Many companies use OpenSSL, relatively few of them support it. I'm pleased to announce that Akamai (https://www.akamai.com/) has expanded its already substantial presence in the latter category.
Akamai has contractually committed to funding implementation of TLS 1.3 in OpenSSL. That is something we were going to do anyway, an initiative that has been delayed by the major overhaul leading up to the 1.1 release. But, by contracting us to perform that implementation Akamai accomplishes two things: 1) A known schedule (with a key deadline of 2017-04-05). Left to our own devices and the usual resource contentions we would have taken longer; by funding us for a specific deliverable and schedule Akamai ensures a result that meets their own needs. 2) Significant financial support for OpenSSL, funding we would not otherwise have received which will be used for long term support of OpenSSL. While not technically a donation (because payment is contingent on specific deliverables) the end effect is the same, as we would have eventually done a comparable TLS 1.3 implementation anyway. Thank you Akamai for your well-considered initiative to both address your own business requirements and support OpenSSL and the OpenSSL user community at the same time; a win-win situation all around. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation 20-22 Wenlock Road London N1 7GU United Kingdom +44 1785508015 +1 301 874 2571 direct marqu...@opensslfoundation.org ste...@openssl.org -- openssl-announce mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-announce -- openssl-dev mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-dev