"Thomas J. Hruska" <shineli...@shininglightpro.com> wrote in message news:4fadc0d5.1090...@shininglightpro.com... > On 5/11/2012 9:00 AM, John wrote: >> Hello. When using the Win32 OpenSSL v1.0.1c 16Mb Installer from here >> http://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html, I am given the option ner >> the very end of the installation to Copy OpenSSL DLLs to either the >> Windows >> system directory or the OpenSSL binaries (c:/OpenSSL/bin) directory. Is >> there any reason I cannot put it in both places by running the >> installation >> twice and choosing the option differently on each run? Any reason I >> should >> not do so? In this case my OS is Windows XP Pro, but I am intending to >> install it in the very same way on Windows 2008 Server.Thanks. > > The system directory is the recommended method. That way the DLLs are > available to all applications. > > You can install it twice if you want. I don't see any problem with doing > that other than it drops the DLLs in multiple places on the computer. In > general, you only want one set of DLLs so you can upgrade the software as > new versions become available. >
Hello, Thomas. I appreciated your reply. Looking at the above website where I downloaded the OpenSSL for Windows, I do not see anything listed for verifying the files, such as MD5, sha1, etc. If I am overlooking it, would you mind providing a link? Thanks, again. John > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
