----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodney Thayer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <openssl-dev@openssl.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:13 PM Subject: Re: problem with cli.ccp - serv.cpp
> Kyle Hamilton wrote: > > First: This is something to go to openssl-users, not openssl-dev. > > (You are attempting to use the library, not develop inside the > > library.) > > > > Next: Why on earth are you using such an outdated version? The > > supported versions are 0.9.7m and 0.9.8g. 0.9.2b is from 1999, and > > there have been 8 years of continued development on them. > > There are products in production networks now that have old > version of OpenSSL. Vendors typically react poorly, in my experience, > to suggestions they should update to, oh, say, the most recent > version as recommended by the OpenSSL team ;-) > That was not the advice given. openssl-0.9.7 release date is Dec 31 01:06:14 2002 And 0.9.7 branch is still maintained. > So, yeah, this was off-topic, but unfortunately you should not > assume this person is running an old system - they could have > received 0.9.2b from some vendor just recently. > Unlikely unless it is a couple of braindead vendor/buyer so nobody has to care that they are more than 5 years late. Who is still installing an rh7.2 system today except for archeological purpose? Nobody could blame the openssl team for the long term support for free. Unfortunately still supporting a version 5 years after the release is not so frequent (for good or bad reasons). Gilles ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List openssl-dev@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
