What for? Apple discourages the use of OpenSSL[1] and instead use their own open source library[2] which also has an API present inside of Cocoa and iOS. 1: ht

What for? Apple discourages the use of OpenSSL[1] and instead use their own open source library[2] which also has an API present inside of Cocoa and iOS. 1: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/security/conceptual/cryptoservices/SecureNetworkCommunicationAPIs/SecureNetworkCommunicationAPIs.html https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/securi... 2: http://opensource.apple.com/source/Security/Security-55471/ http://opensource.apple.com/source/Security/Security-55471/