On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Florian Weimer <fwei...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 01/08/2013 04:34 PM, Serhiy Ivanov wrote: >> >> Is there way to get some 3rd party documentation about advanced >> configuration of ssl. >> I need to >> 1) Get rid from linkage >> b75d6000-b75e6000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 54611 >> /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libresolv-2.13.so >> b75e6000-b75e7000 r--p 00010000 08:03 54611 >> /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libresolv-2.13.so >> b75e7000-b75e8000 rw-p 00011000 08:03 54611 >> /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libresolv-2.13.so >> >> ... >> b779d000-b779e000 rw-p 0000a000 08:03 65529 >> /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.13.so >> I don't understand why openssl tries to work with means of nss, >> althought they are two different implementations of same > > "NSS" means "Name Service Switch" and is required (at least on Linux and > Solaris) for DNS lookups using the system libraries (getaddrinfo etc.). > Fully static linking generally breaks DNS lookups on Linux. That seems like a really odd requirement. Is there any reading on the topic?
Generally, I prefer static linking in high integrity software. And I oppose "plug-in" like functionality. Jeff ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
