From 6b20e866bab480a8dd23b869ff07d7aed631f1d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ingela Anderton Andin
> info_lib(). -[{<<"OpenSSL">>,9469983,<<"OpenSSL 0.9.8a 11 Oct 2005">>}] +[{<<"OpenSSL">>,269484095,<<"OpenSSL 1.1.0c 10 Nov 2016"">>}]
From OTP R16 the numeric version represents the version of the OpenSSL diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml index a958bdfcb7..6950dfeec3 100644 --- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml +++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml @@ -42,9 +42,12 @@
The current crypto implementation uses nifs to interface - OpenSSLs crypto library and requires OpenSSL package - version 0.9.8 or higher. FIPS mode support requires at least - version 1.0.1 and a FIPS capable OpenSSL installation.
+ OpenSSLs crypto library and may work with limited functionality + with as old versions as OpenSSL 0.9.8c. + FIPS mode support requires at least + version 1.0.1 and a FIPS capable OpenSSL installation. We recommend using a + version that is officially supported by the OpenSSL project. API compatible backends like + LibreSSL should also work.Source releases of OpenSSL can be downloaded from the