load_builtin_engines in Linux

[Mathias Tausig-2]

Hy!

I want to use a Luna HSM with openssl, so I have downloaded the
coresponding patch whic creates an engine and built it (version 0.9.8e).
The problem is, that it is not working, because the engine is not a
dynamic one but a builtin, and the ENGINE_load_lunaca3 function is nowhere
executed. I du through the source code and found the
"load_builtin_engines" function which should do the desired. It is
executed via the apps_startup functions (defined in apps.h) in some
envorinments but not in linux. Is there any particular reason why this is
not done? Can I do any harm, if I just add this function to add_startup in
a standard linux envornment?

cheers
Mathias

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[Mathias Tausig-2]

Hello,

sorry for bumping my question, but I was just wondering, wether might have
posted it to the wrong list?

cheers
Mathias

> Hy!
>
> I want to use a Luna HSM with openssl, so I have downloaded the
> coresponding patch whic creates an engine and built it (version 0.9.8e).
> The problem is, that it is not working, because the engine is not a
> dynamic one but a builtin, and the ENGINE_load_lunaca3 function is nowhere
> executed. I du through the source code and found the
> "load_builtin_engines" function which should do the desired. It is
> executed via the apps_startup functions (defined in apps.h) in some
> envorinments but not in linux. Is there any particular reason why this is
> not done? Can I do any harm, if I just add this function to add_startup in
> a standard linux envornment?
>
> cheers
> Mathias
>
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[Geoff Thorpe]

Did you (re)try with a more recent snapshot? A fix to this area of the ENGINE
logic was made recently in response to bugzilla ticket 1668;
   http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1668
   http://marc.info/?l=openssl-cvs&m=120942258326907&w=2

You indicate that you're using 0.9.8e which is a long way out of date (the
latest 0.9.8 release is 0.9.8g, and even that doesn't have the fix - try a
snapshot from;
   ftp://ftp.openssl.org/snapshot/

Use 0.9.8-stable-SNAP-*** if you need 0.9.8 compatibility.

Cheers,
Geoff

On Monday 05 May 2008 05:45:34 Mathias Tausig wrote:

> Hello,
>
> sorry for bumping my question, but I was just wondering, wether might have
> posted it to the wrong list?
>
> cheers
> Mathias
>
> > Hy!
> >
> > I want to use a Luna HSM with openssl, so I have downloaded the
> > coresponding patch whic creates an engine and built it (version 0.9.8e).
> > The problem is, that it is not working, because the engine is not a
> > dynamic one but a builtin, and the ENGINE_load_lunaca3 function is
> > nowhere executed. I du through the source code and found the
> > "load_builtin_engines" function which should do the desired. It is
> > executed via the apps_startup functions (defined in apps.h) in some
> > envorinments but not in linux. Is there any particular reason why this is
> > not done? Can I do any harm, if I just add this function to add_startup
> > in a standard linux envornment?
> >
> > cheers
> > Mathias
> >
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