A Rust-based TLS library outperformed OpenSSL in almost every category

guest · Jul 19, 2019

A Rust-based TLS library outperformed OpenSSL in almost every category
Benchmarks reveal better connection speeds and smaller memory footprint for Rustls library, compared to OpenSSL
July 19, 2019
https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-rus...utperformed-openssl-in-almost-every-category/

A tiny and relatively unknown TLS library written in Rust, an up-and-coming programming language, outperformed the industry-standard OpenSSL in almost every major category.
The findings are the result of a recent four-part series of benchmarks [1, 2, 3, 4] carried out by Joseph Birr-Pixton, the developer behind the Rustls library.
BENCHMARK RESULTS
The findings showed that Rustls was 10% faster when setting up and negotiating a new server connection, and between 20 and 40% faster when setting up a client connection.
Based on the results of these benchmarks, Rustls appears to have also addressed the issue of performance, making it an ideal replacement for web services that still rely on the old OpenSSL.

The fact that a Rust-based library beat the C and C++-based OpenSSL is not a surprise anymore. After years under development, Rust is now a very mature programming language.
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reasonablePrivacy · Jul 20, 2019

It is not surprise since it is new and small library. Wait 10+ years and see if it still exists and is so fast.

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