Hi John,
As an aside to what Gayathri said, I'm not a developer, but I have used OpenSSL to create a complete PKI universe for testing. Using the pre-compiled, downloadable installer I've been able to create Root certificates, Intermediate CA certificates, and end-entity certificates of all shapes and sizes (e.g. DSA, RSA, EC with varying key sizes). I've also used it to manage revocation checking by creating CRLs and running it as an (admittedly, a very light weight) OCSP server. I even used it once to create an SSL certificate for an internal server :) My point is, although the primary use seems to be incorporating the OpenSSL libraries into your compiled code so you can take advantage of its cryptographic capabilities, even someone who is not a computer scientist can use OpenSSL from the command line to do a lot of work. What it really boils down to is what is it that you are looking to do? Steve From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of John A. Wallace Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:58 AM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: RE: openssl on a home LAN Hi, Gayathri, I appreciate the clarification. It was helpful, yes. I think my confusion stemmed from the fact that in the past while installing one or another program, I found it to say that "OpenSSL must be installed on your system for this program to work properly." Okay, I think I got it now, the light has made it into my obstinate, thick skull. Clarity is a beautiful thing, thank you. John From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of Gayathri Sundar Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:07 AM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re: openssl on a home LAN 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] 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] 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.
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