There is a lot of open source code out there, including one for SSL VPNs. Called SSL-Explorer, it is available free from SourceForge and runs on Microsoft and Linux platforms. While it doesn’t offer ...

A reader wrote in to tell about his experiences with a free SSL VPN product called SSL-Explorer, which provides many of the features that commercial SSL VPN software ...

The OpenSSL Project has patched two high-severity security flaws in its open-source cryptographic library used to encrypt communication channels and HTTPS connections. The vulnerabilities ...

Websites and companies that rely on OpenSSL should patch their systems as soon as possible. The developer of Open SSL, a widely used open-source encryption library, released Tuesday a patch to fix two ...

The Open SSL Project is receiving an infusion of much-needed funding from the new Core Infrastructure Initiative. The move comes following the Heartbleed exploit that exposed a flaw in Open SSL, the ...

A DECADE AGO someone realised that the locks keeping swathes of the internet secure were not working. OpenSSL, a tool used to encrypt anything from social-media passwords to e-commerce purchases, had ...

Just a few months after Heartbleed was discovered and (thankfully) resolved, another OpenSSL bug is haunting web encryptions. The new bug SSL/TLS MITM was posted by the OpenSSL group in a formal ...

A joint U.S. and Canadian organization that certifies encryption tools for use by federal government agencies has suspended its validation of OpenSSL cryptographic technology for the second time in ...

Just last week Washington State Homeland Security Region 6 hosted a two day Cybersecurity event called Emerald Down, which is part of a multi-year effort by the Center for Regional Disaster Resilience ...