Hi,

We are upgrading to OpenSSL 0.9.8zc on FreeBSD based OS to mitigate POODLE risk.

Could you please answer our following queries,

1. Will 0.9.8zc allow following methods to fallback to SSLv3 ?
     SSLv23_method(void),
     SSLv23_server_method(void),
     SSLv23_client_method(void)

2. Definition of a function ssl23_get_client_method() in C file 
'openssl-0.9.8zc/ssl/s23_clnt.c' shows,
     #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
      if (ver == SSL3_VERSION)
           return(SSLv3_client_method());
     #endif

Does this mean, 0.9.8zc needs to be built with -DOPENSSL_NO_SSL3 to block 
downgrading to SSLv3 in SSLv23_* functions ?




Regards,
Nimesh

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