On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 03:47:10PM -0800, Jerry Asher wrote:
>Phil,
>
>>I'm wanting to compile SSH, preferrably with shared libraries linked in,
>>as well as code and compile some programs of my own using either libssl
>>or libcrypto, and I definitely want the dynamic shared linkage for this.
>
>Me too! I just went through the same exercise and wouldn't have had a clue
>had you not asked yesterday on the OpenSSL user list. Thanks!
As a general rule, it's a Bad Idea(tm) to compile security-related programs
like this using shared libraries because there's always the possibility
that somebody's going to switch libraries on you.
Bill
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