Spend a weekend with the people behind curl! Join us for curl up 2026, a highly interactive meetup for developers, users, and contributors of curl. Meet in Prague with the engineers behind curl to discuss real-world use, current challenges, and what’s coming next. May 23-24 | Prague, Czechia What is curl up? curl up is […]
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PQC in cURL
When curl is built with wolfSSL as the TLS backend, you can get ML-KEM and ML-DSA post-quantum algorithm support in TLS 1.3, provided wolfSSL was configured with –enable-curl, –enable-mlkem and –enable-mldsa. Getting started with wolfSSL? Download the latest libraries here and start exploring. The following ML-KEM groups are available: Pure ML-KEM (post-quantum only) ML_KEM_512 ML_KEM_768 […]
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2025 marked a year of extraordinary recognition for Daniel Stenberg and curl, celebrating both technical excellence and societal impact. Daniel was honored with the European Open Source Achievement Award, highlighting his enduring contributions to open-source software and acknowledging the global influence of curl in enabling reliable and secure data transfers. Later that year, he was […]
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By 2020, curl’s reach extended far beyond the developer community, with its reliability and security earning international recognition. That year, Daniel Stenberg received a Google Patch Grant to further improve libcurl’s security, highlighting the importance of his work in safeguarding one of the most widely used software components in the world. In 2021, curl’s contributions […]
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By 2016, curl had firmly established itself as an indispensable tool for developers worldwide. Its impact was no longer just technical; it was being recognized nationally for its significance and influence. In 2016, Daniel Stenberg was named Second Best Developer in Sweden, an award that highlighted not only his coding expertise but also his commitment […]
Read MoreMore Tagcurl Award Month: Early Recognition for a Rising Open Source Star
In the world of open source, few tools have had as lasting an impact as curl. By 2009, curl was already powering countless applications, devices, and services around the globe. Around this time, curl began receiving recognition for its innovation, reliability, and impact on the open-source community. In 2009, Daniel Stenberg received the Nordic Free […]
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As the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is getting closer and companies wanting to sell digital services in goods within the EU need to step up, tighten their procedures, improve their documentation and get control over their dependencies I feel it could be timely to remind everyone: We of course offer full support and fully CRA […]
Read MoreMore TagSecure Data Transfers on BSD Systems
Many developers working on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD may not realize that cURL can be integrated with wolfSSL for secure communications. This combination allows applications to use modern TLS protocols and FIPS 140-3 validated cryptography on BSD platforms. Secure communication is critical in servers and embedded devices. Using wolfSSL with cURL ensures standards-compliant TLS connections […]
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The Server Name Indication (SNI) extension to TLS allows the client to specify the name of the server it is trying to connect to, which allows the server to select between multiple virtual servers and present the appropriate certificate for the connection. The client sends the server name as a part of a Client Hello […]
Read MoreMore TagComing Soon: tiny-curl for Zephyr RTOS
At wolfSSL, we’re excited to announce plans for a tiny-curl port tailored for Zephyr RTOS. This will bring lightweight HTTPS client capabilities to one of the most widely used real-time operating systems for embedded devices. Stay tuned for updates as we work to integrate tiny-curl’s proven functionality into the Zephyr ecosystem. If you have questions […]
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