Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:02:33 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: White Hat <pigskin_referee@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using OpenSSL from ports Message-ID: <471EDFF9.9070205@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <140449.26446.qm@web34409.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <140449.26446.qm@web34409.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 White Hat wrote: > Is there any real advantage to installing 'openssl' > from ports rather than using the version installed in > the base system? Other than the fact that the port > version is slightly newer, is there any other major > difference? For RELENG_6 and earlier, you will need the ports version of openssl in order to use rsa-sha256. Some ported software needs that (eg. mail/dkim-milter). Otherwise there isn't any great advantage either way. RELENG_7 and above are close to up-to-date already (version 0.9.8e rather than 0.9.8f) and support all the latest ciphers. > Also, if I did install the port version, how would I > insure that applications would use it as opposed to to > the version in the base system? Put: WITH_OPENSSL_PORT= yes into /etc/make.conf Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHHt/58Mjk52CukIwRCNdOAJ9SOnjo27xBh9i0mUglDx465gvSDACeMrnx URkoYyIavOWzDkXNYvBj/UM= =qPbX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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