Re: [libmicrohttpd] Build libmicrohttpd with HTTPS to powerpc

2017-09-13 Thread Avner Flesch 
Hi,

Thanks for the answer.
Anyway I did it and manage to build libmicrohttpd with HTTPS
but, I get a core dump in MHD_start_daemon (only with HTTPS support)
Now I am checking maybe something is wrong with my arguments, but another
direction I am checking is the depended libraries - let's say I am using
the last libmicrohttpd version 0.9.55, are there recommended versions of
gcrypt and gnutls to use? and other libraries?

Thanks

Avner

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 3:02 AM Christian Grothoff 
wrote:

> Hi Avner,
>
> We never supported 'gcrypt-only'. We always required GnuTLS, just some
> very long time ago we tried to include parts of the GnuTLS code with
> MHD. However, that version never worked well with HTTPS/TLS, so it is
> definitively not advisable to go there.  If you cannot build GnuTLS, you
> could:
>
> 1) Ask the GnuTLS mailinglist for help,
> 2) Disable TLS support for MHD if you do not need it; or,
> 3) Put MHD-logic behind a reverse proxy (i.e. Apache) that
>does support TLS
>
> Happy hacking!
>
> Christian
>
> On 09/03/2017 09:23 PM, Avner Flesch wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to build libmicrohttpd for powerpc (ppc_6xx) host.
> > I remember that a few years ago, in order to support HTTPS you could use
> > GnuTls lib or gcrypt lib - I am having trouble to build GnuTls (because
> > of all the dependencies). What is the last libmicrohttpd version that
> > can support HTTPS with gcrypt only?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Avner
>
>

Re: [libmicrohttpd] Build libmicrohttpd with HTTPS to powerpc

2017-09-13 Thread Christian Grothoff 
On 09/13/2017 07:18 PM, Avner Flesch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the answer.
> Anyway I did it and manage to build libmicrohttpd with HTTPS
> but, I get a core dump in MHD_start_daemon (only with HTTPS support)
> Now I am checking maybe something is wrong with my arguments, but
> another direction I am checking is the depended libraries - let's say I
> am using the last libmicrohttpd version 0.9.55, are there recommended
> versions of gcrypt and gnutls to use? and other libraries?

Well, mostly I'd check the recent CVE's for libgcrypt before deploying
in production ;-).  That said, I'm not aware of any version *building*
but then not working. So if it compiles, you should be OK (modulo using
the MHD API correctly...).

My guess: you passed some arguments required for TLS initialization
incorrectly.

Happy hacking!

Christian



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