From: Theodore Hope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
ssl> Sorry if this is sort of off-topic, but can anyone say
ssl> what other products OpenSSL "competes" with out there,
ssl> other than RSA's BSAFE products?
Are there other commercial products than those from RSA? I've never
heard of any, except for hardware stuff, but that's beside the point.
ssl> Aside from the fact that OpenSSL is free and open-source (just
ssl> two minor details ;->),
(that's debatable :-))
ssl> why should anyone use it instead of BSAFE or other products
ssl> (which ones)?
ssl>
ssl> This message is motivated by the fact that we're trying to
ssl> convince a client to develop some apps with OpenSSL.
Well, one of the things is portability. OpenSSL is available for
virtually any Unix, and also for VMS, Windows and MacOS. And if it
doesn't work immediately, it can be ported to new platforms since the
source is available (making open-source a major detail, IMHO). For
new Unix-like platforms, it's often trivial. For other platforms, it
requires a bit of work, but not terribly much.
I'm sure others will give you arguments about speed, compliance with
standards and other stuff :-).
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