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Win32 OpenSSL

Microsoft Visual C++
OpenSSL is designed to build easily under Microsoft Visual C++. However, the requirement that you go and obtain the 25MB Win98 DDK and have the latest service pack (SP5 is 120MB) installed can prove to be a hinderance to some people (particularly those with modems).

So, the installation of the Win32 OpenSSL binaries is a fairly simple process (similar to the Borland C++ Builder process).

The first thing to do (assuming a default installation of 'C:\OpenSSL') is to go to 'C:\OpenSSL\lib\VC' and copy all of the files to your Visual C++ 'lib' directory. This directory is sometimes located in a somewhat cryptic location such as 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib' or 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++\lib'.

Next, copy everything in the 'C:\OpenSSL\include' directory to your Visual C++ 'include' directory.

That's it! You are ready to go write OpenSSL-capable code!
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