Implications Of Upgrading OpenSSL

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi guys. If I have Net::SSLeay & IO::Socket::SSL installed & running fine on a production box, what implications would I have if operations want to install a new version of OpenSSL? Does Net::SSLeay need to be recompiled?

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Re: Implications Of Upgrading OpenSSL by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Jul 26, 2010 at 21:15 UTC
According to the README, perl, OpenSSL, and Net::SSLeay must be compiled with the same C compiler and the same options; also, if it's an upgrade, I would definitely recompile Net::SSLeay to make sure that it is compatible with the new OpenSSL.	[reply]
Re: Implications Of Upgrading OpenSSL by ahmad (Hermit) on Jul 26, 2010 at 22:13 UTC
Usually you won't have any problems, And you don't need to re-install/re-compile the module. I've never had ANY problems with that myself, Although it won't hurt if you do some checkups based on Khen1950fx comment above	[reply]
Re: Implications Of Upgrading OpenSSL by Anonymous Monk on Jul 26, 2010 at 23:16 UTC
If you're upgrading openssl from 0.9.8 to 1.0.0, you might need to re-compile Net::SSLeay, but usually you don't since openssl has a very stable interface	[reply]