OpenSSL version VERSION published

Thu Jul 29 15:30:46 UTC 2021

   OpenSSL 3.0 is currently in beta.

   OpenSSL 3.0 beta 2 has now been made available.  We anticipate that this
   release candidate will be the final beta release and, barring critical
   problems, that the final OpenSSL 3.0.0 release will occur in the next one
   to two weeks.

   Note: This OpenSSL pre-release has been provided for testing ONLY.
   It should NOT be used for security critical purposes.

   Specific notes on upgrading to OpenSSL 3.0 from previous versions are
   available in the OpenSSL Migration Guide, here:

        https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man7/migration_guide.html

   Two items of interest:

    * FIPS 140-2 algorithm testing for the operational environments is currently
      in progress and OpenSSL 3.0 will be submitted to NIST for validation before
      the September 21st dead line.
    * Engines are deprecated and will be removed in a future release. The new
      provider concept should be used instead.

   The beta release is available for download via HTTPS and FTP from the
   following master locations (you can find the various FTP mirrors under
   https://www.openssl.org/source/mirror.html):

     * https://www.openssl.org/source/
     * ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/

   The distribution file name is:

    o openssl-3.0.0-beta2.tar.gz
      Size: 14912360
      SHA1 checksum:  261ea1ad4bbf7738622bea5caa97da0283fc3166
      SHA256 checksum:  e76ab22879201b12f014393ee4becec7f264d8f6955b1036839128002868df71

   The checksums were calculated using the following commands:

    openssl sha1 openssl-3.0.0-beta2.tar.gz
    openssl sha256 openssl-3.0.0-beta2.tar.gz

   Please download and check this beta release as soon as possible.
   To report a bug, open an issue on GitHub:

    https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues

   Please check the release notes and mailing lists to avoid duplicate
   reports of known issues. (Of course, the source is also available
   on GitHub.)

   Yours,

   The OpenSSL Project Team.