean93 on Nov 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The latest OpenSSL vulns were added fairly recentl... Isn't the builtin openssl lib a basic shim for LibreSSL, mostly only there for backwards compatibility and with limited functionality. IIRC Apple want you to use their Network framework https://developer.apple.com/documentation/network.

Rimintil on Nov 3, 2022 [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreSSL

Adoption is the default for a few BSDs, OpenSSH on Windows, macOS.

From a usage standpoint, you're probably correct (I honestly don't know) -- I only use it to generate web server certificates.

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