System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl
NuGetv5.0.0Provides cryptographic algorithm implementations and key management for non-Windows systems with OpenSSL. Commonly Used Types: System.Security.Cryptography.RSAOpenSsl When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Not recommended for new projects
No — System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl should not be adopted for new projects. Last published 2130 days ago. Pulls in 47 transitive packages (at least — some of the tree is still being crawled).
- ?Adoption: grade ?, Not reported by this registry.
No download data reported for this package yet.
- FMaintenance: grade F, Failing.
Last published 2130 days ago.
- CWeight: grade C, Fair — worth a look.
Pulls in 47 transitive packages (at least — some of the tree is still being crawled).
- BSupply chain: grade B, Good.
This package has a single maintainer (bus factor of 1).
- ALicense: grade A, Excellent.
MIT — permissive, with no copyleft found in the dependency tree.
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Install cost
What you actually take on by adding System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl to a project.
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Licenses in the dependency tree
Every license you inherit by installing System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl, not just its own. Check this before a legal review, not after.
Compatibility
- .NET
- No constraint declared
Dependencies
Declared by System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl v5.0.0. Runtime dependencies are installed with the package; dev dependencies are not.
Runtime (14)
Used by
Popular packages that depend on System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.
Provides a programming interface for modern HTTP applications, including HTTP client components that allow applications to consume web services over HTTP and HTTP components that can be used by both clients and servers for parsing HTTP headers. Commonly Used Types: System.Net.Http.HttpResponseMessage System.Net.Http.DelegatingHandler System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException System.Net.Http.HttpClient System.Net.Http.MultipartContent System.Net.Http.Headers.HttpContentHeaders System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler System.Net.Http.StreamContent System.Net.Http.FormUrlEncodedContent System.Net.Http.HttpMessageHandler When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Provides types for reading, exporting and verifying Authenticode X.509 v3 certificates. These certificates are signed with a private key that uniquely and positively identifies the holder of the certificate. Commonly Used Types: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2 System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509ContentType System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.StoreLocation System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.StoreName System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509FindType System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509ChainStatus System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2Collection System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509EnhancedKeyUsageExtension System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Chain When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
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Dependencies (left) and dependents (right) of System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.
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Provides the fundamental primitives, classes and base classes that define commonly-used value and reference data types, events and event handlers, interfaces, attributes, and exceptions. This packages represents the core package, and provides the minimal set of types required to build a managed application. Commonly Used Types: System.Object System.Exception System.Int16 System.Int32 System.Int64 System.Enum System.String System.Char System.Boolean System.SByte System.Byte System.DateTime System.DateTimeOffset System.Single System.Double System.UInt16 System.UInt32 System.UInt64 System.IDisposable System.Uri When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Provides commonly-used classes for performing mathematical functions, conversions, string comparisons and querying environment information. Commonly Used Types: System.Math System.Environment System.Random System.Progress<T> System.Convert System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch System.Runtime.Versioning.FrameworkName System.StringComparer System.IO.Path When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Provides base input and output (I/O) types, including System.IO.Stream, System.IO.StreamReader and System.IO.StreamWriter, that allow reading and writing to data streams Commonly Used Types: System.IO.Stream System.IO.EndOfStreamException System.IO.MemoryStream System.IO.StreamReader System.IO.StreamWriter System.IO.StringWriter System.IO.TextWriter System.IO.TextReader When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Provides classes and attributes that allow developers to create, store, and manage various culture-specific resources used in an application. Commonly Used Types: System.Resources.ResourceManager System.Resources.NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute System.Resources.SatelliteContractVersionAttribute System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Provides base types for cryptographic algorithms, including hashing, encryption, and signing operations. Commonly Used Types: System.Security.Cryptography.Aes System.Security.Cryptography.RSA System.Security.Cryptography.RSAParameters System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1 System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256 System.Security.Cryptography.SHA1 System.Security.Cryptography.SHA512 System.Security.Cryptography.SHA384 System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA256 System.Security.Cryptography.MD5 System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA384 System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA512 When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Provides types for representing Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)-encoded data. Commonly Used Types: System.Security.Cryptography.AsnEncodedData System.Security.Cryptography.Oid System.Security.Cryptography.OidCollection When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Provides common types for the cryptographic libraries. Commonly Used Types: