Open-source SSL receives NIST certification

Government Computer News is reporting that the National Institute of Science and Technology has approved an open-source version of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), as a national standard for transport-level communications encryption.

"This validation will save us hundreds of thousands of dollars," said Debora Bonner, operations director for the Defense Department’s Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support program, in a statement. "Multiple commercial and government entities, including [the Defense Department’s] Medical Health System, have been counting on this validation to avoid massive software licensing expenditures."

(Government Computer News)