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15 | ## Compatibility with OpenSSL: ## | 15 | ## Compatibility with OpenSSL: ## |
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17 | LibreSSL is API compatible with OpenSSL 1.0.1, but does not yet include all | 17 | LibreSSL provides much of the OpenSSL 1.1 API. The OpenSSL 3 API is not currently |
18 | new APIs from OpenSSL 1.0.2 and later. LibreSSL also includes APIs not yet | 18 | supported. Incompatibilities between the projects exist and are unavoidable since |
19 | present in OpenSSL. The current common API subset is OpenSSL 1.0.1. | 19 | both evolve with different goals and priorities. Important incompatibilities will |
20 | be addressed if possible and as long as they are not too detrimental to LibreSSL's | ||
21 | goals of simplicity, security and sanity. We do not add new features, ciphers and | ||
22 | API without a solid reason and require that new code be clean and of high quality. | ||
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21 | LibreSSL is not ABI compatible with any release of OpenSSL, or necessarily | 24 | LibreSSL is not ABI compatible with any release of OpenSSL, or necessarily |
22 | earlier releases of LibreSSL. You will need to relink your programs to | 25 | earlier releases of LibreSSL. You will need to relink your programs to |