I'd like to report a problem I had when using OpenSSL 0.9.5a
 
I compiled this on a windows NT 4.0 SP5 system with MicroSoft Visual C++ v6.0
exactly following the instructions. I have no Studio service packs applied.
I used ml.exe in the 2000ddk to do the assembly compilation.
 
The result were successful builds of the dll's and libs, without any error. The size
of the dll's were 608 kB and 448 kB.
 
Trying to use these in the client / server test application resulted in an error. The sockets
performed read/writes, but the buffer was not filled with the data. Consequently uninitialized
data the size of the buffer filled the screen. I did not use any client certificate at that time.
 
I resolved the problem by looking for already compiled versions of two DLL's and
found these in another OpenSSL project on the Internet.
After simply copying those DLL's which were smaller in size the project behaved
correctly without making any modification.
 
I think the problem is a mistake of me, but you can include it in a file somewhere
if people experience the same problem. I am quite happy using the current solution,
so no need to look into this report.
 
Kind regards,
 
Chiraz
 
P.S: I'll start looking into a way to create .dsw and .dsp files for this project. It will
ease the lives of other MS developers. Furthermore, congratulations on creating a product
like OpenSSL, trying to use MS CryptoAPI makes developers quite hopeless because
often the standards are not followed and we have a lot of difficulties doing batch builds
of certificates. OpenSSL is much better thought out in that regard, is better documented
and just works better!
 
 

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