Hi John, I definitely do not agree with charles's email, but what I think he meant is, you need to write programs to use OpenSSL. Its an installable library, which you need to invoke from your application using its exposed APIs and recompile your code, link OpenSSL library and execute for it to work. Its not a SSL solution if that is what your looking for.
Just installing OpenSSL is not going to give u SSL. Thanks --Gayathri On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:36 PM, John A. Wallace <jw72...@verizon.net>wrote: > Charlie, **** > > ** ** > > Frankly, you condescending manner is starting to annoy me, considerably. > Furthermore, your name is not on this page as one of the moderators of > this group: http://www.openssl.org/about/. **** > > ** ** > > Moreover, I don’t believe I need your permission to “hang out here”. You > need to read the link I provided you all the way to the end, it says that > this group is for **** > > ** ** > > **1. **Developers**** > > **2. **OpenSSL usage**** > > **3. **Installation problems**** > > ** ** > > Now inasmuch as my question pertained to “OpenSSL Usage”, i.e., number 2 > above, well I think that makes my asking it a legitimate question for this > group. If you don’t like it, you can just learn to use your reading program > and ignore me. Thank you very much. J**** > > ** ** > > John**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto: > owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] *On Behalf Of *Charles Mills > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 11, 2012 3:22 PM > > *To:* openssl-users@openssl.org > *Subject:* RE: openssl on a home LAN**** > > ** ** > > Right. Are you an application developer? In other words, do you write > computer programs? Does the following mean anything to you?**** > > ** ** > > int main(int argc, char *argv[])**** > > {**** > > printf(“hello world\n”);**** > > return 0;**** > > }**** > > ** ** > > Or alternatively, are you a Web site operator? Do you host a Web site that > others access?**** > > ** ** > > If the answer to both of these questions is No, then you are welcome to > hang out here but the answer to your original question, “whether there is > any point in using openssl” is No.**** > > ** ** > > *Charles***** > > *From:* owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [ > mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org <owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org>] > *On Behalf Of *John A. Wallace > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 11, 2012 12:07 PM > *To:* openssl-users@openssl.org > *Subject:* RE: openssl on a home LAN**** > > ** ** > > Hi. I am not trying to be mean or something, but you may want to take a > look at this page:**** > > ** ** > > http://www.openssl.org/support/community.html**** > > ** ** > > Focusing on the part that describes this list, one can read this about its > purpose:**** > > ** ** > > Application Development, OpenSSL Usage, Installation Problems, etc.**** > > ** ** > > That looks clear to me in that this list would provide support for the > type of question I just asked, or did I misunderstand you? J**** > > ** ** > > Thanks.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org > [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] *On Behalf Of *Charles Mills > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 11, 2012 12:52 PM > *To:* openssl-users@openssl.org > *Subject:* RE: openssl on a home LAN**** > > ** ** > > Do you write computer programs, or are you a home user of personal > computers?**** > > ** ** > > If you don’t write computer programs, then using OpenSSL at the level > addressed by this mailing list is not what you are looking for.**** > > ** ** > > Some of the products you might buy might use OpenSSL “under the covers,” > but you would get support generally directly from the companies that > produce those products, not this mailing list.**** > > ** ** > > Not trying to be mean or off-putting. If I have missed the mark please let > me know.**** > > ** ** > > *Charles***** > > *From:* owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [ > mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org <owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org>] > *On Behalf Of *John A. Wallace > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:36 AM > *To:* openssl-users@openssl.org > *Subject:* openssl on a home LAN**** > > ** ** > > I am trying to figure out whether there is any point in using openssl on a > home LAN between two computers. Would that improve on security in any > way? Would I be limited in the types of OS connections? I mean, could I > connect Windows with Linux? Also, if I want to make such a connection > between two OS running in virtual machines, could that be done too? Thanks. > **** >
