kumaresh> I have a question on Net-SNMP compatibility with openssl
kumaresh> version. Can i build Net-SNMP snmp daemon with openssl
kumaresh> version say 0.9.7 and run in a different enviroment with
kumaresh> openssl 0.9.6? Since openssl ver
kumaresh> 0.9.7 and 0.9.6 are backward compatible, theoritically it should work
kumaresh> fine. It would be nice to get feedback from experts.
Wes> Do you mean build the binaries against 0.9.7 and then move them to a
Wes> different machine with 0.9.6 and have the binaries work? If so, then
Wes> um "maybe". Unfortunately there are nasty API differences between
Wes> 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 (bad bad openssl, don't do that again please).


If the agent is built with dynamic linking (which is the default),
then the answer is "no" rather than "maybe". The agent will depend upon
libcrypto.so.0.9.7 which a machine with OpenSSL 0.9.6 (only) is unlikely
to provide.


+Thomas

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