[EXTERNAL] - 32-bit OpenSSL binary found in Suprema BioStar 2 door access system

[Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming]

On Sunday, March 10th, 2024 at 1:42 AM, Michael Wojcik via openssl-users <openssl-users at openssl.org> wrote:

> > From: openssl-users openssl-users-bounces at openssl.org On Behalf Of
> > Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via openssl-users
> > Sent: Saturday, 9 March, 2024 06:59
> > To: openssl-users at openssl.org
> > 
> > On 7 March 2024 Thursday, when I was installing new self-signed SSL
> > certificate for the door access system for a law firm in Singapore, I notice that
> > Suprema BioStar 2 also has 32-bit OpenSSL binary.
> > 
> > The path is:
> > 
> > C:\Program Files\BioStar 2(x64)\ta\OpenSSL-Win32\bin
> > 
> > I am wondering if I can install 64-bit OpenSSL binary from another packager.
> > Will there be any conflict?
> 
> 
> That would depend on:
> 
> 1) What exactly you mean by "OpenSSL binary". Just the openssl.exe utility program? The OpenSSL libraries, built as DLLs?
> 
> 2) What software currently running on the system uses the OpenSSL binary or binaries in question, and if it uses the OpenSSL libraries, whether they're linked statically or dynamically.
> 
> 3) If that software uses the openssl.exe program or OpenSSL DLLs, what its PATH environment-variable setting is, and whether your "packager" puts the new binaries in a directory included in that PATH value, and where in the value that is, relative to the existing OpenSSL binaries.
> 
> 4) For the openssl.exe executable, whether the version you want to install is a different version than the existing one, and whether any software that currently depends on it is sensitive to any changes between those versions.
> 
> In most cases, it won't be a problem, but no one can say for certain without knowing precisely how OpenSSL is currently used on the system.
> 
> --
> Michael Wojcik

Dear Michael,

I am thinking of installing Third Party OpenSSL Related Binary Distributions like FireDaemon.

Link: https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Binaries

I think there shouldn't be a conflict.

Regards,

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Targeted Individual in Singapore