[openssl-users] Open SSL 1.1.1 release

[Matt Caswell]

On 22/06/18 16:07, Matt Caswell wrote:
> 
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> On 22/06/18 16:03, Juan Isoza wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> I'll soon release a software which contain openssl (static linked).
>>
>> I must choose between using 1.1.0, 1.1.1 pre 8, or wait some week .I
>> think TLS 1.3 support is great.
>>
>> Can we suppose 1.1.1 final will be released soon ?
> 
> There is no definitive release date at the moment. It cannot be released
> until the TLSv1.3 RFC is published which it hasn't been yet (it's been
> approved, and is currently in the RFC Editor's queue awaiting
> publication). We have said that there will be at least one beta release
> cycle after the RFC publication.

Oh, one other important point. 1.1.1 pre 8 implements TLSv1.3 draft 28
(the latest available draft). We know that this will *not* be
interoperable with the final TLSv1.3 because it uses a special draft
version number inside the protocol - the final RFC will use the "real"
version number.

Matt