In March 2026, we drop support for all c-ares versions before 1.16.0.
-## OpenSSL 1.0.2
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-OpenSSL and others only ship fixes for this version to paying customers,
-meaning users of the free version risk being vulnerable.
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-We remove support for this OpenSSL version from curl in December 2025.
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-## OpenSSL 1.1.1
OpenSSL and others only ship fixes to paying customers, meaning users of the
free version risk being vulnerable.
- winbuild build system (removed in 8.17.0)
- Windows CE (removed in 8.18.0)
- Support for Visual Studio 2008 (removed in 8.18.0)
+ - OpenSSL 1.1.1 and older (removed in 8.18.0)