OpenSSL
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
1recommend
2warn against
Dec 13, 2025first mention
Oct 23, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Use an SSL client, e.g., openssl s_client, bssl client, etc.”
Caveats and dissent
“The switch to a newer open ssl version on Debian/Ubuntu created some issues for my tool.”
Often compared with
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Data: openssl.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“I think this is the only software project I use that still requires me to have perl”
“Hopefully OpenSSL will have a patch soon as well.”
“Use an SSL client, e.g., openssl s_client, bssl client, etc.”
“We faced a similar issue (we use OpenSSL).”
“dont uses OpenSSL to prevent Future cves like heartBleed”
“it only needs a few lines of Bash using OpenSSL.”
“The switch to a newer open ssl version on Debian/Ubuntu created some issues for my tool.”