Re: [git-for-windows] [ANNOUNCE] Git for Windows 2.14.0

On 06 Aug 2017, at 01:00, Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] wrote:

Dear Git users,

It is my pleasure to announce that Git for Windows 2.14.0 is available from:

Thank you :-)

 * It is now possible to switch between Secure Channel and OpenSSL for
   Git's HTTPS transport by setting the http.sslBackend config
   variable to "openssl" or "schannel"; This is now also the method
   used by the installer (rather than copying libcurl-4.dll files
   around).

Does anyone have a pros/cons list for this option? AFAIK OpenSSL is still
the default in the GfW installer and I wonder why. My gut feeling would be to 
go with the SSL implementation shipped with the OS. However, I don't have enough 
knowledge of either implementation to make an assessment.

On macOS Git uses the Apple Security Framework instead of OpenSSL by default.

- Lars