LibreSSL
E265446
LibreSSL is an open-source cryptographic library and SSL/TLS toolkit, forked from OpenSSL by the OpenBSD project to improve code quality and security.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LibreSSL canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2417437 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: LibreSSL Context triple: [Theo de Raadt, notableWork, LibreSSL]
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A.
OpenSSL
OpenSSL is a widely used open-source cryptographic library and toolkit that provides SSL/TLS protocols and various encryption, hashing, and security functions for secure communication over computer networks.
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B.
BoringSSL
BoringSSL is a Google-maintained fork of OpenSSL focused on security, simplicity, and suitability for large-scale, internal use in projects like Chrome and Android.
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C.
Let’s Encrypt
Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority that provides TLS/SSL certificates to enable secure HTTPS connections for websites worldwide.
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D.
libsodium
libsodium is a modern, easy-to-use, cross-platform cryptographic library that provides high-level APIs for encryption, authentication, and related security operations.
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E.
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a free, security-focused, Unix-like operating system known for its code correctness, proactive security features, and integrated cryptographic tools.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: LibreSSL Target entity description: LibreSSL is an open-source cryptographic library and SSL/TLS toolkit, forked from OpenSSL by the OpenBSD project to improve code quality and security.
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A.
OpenSSL
OpenSSL is a widely used open-source cryptographic library and toolkit that provides SSL/TLS protocols and various encryption, hashing, and security functions for secure communication over computer networks.
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B.
BoringSSL
BoringSSL is a Google-maintained fork of OpenSSL focused on security, simplicity, and suitability for large-scale, internal use in projects like Chrome and Android.
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C.
Let’s Encrypt
Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority that provides TLS/SSL certificates to enable secure HTTPS connections for websites worldwide.
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D.
libsodium
libsodium is a modern, easy-to-use, cross-platform cryptographic library that provides high-level APIs for encryption, authentication, and related security operations.
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E.
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a free, security-focused, Unix-like operating system known for its code correctness, proactive security features, and integrated cryptographic tools.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SSL/TLS toolkit
ⓘ
cryptographic library ⓘ free and open-source software ⓘ |
| basedOnVersionOfOpenSSL |
OpenSSL 1.0.1g
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenSSL
|
| designGoal |
improve code quality
ⓘ
improve security ⓘ remove obsolete code ⓘ simplify API ⓘ |
| developer |
OpenBSD Foundation
ⓘ
OpenBSD project ⓘ
linked to:
OpenBSD
|
| forkedFrom | OpenSSL ⓘ |
| hasComponent | command-line utilities for TLS/crypto ⓘ |
| implements |
ASN.1
ⓘ
HMAC ⓘ PKCS #12 ⓘ X.509 ⓘ
linked to:
X.509 certificates
certificate verification ⓘ cryptographic random number generation ⓘ message digests ⓘ public-key cryptography ⓘ symmetric cryptography ⓘ |
| implementsLibrary |
libcrypto
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenSSL
libssl ⓘ
linked to:
OpenSSL
libtls ⓘ |
| inception | 2014 ⓘ |
| license |
ISC license
ⓘ
OpenSSL license (parts) ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Secure Sockets Layer
ⓘ
linked to:
SSL
Transport Layer Security ⓘ
linked to:
TLS
cryptography ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aggressive code cleanup compared to OpenSSL
ⓘ
security-focused fork after Heartbleed bug in OpenSSL ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
FreeBSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ NetBSD ⓘ OpenBSD ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| removedFeature |
SSLv2 support
ⓘ
SSLv3 support (by default) ⓘ heartbeats extension code from OpenSSL ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/libressl/portable ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
TLS 1.0
ⓘ
TLS 1.1 ⓘ TLS 1.2 ⓘ TLS 1.3 ⓘ |
| usedIn |
OpenBSD base system
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenBSD
various Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| website | https://www.libressl.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: LibreSSL Description of subject: LibreSSL is an open-source cryptographic library and SSL/TLS toolkit, forked from OpenSSL by the OpenBSD project to improve code quality and security.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.