Are you able to use the RHEL8 openssl3 provided in the EPEL repo? On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 8:44 AM Evan Rempel via users < [email protected]> wrote:
> Wow. The minimum version of OpenSSL was bumped to 3.0 making Apache Tomcat > Native 1.3.9 no longer compile on RHEL 8. > > This means that there is no latest Apache Tomcat Native that compiles > under RHEL8, which is not EOL until May 31, 2029. > > I was hoping that RHEL8 and Apache Tomcat Native 1.3 would continue to be > a supported combination until Apache Tomcat Native 1.3 went EOL in Mar > 2027. We were on track to move all of our Tomcat installations to RHEL9 by > Mar 2027. This drastically changes the time line. > > Any consideration to working around the requirement of OpenSSL 3.0? > > -- > Evan > ________________________________ > From: Mark Thomas <[email protected]> > Sent: September 7, 2026 1:57 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>; > [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] < > [email protected]> > Subject: [ANN] Apache Tomcat Native 1.3.9 released > > The Apache Tomcat team announces the immediate availability of Apache > Tomcat Native 1.3.8 stable. > > The key features of this release are: > > - Windows binaries built with OpenSSL 3.5.8. > > - Various robustness improvements, mostly around error handling. Note > that due to these additional checks, *Tomcat versions released before > this version of Tomcat Native will not be able to use OpenSSL based > JSSE TLS support with this release*. > > - Add support for the extended range of options available in OpenSSL > 3.0.x onwards. > > Please refer to the change log for the complete list of changes: > > https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftomcat.apache.org%2Fnative-1.3-doc%2Fmiscellaneous%2Fchangelog.html&data=05%7C02%7Cerempel%40uvic.ca%7C60c109cec0a545a1470208df0d22d5c1%7C9c61d3779894427cb13b1d6a51662b4e%7C0%7C0%7C639244115428142187%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0tBMaefSZmRDVHRjeDH2VeNwTleuOuOUIGmNxswl2IU%3D&reserved=0 > <http://tomcat.apache.org/native-1.3-doc/miscellaneous/changelog.html> > > Downloads: > > https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftomcat.apache.org%2Fdownload-native.cgi&data=05%7C02%7Cerempel%40uvic.ca%7C60c109cec0a545a1470208df0d22d5c1%7C9c61d3779894427cb13b1d6a51662b4e%7C0%7C0%7C639244115428163138%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7hEse%2F70iFtRrZ%2Fl75x%2BABbo5%2Bzb7GZgWch5yWP7a4s%3D&reserved=0 > <http://tomcat.apache.org/download-native.cgi> > > > The Apache Tomcat Native Library 1.3.x provides portable API for > features not found in contemporary JDK's. It uses Apache Portable > Runtime as operating system abstraction layer and OpenSSL for SSL > networking and allows optimal performance in production environments. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Noelette Stout Enterprise Access Manager Senior Application Administrator Idaho State University E-mail: stounoel "at" isu "dot" edu Desk: 208-282-2554 *I am sending this message now because it suits me, but I don’t expect that you will read, respond to, or act on it outside of comfortable hours for your time zone.*
