* Which is the current version of OpenSSL?
The current version is available from <URL: http://www.openssl.org>.
-OpenSSL 0.9.8e was released on February 23rd, 2007.
+OpenSSL 0.9.8g was released on October 19th, 2007.
In addition to the current stable release, you can also access daily
snapshots of the OpenSSL development version at <URL:
* Why do I get errors about unknown algorithms?
-This can happen under several circumstances such as reading in an
-encrypted private key or attempting to decrypt a PKCS#12 file. The cause
-is forgetting to load OpenSSL's table of algorithms with
-OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms(). See the manual page for more information.
-
+The cause is forgetting to load OpenSSL's table of algorithms with
+OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms(). See the manual page for more information. This
+can cause several problems such as being unable to read in an encrypted
+PEM file, unable to decrypt a PKCS#12 file or signature failure when
+verifying certificates.
* Why can't the OpenSSH configure script detect OpenSSL?
matter whether the buffer is initialized at this point or not. Valgrind (and
other test tools) will complain about this. When using Valgrind, make sure the
OpenSSL library has been compiled with the PURIFY macro defined (-DPURIFY)
-to get rid of these warnings
-
-The use of PURIFY with the PRNG was added in OpenSSL 0.9.8f.
+to get rid of these warnings.
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