OpenSSL 1.0.0a for AmigaOS

[futaura]

Does AmiSSL have a CLI?  That would be one good reason.

It does have the standard OpenSSL command, yes - probably something that most users are not aware of.

[futaura]

:shocked: well, you already provided some reasons yourself, so...

I also assume you'll wonder why anybody would somewhat waste their time porting OWB, NetSurf, or Firefox, when there is already IBrowse... :-/

And what's wrong with that?

Actually, that's not a fair comparison.  Would you agree that there is no point two developers each making their own Firefox port?  Likewise for OpenSSL... I was merely suggesting that it may have been a better idea for the author to work with the AmiSSL authors. Then OS4 users could benefit as well as 68k users, and everybody using IBrowse, AWeb, HTTPResume or whatever, will get the latest OpenSSL support too - not just users using the OpenSSL command line tool.

[kolla]

If the AmiSSL guys were any interested in upgrading their package, I would have guessed that they would have done so. I don't really see any problem with someone else doing a port, even if it's only the command line tools.

[kolla]

Btw - a device handler akin to TCP: that does SSL would be lovely, with configurable client certificate.

[dcr8520]

If the AmiSSL guys were any interested in upgrading their package, I would have guessed that they would have done so.

I certainly think it's time to update AmiSSL, there we had the 0.9x branch for ages, i think the new 1.0x release(s) deserves it!

I don't really see any problem with someone else doing a port, even if it's only the command line tools.

Only?

AmiSSL = Command Line Tool + shared libraries

My OpenSSL = Command Line Tool + static libraries

It's almost the same really (version number apart), each one with his advantages and disvantages...

[dcr8520]

Would you agree that there is no point two developers each making their own Firefox port?

I'm sure that if the Timberwolf sources get released there will be more than two developers doing their own versions...

Likewise for OpenSSL... I was merely suggesting that it may have been a better idea for the author to work with the AmiSSL authors.

Well, I've already offered myself to update AmiSSL, i can repeat it here if you want

Then OS4 users could benefit as well as 68k users, and everybody using IBrowse, AWeb, HTTPResume or whatever, will get the latest OpenSSL support too - not just users using the OpenSSL command line tool.

No doubt on that. Also note the initial goal from my port was to provide other developers with static libraries for his ports to support SSL, i have been doing this since the 2003...

[kolla]

My OpenSSL = Command Line Tool + static libraries

It's almost the same really (version number apart), each one with his advantages and disvantages...

Well, yours requires programs to be compiled and linked against it, not many that programs are - nothing wrong about it, it just is what it is.

[dcr8520]

Well, yours requires programs to be compiled and linked against it

that's right, the 99.999% of the ports are compiled with libraries linked statically - do you mean this is something bad?

not many that programs are - nothing wrong about it, it just is what it is.

Hmm, wasn't you who said there are more programs using OpenSSL than one might think? well... apply it to yourself as well then

[dcr8520]

Hi there,

Another "1.0.0a" build has been released today, including the following changes:

• Compiled using GCC 3.4.0 for better speed (please report any issue, i didn't trust so much this compiler)
• Optimized bzero/bcopy/memmove/memcpy functions to achieve a somewhat faster speed. (libnix)
• Implemented alarm() to perform the tests, we'll no longer have to wait those long times.
• Time spent on speed tests are now calculated using ReadEClock()
• OPENSSL_assert() will now open a ReAction/Intuition requester (usefull for WB-only progs)
• Enabled MD2 and RC5 which was disabled by default..
• Added 68040 build (user and dev)
• Added new set of root certificates
• Included Installation script.

http://amiga.sourceforge.net/OpenSSL/

[bernd_afa]

What ssl implementation is used in the browsers when using https? I suspect alot of people use openssl without know that they do

there is now new netsurf in aminet,
it use the openssl1.0.0 from Diego and many thanks to him that he help also to get openssl in libcurl and so netsurf working.

http://aminet.net/package/comm/www/NetSurf-m68k

[dcr8520]

You're welcome.. do i get a percentage of the donations?

btw, i've noticed you guys have included on the package my not-yet-released wget 1.12r2.. which still subject to change, in fact there were some improvements over than one included there, i hope to release it some time soon.

[buzz]

If you are building libcurl with ssl support for the amiga, you might want to look at polarssl, which libcurl supports and is much smaller than openssl.

[dcr8520]

@buzz:

LOL!...and you recommend this NOW? you're funny indeed :razz:

Well, i didn't recall there existed polarssl, just saw on their website it supports "Motorola 68000", if that means code is in m68k-ASM it may worth a try, although it might need to be optimized for our real cpus.. i'll try to check the code when i'll get some time..

[buzz]

@buzz:

LOL!...and you recommend this NOW? you're funny indeed :razz:

Well, i didn't recall there existed polarssl, just saw on their website it supports "Motorola 68000", if that means code is in m68k-ASM it may worth a try, although it might need to be optimized for our real cpus.. i'll try to check the code when i'll get some time..

? I only just saw that they are using the latest libcurl with the browser, and polar ssl support only came in very recently. the polarssl code is in C. I use it already for some software I work on, and it is pretty compact.