At 04:57 PM 3/19/01 -0800, Bill Campbell wrote:
>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
Okay, I understand what you are saying....
Do you know how I statically link it?
If it's a bad idea (and I think it is too) why does this appear to be the
way OpenSSH prefers?
Thanks,
Jerry
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