# One Decade of Rustls: Evolution, Benchmarks, and Future Roadmap

DevFeed: [One Decade of Rustls: Evolution, Benchmarks, and Future Roadmap](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/one-decade-of-rustls-evolution-benchmarks-and-future-roadmap-8458.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/09/rustls-one-decade/>)

Author: Olimpiu Pop

Published: 2026-09-12T07:07:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [InfoQ](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/infoq.md>)

Topics: [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>), [Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy-and-abuse-prevention.md>), [interoperability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/interoperability.md>), [Refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/refactoring.md>)

Tags: [benchmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarks.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [memory-leaks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory-leaks.md>), [memory-safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory-safety.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [post-quantum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post-quantum.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [retrospective](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retrospective.md>), [rust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rust.md>), [rustls-one-decade](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rustls-one-decade.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>)

## AI overview

Rustls marks its tenth anniversary with a retrospective on its growth, funding, security work, and performance. The article compares Rustls 0.23.37 with OpenSSL and BoringSSL and notes architectural changes planned for version 0.24.

## Source excerpt

Rustls, a Rust TLS library, marks its decade-long progression from a grassroots project to a funded open-source initiative. Key contributions from organisations boosted development, resulting in features like post-quantum cryptography and robust performance. The upcoming 0.24 release aims to enhance architecture and flexibility, including new input buffering and improved session handling By Olimpiu Pop