OpenSSL linking?

Considering the name of the directory, you will probably have to compile OpenSSL first. Considering you're using Windows, that's probably gone be a huge pain in your rectal area.

You should open the archive and there should be a file named INSTALL or INSTALL.txt or something the like, follow the instructions there. If it says anything like " run install.sh" you will probably need MSYS or Cygwin, and even then it's not a given that it will work.

Probably the best thing that could happen to you would be that it brings windows specific makefiles or uses cmake or something like that.

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May 19, 2012 at 10:49am

It says that my Windows is not compatible, is there an other way to make SSL-Connections without OpenSSL? I think that's kind of "impossible" on Windows.

May 19, 2012 at 10:51am

Who says your windows is not compatible? AFAIK OpenSSL should work on Windows 7.

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May 19, 2012 at 11:22am

If I click on insall.exe it appears...
I have 64 Bit, is that maybe the problem?

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May 19, 2012 at 11:40am

Install.exe? Where did you suddenly get that from? I thought you were building from source?

May 19, 2012 at 11:43am

I just downloaded the latest package from: http://www.openssl.org/source/
And there is "install.exe"

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May 19, 2012 at 12:11pm

is there an other way to make SSL-Connections without OpenSSL?

In windows, yes, you don't really need any SSL library as windows already has its own implementation. But you could use OpenSSL in windows if you really want (you must compile openssl first).

May 19, 2012 at 12:54pm

Oh, can you help me?
I really don't know much about SSL, I just bought a book which is about Linux and it's showing OpenSSL.

But if I can do it with Windows functions, it'd be much easier.

May 19, 2012 at 1:13pm

But if I can do it with Windows functions, it'd be much easier.

Don't count on it, unless if you're already familiar with the Windows API.

May 19, 2012 at 1:29pm

All you need to know is POP3 protocol and basic knowledge of windows sockets.
There are many libraries out there, one very simple to use (with full working gmail example) is Chilkat. Unfortunately, the component is NOT free (30 day trial):
http://www.chilkatsoft.com/

May 19, 2012 at 1:38pm

Well, I'm writing an own E-Mail Client and don't want to pay for anything.
I think I should install OpenSSL and work with it, so how to continue now?

May 19, 2012 at 1:49pm

If you don't know how to compile OpenSSl there are binaries already built by others for you. Choose the version that match your compiler.
http://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html

If you stillwant to compile OpenSSL yourself you need MSYS and ActivePerl installed first (I know, is a pain, but that is ...)
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9379363/how-to-build-openssl-with-mingw-in-windows

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May 19, 2012 at 2:32pm

I downloaded http://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html and it says I have to donate, weird...

And on this forum, I think he explains it for Perl, even there stands "MinGW", should I isntall perl and excute it?
(It doesn't work for me: "Can't open perl script")

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May 19, 2012 at 2:48pm

Install this:
http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/releases/5.14.2.1402/ActivePerl-5.14.2.1402-MSWin32-x86-295342.msi

Click next -> next, you know ... Very important, add Perl to PATH and associate .pl files with ActivePerl (check options in installer), then restart.

Download and install MSYS:
http://ignum.dl.sourceforge.net/project/mingw/MSYS/Base/msys-core/msys-1.0.10/MSYS-1.0.10.exe

I suppose you already have MinGW installed.

Please read INSTALL.w32 and install.,w64 from yout openssl root directory, it is explained there how to build.

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May 20, 2012 at 12:20pm