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Life & fun · September 23, 2015

Neverbleed – privilege separation engine for OpenSSL and LibreSSL

privilege separation engine for OpenSSL / LibreSSL - h2o/neverbleed

Neverbleed – privilege separation engine for OpenSSL and LibreSSL launched on September 23, 2015 with 47 votes, #1,371 of 3,463 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

In plain words

Neverbleed is a privilege separation engine designed for OpenSSL and LibreSSL. It isolates cryptographic operations in a separate process with reduced privileges, protecting private keys from compromise if the main application is exploited. The tool is intended for developers and system administrators running SSL/TLS servers who want to enhance security by compartmentalizing sensitive cryptographic functions away from the main application process.

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