RECENT BLOG NEWS

We want to announce that the wolfSSL embedded SSL library has been ported to the popular KLone Web Application Framework and is now available as a build option in KLone 2.4.0! KLone is a multi-platform web application development framework which is targeted specifically for embedded systems and appliances.  It not only includes a full-featured web […]

Here`s the second part in a four part series giving a more detailed report of some of the new features present in the recent wolfSSL release. • UID parsing for x509.  Certificates that contain UIDs now have the UID saved for retrieval by wolfSSL.  No additional function calls are needed as the UID is contained […]

Hi!  In the last 9 months, we’ve made great strides in improving our documentation.  However, we recognize that more work needs to be done.  We primarily want to make it easy for someone who is new to SSL to get started and be productive and comfortable with the technology. One of the documents that we […]

Here`s a more detailed report on some of the new features that are in the recent wolfSSL 2.0 release. wolfSSL 2.0 RC1 is available for download from our Downloads page. * SHA-256 cipher suites are now supported. The new suites include: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 No action is needed to include these suites, they`re in by default. * […]

wolfSSL 2.0.0 Release Candidate 1 is now available for download on our website.  The release is chunk full of new features including: – SHA-256 cipher suites– Root Certificate Verification (instead of needing all certs in the chain)– PKCS #8 private key encryption (supports PKCS #5 v1-v2 and PKCS #12)– Serial number retrieval for x509– PBKDF2 […]

Have you ever been curious about what performance impact SSL has when used with MySQL? We recently benchmarked SSL vs non-SSL performance in MySQL using yaSSL. yaSSL is bundled with source distributions of MySQL by default. We compared both the footprint size as well as average query times for SELECT queries (measured with the sysbench […]

As you may know, we recently gave a presentation titled “Securing MySQL with a Focus on SSL” at the 2011 O`Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo. We had a great time, met a bunch of awesome people, and learned a lot. Now that the conference is over, we`ve posted our slides to our Media page as […]

yaSSL has made substantial progress in Q1 of 2011, including improvements and expansions in the areas of standards support, new ciphers, code repositories, and new community activity. We like to keep our users up to date about our progress. An overview of yaSSL accomplishments and activities for Q1 can be seen below: wolfSSL– SHA-256 Cipher […]

The yaSSL crew believes that keeping our users up to date on company and product news is very important. With this in mind, we have tried to offer many forms and outlets for you to follow our news. Currently, you can read our news and keep up to date in any of the following ways: […]

A post that recently caught our eye, titled “Dozens of exploits released for popular SCADA programs” by Dan Goodin at theregister.co.uk, reveals that SCADA systems may not be as secure as some people think.  In the article, Luigi Auriemma, one of the researchers who released the vulnerabilities, stated that “SCADA is a critical field but […]