The most recent release of MariaDB Connector/C is: 3.4.9
{% endhint %} [Download](https://downloads.mariadb.org/connector-c/3.0.0)[Release Notes](/docs/release-notes/connectors/c/3.0/3.0.0.md)[About MariaDB Connector/C](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/docs-release-notes/blob/test/kb/en/about-mariadb-connector-c/README.md) **Release date:** 20 Jan 2016 This is an [*Alpha*](/docs/release-notes/community-server/about/release-criteria.md) release of MariaDB Connector/C,\ formerly known as the MariaDB Client Library for C. As with any other\ pre-production release, cautions should be taken when installing on production\ systems or systems with critical data. Not all of the features, planned for the\ final MariaDB Connector/C 3.0 release are implemented yet. **For a description of this library see the**[**MariaDB Connector/C**](/docs/connectors/mariadb-connector-c.md) **page.** ## Download Binary packages for Windows (32 and 64-bit) and generic Linux packages as well\ as source code packages are available from the [MariaDB download page](https://downloads.mariadb.org/connector-c/3.0.0) ## New features ### SSL * In addition to OpenSSL the following SSL libraries are supported in Connector/C 3.0: * GnuTLS * Windows Schannel. SChannel requires no other external libraries besides the Windows system libraries, and is the default for SSL Support on Windows operating systems. * Support of the TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 protocols. * Support of passphrase protected private keys. ### Plugins All plugins can either be linked statically or built as shared objects (or\ dynamic link libraries on Windows) * pluggable Virtual IO (PVIO) for communication via socket, named pipe and shared memory * connection plugins, e.g for aurora failover or replication (master write, slave read) * remote IO plugin, which allows to access remote files (via http, https, ftp, ldap, ..) * Trace plugin (for analyzing and dumping network traffic) ### New API functions * mariadb\_get\_info and mariadb\_get\_infov (variable argument list) for obtaining general and connection specific values. * mariadb\_get\_charset\_by\_name and mariadb\_get\_charset\_by\_nr which return charset information for a given internal number or name of character set.\ These functions have been previously used internally by MariaDB Connector/ODBC and are now exported, so they can be used also within plugins. * mysql\_get\_option and mysql\_get\_optionv (variable argument list) for obtaining option values for a given connection. * mysql\_reconnect which was used internally before (if the option MYSQL\_OPT\_RECONNECT was set) is now part of the API and can be used by applications and plugins to reestablish a failing connection We will cover new functionality in detail with a couple of blog entries during\ the next days. The first one "What's new in Connector/C 3.0: Part I SSL" can be\ found [here](https://mariadb.org/whats-new-in-mariadb-connectorc-3-0-part-i-ssl/) {% hint style="info" %} Be notified of new MariaDB Server releases automatically by [subscribing](https://lists.mariadb.org/postorius/lists/announce.lists.mariadb.org/) to the MariaDB Foundation community announce 'at' lists.mariadb.org announcement list (this is a low traffic, announce-only list). MariaDB plc customers will be notified for all new releases, security issues and critical bug fixes for all MariaDB plc products thanks to the Notification Services. MariaDB may already be included in your favorite OS distribution. More information can be found on the [Distributions which Include MariaDB](/docs/general-resources/distributions-including-mariadb.md) page. {% endhint %} *This page is licensed: CC BY-SA / Gnu FDL* {% @marketo/form formid="4316" formId="4316" %}