Which version of omnis does not require OpenSSL for sending mail

Andy Hilton andyh at totallybrilliant.com
Tue Sep 19 12:20:10 EDT 2017


Excellent thanks Philip !

> On Sep 19, 2017, at 10:22 AM, Philip Tulett <philip.tulett at pdq-networks.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Andy,
> 
> I believe Schannel is part of the standard windows install from Windows 7 onward, it may be present on earlier versions too, but I do not know.
> I certainly have not had to install anything on Windows 2012R2.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: omnisdev-en [mailto:omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com] On Behalf Of Andy Hilton
> Sent: 19 September 2017 14:39
> To: OmnisDev List - English <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com>
> Subject: Re: Which version of omnis does not require OpenSSL for sending mail
> 
> Phil
> 
> Thanks you !
> 
> Is Schannel a ‘normally installed’ Windows option or have we simply swapped for a different requirement ?
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
>> On Sep 19, 2017, at 9:34 AM, Philip Tulett <philip.tulett at pdq-networks.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Andy,
>> 
>> In the release notes of 8.0.1 it states:- OpenSSL There are a number 
>> of Web commands that relied on OpenSSL in previous versions to provide 
>> secure communications: these included FTPConnect, HTTPOpen, 
>> TCPConnect, POP3Connect, and so on. We have removed support for 
>> OpenSSL for these commands and replaced it with support for Secure 
>> Channel (Schannel) on Windows, and Secure Transport on OS X. See the 
>> Omnis Help for details about these commands (FTPConnect, etc).
>> Software Support and Compatibility
>> 9
>> If you have used OpenSSL to provide secure comms for these commands in 
>> existing applications, you will need to switch to using either 
>> Schannel or Secure Transport depending on what platform your app is 
>> running on. These security packages need to be installed on your 
>> development computer or a client's computer to allow secure 
>> connections (SSL or TLS) when using these commands.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Phil
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: omnisdev-en [mailto:omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com] On 
>> Behalf Of Andy Hilton
>> Sent: 19 September 2017 14:31
>> To: OmnisDev List - English <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com>
>> Subject: Which version of omnis does not require OpenSSL for sending 
>> mail
>> 
>> I know I can prob look this up but in a rush (as usual) - can anyone 
>> quickly tell me which version of Omnis loses the requirement for 
>> OpenSSL - is it $6 or $8 ?
>> 
>> Many thanks
>> 
>> Andy
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