Version compatibility issues - Re: openssl development work / paid - SSL now FIXED

[Embedded Devel]

This has now been fixed.... SSL is working

On 3/26/21 3:51 PM, Embedded Devel wrote:
>
> On 3/26/21 2:46 PM, David von Oheimb wrote:
>>
>> Embedded Devel,
>>
>> my sympathy - I know this can be painful and frustrating.
>>
>> From which old OpenSSL version to which target version do you need to 
>> get the code updated?
>> And as info to whoever may be considering picking up this task: which 
>> is your timeline for that?
>>
>> Within OpenSSL we are currently discussing how to handle version 
>> compatibility issues
>> with the upcoming version 3.0 at 
>> https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/14628 
>> <https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/14628>.
>>
>> Can you give some concrete typical examples which exact issues you 
>> are facing?
>>
>>     David
>>
> i believe this was all from back in the 0.9x days, the code in 
> question is close to 10+/- years old
>
> if everyone would look at the email thread  re: "ssl client write / 
> server accept seems broken"
>
> some might see more of the issue i am facing, i have has 1 person look 
> at this and he believes
>
> quote "
>
> This looks like using *very* outdated OpenSSL API. Hence the SSL
> client (and server) code needs to ported to work with more recent
> versions OpenSSL and make use of TLS methods instead of SSL methods.
>
> For testing you could try to build OpenSSL with the old SSL3 support
> enabled (we don't even support that at all in OpenWrt any longer, but
> should work to build manually).
> Because ssl_undefined_function is most likely a result of:
> Disabled features:
> ...
>     ssl3                    [default] OPENSSL_NO_SSL3
>     ssl3-method             [default] OPENSSL_NO_SSL3_METHOD
> ...
>
> If you find someone very familiar with OpenSSLs API (I've used it, more
> than once, but it's not what I'm doing every day), this can be done in
> a few days. I'd probably need a week for this and I'm not particularly
> keen on it, there are things I'm better with which are waiting as well."
>
> i now have a second developer looking at this, so hoping he can sort 
> it all out.
>
>
>> On 25.03.21 13:58, Floodeenjr, Thomas wrote:
>>> If your problem is the migration from 1.0.2 to 1.1.1, I have 
>>> attached my porting notes, if that helps.
>>>
>>> -Tom
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: openssl-users<openssl-users-bounces at openssl.org> On Behalf Of 
>>> Embedded Devel
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 8:02 PM
>>> To:openssl-users at openssl.org
>>> Subject: openssl development work / paid
>>>
>>> I tried to get through this on my own, not being a openssl 
>>> developer, made progress but still no joy
>>>
>>> so we had an app that was written some 8-10 years ago, which worked 
>>> fine for client/server tls
>>>
>>> update to today, no longer functional, deprecations in openssl cause 
>>> errors
>>>
>>> it is not a large app, and i believe if someone were to resolve the 
>>> openssl issues it would work again
>>>
>>> whos up for making some money ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>