> [[email protected] - Tue Apr 06 10:16:48 2010]: > > I've recently received a report that my application, fetchmail, should > call OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms(), see http://bugs.debian.org/576430 > Apparently OpenSSL 0.9.8 does not load SHA256. > > If this is needed, please document this requirement on the manpages > crypto(3), ssl(3), and SSL_library_init(3). Fetchmail isn't using any EVP > stuff besides EVP_md5, so the requirement to call _add_all_algorithms() > was unknown to the authors. >
I'll add a note to that. It is only needed if certificates use algorithms other than the mandatory ones for general SSL/TLS use. This hasn't been an issue in the past but more and more certificates are starting to appear using the SHA2 algorithms. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer. Commercial tech support now available see: http://www.openssl.org ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [email protected]
