What already exists is fairly stable as far as it has been tested, but
the test base has been a bit small most of the time.
+ Because of this experimental status and what's lacking, the ENGINE
+ component is not yet part of the default OpenSSL distribution. However,
+ we have made a separate kit for those who want to try this out, to be
+ found in the same places as the default OpenSSL distribution, but with
+ "-engine-" being part of the kit file name. For example, version 0.9.6
+ is distributed in the following two files:
+
+ openssl-0.9.6.tar.gz
+ openssl-engine-0.9.6.tar.gz
+
+ NOTES
+ =====
+
+ openssl-engine-0.9.6.tar.gz does not depend on openssl-0.9.6.tar, you do
+ not need to download both.
+
+ openssl-engine-0.9.6.tar.gz is usable even if you don't have an external
+ crypto device. The internal OpenSSL functions are contained in the
+ engine "openssl", and will be used by default.
No external crypto device is chosen unless you say so. You have actively
tell the openssl utility commands to use it through a new command line