A tutorial for installing the most recent version of OpenSSL from source on servers running CentOS 7.6 and Ubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS was published by Howtoforge.

How to Install the latest OpenSSL version from Source on Linux

OpenSSL is a widely used crypto library that implements SSL and TLS protocols for secure communication over computer networks. Many programs like Apache Web server, PHP, Postfix, and many others use OpenSSL. OpenSSL provides support for various cryptographic algorithms such as ciphers (AES, Blowfish, DES, IDEA etc.), cryptographic hash functions (MD5, MD4, SHA-1, SHA-2, etc.), and public key cryptography (RSA, DSA, Diffie-Hellman key exchange).

In this tutorial, I will show you step by step how to install the latest stable OpenSSL version from source on Ubuntu 22.04 and CentOS 7.6 servers.

How to Install the latest OpenSSL version from Source on Linux