> It will take years, maybe a decade before a new ssl library becomes the "default". OpenSSL has a lot of ground covered and a lot of history. Why? The LibreSS

> It will take years, maybe a decade before a new ssl library becomes the "default". OpenSSL has a lot of ground covered and a lot of history. Why? The LibreSSL team are keeping the API backwards compatible, so it will literally be a drop-in replacement (once there are ports to other platforms). It should just require a recompile. Since the barrier to entry will be fairly low, it is foreseeable that it could become popular quite quickly.