There are alternatives to OpenSSL written in Rust but, like it or not, OpenSSL already set the defacto standard API used by portable applications. Even altern

There are alternatives to OpenSSL written in Rust but, like it or not, OpenSSL already set the defacto standard API used by portable applications. Even alternatives in C or C++ don't get a look in. GnuTLS? Mozilla NSS? Libtls out of openbsd? Libretls port? Nobody cares. Even though the OpenSSL API is terrible, nobody wants to support multiple TLS backends in their application. Particularly if they cross platforms. This is one reason I personally believe standardizing good APIs is more important than implementation.