System.Security.Cryptography.ICryptoTransform System.Security.Cryptography.AsymmetricAlgorithm System.Security.Cryptography.SymmetricAlgorithm System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm System.Security.Cryptography.KeyedHashAlgorithm System.Security.Cryptography.HMAC System.Security.Cryptography.KeySizes System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException System.Security.Cryptography.CipherMode System.Security.Cryptography.PaddingMode System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoStream System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoStreamMode When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Provides types that allow reading and writing to files and types that provide basic file and directory support. Commonly Used Types: System.IO.FileStream System.IO.FileInfo System.IO.DirectoryInfo System.IO.FileSystemInfo System.IO.File System.IO.Directory System.IO.SearchOption System.IO.FileOptions When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Provides classes that define generic collections, which allow developers to create strongly typed collections that provide better type safety and performance than non-generic strongly typed collections. Commonly Used Types: System.Collections.Generic.List<T> System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<TKey, TValue> System.Collections.Generic.Queue<T> System.Collections.Generic.Stack<T> System.Collections.Generic.HashSet<T> System.Collections.Generic.LinkedList<T> System.Collections.Generic.EqualityComparer<T> System.Collections.Generic.Comparer<T> System.Collections.Generic.SortedDictionary<TKey, TValue> When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Provides classes and attributes that allows basic interaction with a debugger. Commonly Used Types: System.Diagnostics.Debug System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute System.Diagnostics.Debugger System.Diagnostics.DebuggerDisplayAttribute System.Diagnostics.DebuggerBrowsableAttribute System.Diagnostics.DebuggerBrowsableState System.Diagnostics.DebuggerHiddenAttribute System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute System.Diagnostics.DebuggerTypeProxyAttribute When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Provides classes that define culture-related information, including language, country/region, calendars in use, format patterns for dates, currency, and numbers, and sort order for strings. Commonly Used Types: System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo System.Globalization.CultureInfo System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo System.Globalization.CalendarWeekRule System.Globalization.TextInfo System.Globalization.Calendar System.Globalization.CompareInfo System.Globalization.CompareOptions System.Globalization.UnicodeCategory When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Provides base abstract encoding classes for converting blocks of characters to and from blocks of bytes. Commonly Used Types: System.Text.Encoding System.Text.DecoderFallbackException System.Text.Decoder System.Text.EncoderFallbackException System.Text.Encoder System.Text.EncoderFallback System.Text.EncoderFallbackBuffer System.Text.DecoderFallback System.Text.DecoderFallbackBuffer System.Text.DecoderExceptionFallback When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
Release history
No releases in the last two years, typically about 20 days apart.
| Version | Published | License |
|---|---|---|
| 5.0.0latest | 5 years ago | MIT |
| 5.0.0-rc.2.20475.5 | 5 years ago | MIT |
| 5.0.0-rc.1.20451.14 | 6 years ago | MIT |
| 5.0.0-preview.8.20407.11 | 6 years ago | MIT |
| 5.0.0-preview.7.20364.11 | 6 years ago | MIT |
| 5.0.0-preview.6.20305.6 | 6 years ago | MIT |
| 5.0.0-preview.5.20278.1 | 6 years ago | MIT |
| 5.0.0-preview.4.20251.6 | 6 years ago | MIT |
| 5.0.0-preview.3.20214.6 | 6 years ago | MIT |
| 5.0.0-preview.2.20160.6 | 6 years ago | MIT |
| 5.0.0-preview.1.20120.5 | 6 years ago | MIT |
| 4.7.0 | 6 years ago | MIT |
| 4.7.0-preview3.19551.4 | 6 years ago | MIT |
| 4.7.0-preview2.19523.17 | 6 years ago | MIT |
| 4.7.0-preview1.19504.10 | 7 years ago | MIT |
Overview
System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl is an NuGet package that provides cryptographic algorithm implementations and key management for non-Windows systems with OpenSSL. Commonly Used Types: System.Security.Cryptography.RSAOpenSsl When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4. It has 2 known dependents in the graph. The latest version is 5.0.0, released under the MIT license.
Who should use it
Teams working in the NuGet ecosystem who need provides cryptographic algorithm implementations and key management for non-Windows systems with OpenSSL. Commonly Used Types: System.Security.Cryptography.RSAOpenSsl When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4 and value a focused solution.
When not to use it
Consider an alternative if you need to or if a more actively-maintained option better fits your NuGet stack.
Pros
- Clear open-source license (MIT).
Cons
- No significant drawbacks detected from available metadata.
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Maintainers
Frequently asked questions
Should I use System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl?
No — System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl should not be adopted for new projects. Last published 2130 days ago. Pulls in 47 transitive packages (at least — some of the tree is still being crawled).
How do I install System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl?
Run `dotnet add package System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl` to add System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl to your NuGet project.
How many dependencies does System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl have?
System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl declares 14 direct dependencies and pulls in 47 packages in total once its runtime tree is resolved.
What license is System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl released under?
System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl is distributed under the MIT license.
How popular is System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl?
NuGet does not publish download counts. Within PackageGraph's crawl, 2 known packages depend on System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.
Is System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl still maintained?
The most recent release of System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl (v5.0.0) was published 5 years ago.