Just to show how widely used Win32 OpenSSL is, PayPal is recommending using it in several bits of example source code. Particularly of note is their "Encrypted Button" feature on their website in which the readme.txt document from the zipfile states, and I quote:
"1) The ButtonEncryptionLib project. This project will generate a DLL that encapsulates the encrypted code creation. Building this requires the "OpenSSL for Windows" package, which is available from http://www.openssl.org/related/binaries.html"; Given that there is only one link on that page, there is no doubt that PayPal (a subsidiary of eBay, Inc.) with at least 40 million users (and growing), is recommending Win32 OpenSSL. (Technically, the '"OpenSSL for Windows" package' is called the "Win32 OpenSSL Installation Project" and is by no means "required" as the Encrypted Button documentation states - the same thing can be built byte-for-byte identical from source. I'll try working with PayPal to correct the minor inconsistencies in the readme.txt file, but PayPal has been fairly obtuse with me in the past so don't expect too much to happen <wry grin>). To me, this is a pretty huge bit of news I just stumbled across. I figure some people here might also find it interesting. Maybe we could formalize this into a press release of some sort for the main page (and maybe the binaries page) - it is really good PR material for both OpenSSL and Win32 OpenSSL. Thomas J. Hruska [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shining Light Productions Home of the Nuclear Vision scripting language and ProtoNova web server. http://www.slproweb.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
