 it implements support for the SSL/TLS, DTLS and QUIC standards.</p>

<p>The <code>libssl</code> library depends on and uses many of the capabilities supplied by <code>libcrypto</code>. Any application linked against <code>libssl</code> will also link against <code>libcrypto</code>, and most applications that do this will directly use API functions supplied by both libraries.</p>

<p>Applications may be written that only use <code>libcrypto</code> capabilities and do not link against <code>libssl</code> at 