On Tue, Feb 02, 2016, Neptune wrote: > FIPS Object Module 2.0.9 > OpenSSL 1.0.1l > Platform: Win32 > > I am attempting to statically link a FIPS-capable library into a .dll. The > .dll is built without errors and by viewing the .dll in a hex editor I can > see the correct HMAC is embedded within and correct, but the self test is > failing. > > Originally I had built the FIPS-capable library as a dynamic library, but > during testing we experienced address clashes since the libeay32.dll > requires a fixed address and there is no way to guarantee an address we > choose will always be vacant, so static linking is a requirement. > You'll hit the same issue if you link the static version of OpenSSL into a DLL. The only way to escape it is to link the static version of OpenSSL into the executable or use Win64 which doesn't have this problem. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer. Commercial tech support now available see: http://www.openssl.org
