RECENT BLOG NEWS

With wolfSSL’s updated support for OpenSSH v8.1 comes new OpenSSL compatibility layer functionality! The list of API added to the compatibility layer is: EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl is expanded to include the following commands: EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_IV_FIXED EVP_CTRL_GCM_SET_IV_FIXED EVP_CTRL_GCM_IV_GEN BN_clear BN_clear_bit OpenSSL_version_num ERR_GET_LIB SSL_CTX_set1_groups_list SSL_set1_groups_list DSA_SIG support was added: DSA_SIG_new DSA_SIG_free DSA_do_sign DSA_do_verify ECDSA_size ECDSA_sign EC_GROUP_method_of EC_METHOD_get_field_type EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp ECPoint_i2d ECPoint_d2i […]

Do you need SSH support for an embedded device running VxWorks and you have a FIPS 140-2 requirement? wolfSSL has what you need: wolfSSH, an embedded SSH library running on top of our wolfCrypt FIPS library with support for VxWorks. Email us today at fips@wolfssl.com and we will help you integrate wolfSSH into your VxWorks […]

The performance of public key algorithms regularly comes up with customers – they are after all the most costly operations. wolfSSL has you covered with the Single Precision (SP) big number maths library that brings you the best implementations. But how does it compare to OpenSSL? Intel x86 64-bit assembly optimised implementations are as fast […]

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We often get questions from users of the wolfSSL embedded SSL/TLS library about which certs to load and why. So today we wanted to discuss the following topics: What is a cert chain as seen in a common browser? What is a public key, what is a private key? What is the chain of trust […]

wolfSSL now provides support for complete RTCA DO-178C level A certification! wolfSSL will offer DO-178 wolfCrypt as a commercial off -the-shelf (COTS) solution for connected avionics applications. Adherence to DO-178C level A will be supported through the first wolfCrypt COTS DO-178C certification kit release that includes traceable artifacts for the following encryption algorithms: SHA-256 for […]

wolfSSL FIPS Ready Along with the recent release of wolfSSL v4.1.0, wolfSSL has updated its support for the wolfCrypt FIPS Ready version of the wolfSSL library. wolfCrypt FIPS Ready is our FIPS enabled cryptography layer included in the wolfSSL source tree that can be enabled and built. To elaborate on what FIPS Ready really means: you do […]

The wolfSSL embedded SSL/TLS library provides support for various open source projects, including Nginx. For those who are unfamiliar, Nginx is a high-performance, high-concurrency web server. Like wolfSSL, it is also compact, fast, and highly scalable. Additionally, wolfSSL also provides support for TLS 1.3 and features such as OCSP, so Nginx servers can be configured with the latest […]

Online Certificate Status Protocol or OCSP is an Internet protocol that is used to obtain the revocation status of an X.509 digital certificate. An OCSP client will send a status request to an OCSP responder and receive information if the certificate is valid or revoked. A good response shows that the certificate is valid and […]

In the latest wolfSSL releases, we have added 200+ new API to our OpenSSL compatibility layer. Many of these new API were added for providing support for Apache HTTP Server. We are excited to announce that as of version 4.3.0, wolfSSL provides support for the Apache web server with the enable option –enable-apachehttpd.  This means […]