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    Benchmark for secure Memcache running the wolfSSL embedded SSL library

    • wolfssladmin
    We recently announced a beta version of secure Memcache is available to the community.  Users are excited about having SSL available in memcache, but show concern about the performance cost of enabling security.  With this feedback in mind, we benchmarked secure memcache performance against standard memcache.  See the graph below...
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    wolfSSL embedded SSL for ThreadX

    • wolfssladmin
    We have ported wolfSSL to the ThreadX operating environment!   Our decision to invest in the porting process is based on strong customer demand for a small footprint, high performance, royalty free SSL library on ThreadX.  ThreadX and wolfSSL have a lot in common.  Both companies operate under similar business models,...
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    wolfSSL’s OpenSSL Compatibility

    • wolfssladmin
    Hi! As of this writing, wolfSSL, which is our small embedded SSL library, supports all of the most commonly used OpenSSL functions.  As time goes on, we are incrementally improving our OpenSSL compatibility.  Our process for improvement is driven by two forces.  Firstly, we respond to customer requirements.  Our customers migrate from OpenSSL...
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    wolfSSL embedded SSL library supports TLS 1.2

    • wolfssladmin
    The wolfSSL embedded ssl library and Gnu TLS are the first SSL libraries to support the new TLS 1.2 standard.  The TLS specification can be found here:  http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5246.txt.  The first browser to support TLS 1.2 is Opera.  It appears that TLS 1.2 support is also available in Windows 7, though...
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    Open Source has comparable security as well as faster remediation times and fewer potential backdoors than commercial or outsourced applications.

    • wolfssladmin
    See the excellent blog post by Katie Serignese here:  http://www.sdtimes.com/blog/post/2010/03/04/The-state-of-software-security.aspx.Get the report from Veracode here:  https://www.veracode.com/sites/default/files/Resources/Reports/state-of-software-security-volume-2-executive-summary-report.pdf.  Registration is not required to download the report.  The detailed report is an excellent document.
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    Announcing a beta test of Secure Memcache with wolfSSL

    • wolfssladmin
    Hi!  We have embedded wolfSSL into Memcache and are now making it available to beta testers.  There are no obligations for beta testers, so if you want to just review our changes to the source, that is fine.  The first beta will not include client libraries, and we currently don’t know...
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    Windows Kernel Mode compatibility for wolfSSL

    • wolfssladmin
    Were considering adding Windows Kernel compatibility to wolfSSL. This means that our embedded SSL library would run in Kernel mode and use either TDI or WinSocK Kernel. Were not sure at this point whether we should use TDI or WinSocK Kernel. The advantage of this project may include performance enhancement...
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    wolfSSL Release 1.5.0

    • wolfssladmin
    A new release of wolfSSL embedded SSL library is now available for download.Release 1.5.0 contains bug fixes, support for the GoAhead web server, sniffer support, and swig interface support for Python, Java, Perl, and others. Please see the README for more details. Public announcement is at PrWeb
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    yaSSL Release 1.9.9

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    A new release of yaSSL is now available for download.Release 1.9.9 contains bug fixes, a potential security problem fix for a buffer overflow possibility in certificate name processing, and removal of assert()s.
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