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Subject: Re: SSL3 on OpenVMS V8.4-2L3
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 21:24:07 -0400
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On 8/20/2024 9:14 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:43:31 -0700, jeffrey_dsi wrote:
>> We recently updated a customer to OpenVMS V8.4-2l3 and SSL3 v3.0-13
>> after many conversations with VSI as to which version of SSL to run.
> 
> All versions of SSL that are called “SSL” are obsolete. All the versions
> recommended for use have “TLS” in their name: TLS 1.3 is the current one,
> I think some are still using TLS 1.2. Nothing older than that is worth
> using any more.

Protocols that are named SSL are obsolete.

Software that are named SSL (and implementing TLS) is not obsolete.

Arne