# ossl
A crate providing low-level Rust bindings to the OpenSSL library.
`ossl` was spun off from the `kryoptic` project to provide a focused,
standalone set of bindings for interacting with OpenSSL's C API.
This crate is intentionally focused on the modern OpenSSL 3+ APIs, primarily
the high-level EVP interface and the `OSSL_PARAM` mechanism for parameter
handling. It avoids legacy APIs to promote a more consistent and
forward-looking approach to using OpenSSL from Rust.
This crate provides some thin, safe wrappers around common OpenSSL objects
and patterns. It is intended as a foundational building block for higher-level
cryptographic libraries rather than for direct application use.