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From: Arne "Wörner" <arne_woerner@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-05:21.openssl
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--- Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-Oct-12 00:12:35 -0700, Arne Wörner wrote:
> >Btw: Why should the string "OpenSSL" be contained in each and
> >every executable, that might use OpenSSL?
> 
> OpenSSL has a version string of the form "OpenSSL 0.9.7e 25 Oct
> 2004" embedded in it.
> 
As far as I understand static linking, only the symbols that r
used r linked into the executable... So: Why should that version
string be linked into the executable? Is it a necessary part of
the SSL protocol to say the version?

-Arne



		
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