I also followed Bill's solution by downloading the Open ssl files and
installing them as suggested and the problem is solved here. I run W10
pro 64 bit.
Al AF4FA
On 10/17/2018 3:58 PM, Al wrote:
Bill,
That seems to work AFTER I reboot the PC..
AL, K0VM
On 10/17/2018 2:25 PM, Bill Somerville wrote:
On 17/10/2018 18:23, Bill Somerville wrote:
Open a Command prompt window (*not* Administrator mode),
type the following command at the prompt:
where libeay32.dll
and report back the results printed.
Thanks all for the reports. As expected the problem is that some
users have no OpenSSL libraries installed and others have a variety
of versions supplied with various other packages.
There is no perfect solution to this, for example:
1) It would be great to package the right OpenSSL libraries with
WSJT-X but US state and local legislation about strong cryptography
software prevents us from doing that easily.
2) We could recommend that users install the OpenSSL libraries
separately and copy them into the WSJT-X bin directory but this will
cause problems for the WSJT-X uninstaller when later upgrading.
3) We could recommend that users install the OpenSSL libraries
separately and add their location to the PATH environment variable
but other applications are likely to undo that by doing the same with
the version of OpenSSL they need.
4) We could recommend that users install the OpenSSL libraries
separately and let the installer copy them to the system directory,
this is not usually recommended as it may break other applications.
So I am going to go with the least bad of the above options which I
think is (4). Instructions below.
By the way, the reason OpenSSL is required is that the ARRL web
server will not respond to insecure requests (http) and only serves
secure URLs (https). If an http request is made then it redirects to
an https equivalent.
Those experiencing LotW download errors can try the following:
Download the OpenSSL installer for Windows from here:
https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html , specifically the
"Win32 OpenSSL v1.0.2p Light" version. Note that this is the right
version even if you are running 64-bit Windows. Download link is
https://slproweb.com/download/Win32OpenSSL_Light-1_0_2p.exe .
Run the downloaded installer taking default options and accept the
option to install the libraries into the Windows system directory.
Please report back on if this solves the issues? You will probably
need to restart WSJT-X.
For those that have tried copying random OpenSSL DLLs into their
WSJT-X bin directory, you will need to remove them as well.
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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