HP Open Source Security for OpenVMS Volume 2:...

Installation and Release Notes

OpenSSL Documentation from The Open Group

Installation Requirements and Prerequisites 

Hardware Prerequisites 

Disk Space Requirements

The SSL for OpenVMS kit requires approximately 45,000 blocksof working disk space to install. Once installed, the software occupiesapproximately 40,000 blocks of disk space.

Software Prerequisites 

SSL for OpenVMS requires the following software:

• OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.2-2 or higher, or OpenVMSVAX Version 7.3



• HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Version 5.3 or higher

SSL for OpenVMS has been tested and verified using HP TCP/IPServices for OpenVMS. There are no known problems running SSL forOpenVMS with other TCP/IP network products. This includes the following TCP/IPnetwork products from Process Software Corporation, but HP has notformally tested and verified these other products:

• TCPware Version 5.5



• MultiNet Version 4.3

Account Quotas and System Parameters 

There are no specific requirements for account quotas andsystem parameters for installing or using SSL for OpenVMS.

New Features in HP SSL Version 1.1 for OpenVMS 

SSL Version 1.1 for OpenVMS, based on OpenSSL 0.9.6g, is includedin OpenVMS Version 7.3-2. The previous version of OpenVMS includedCompaq SSL Version 1.0, which was based on OpenSSL 0.9.6b.

New features in SSL Version 1.1 include:

• A port of the OpenSSL 0.9.6g baselevel, whichincludes fixes to security vulnerabilities reported on February19, 2003, and March 17 and 19, 2003 at http://www.openssl.org/news/



• Certificate Revocation List(CRL) support in the Certificate Tool



• A DES encryption image thatallows you to enable uuencoding and uudecoding



• Three new CRYPTO APIs havebeen added -- BN_pseudo_rand_range, ERR_load_COMP_strings,and X509_STORE_CTX_set_verify_cb



• Two new SSL APIs have beenadded -- SSL_get_rfd and SSL_get_wfd



• One OpenSSL API has beenremoved -- OpenSSLDie

OpenSSL Documentation from The Open Group