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LibreSSL
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<p>LibreSSL is an <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> implementation of the <a href="/facts/Transport_Layer_Security/pGy16TnA">Transport Layer Security</a> (TLS) protocol. The implementation is named after <a href="/facts/Secure_Sockets_Layer/pGy16TnA">Secure Sockets Layer</a> (SSL), the deprecated predecessor of TLS, for which support was removed in release 2.3.0. The <a href="/facts/OpenBSD/xmPS9tek">OpenBSD</a> project <a href="/facts/Fork_(software)/D6khxhpr">forked</a> LibreSSL from <a href="/facts/OpenSSL/aXvs5fo2">OpenSSL</a> 1.0.1g in April 2014 as a response to the <a href="/facts/Heartbleed/pbIf0KDc">Heartbleed</a> security <a href="/facts/Vulnerability_(computing)/jg0Gr71M">vulnerability</a>, with the goals of modernizing the <a href="/facts/Codebase/MT0CJ4oD">codebase</a>, improving <a href="/facts/Computer_security/7E5dIy7G">security</a>, and applying development <a href="/facts/Best_practice/HkqedbtQ">best practices</a>. </p>