mIRC 7.36 released, now with built-in SSL support
reddit / irc

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KindOne · 2014-08-14 23:51

FYI, best to use the forum links like:

http://forums.mirc.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/247599/mIRC_7.36_released

When a new version is released, you can't use that
http://www.mirc.com/news.html link as the subreddit will not allow you
to post a duplicate for whatever reason. I ran into this issue when I
was posting about irssi releases.

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ElectronicWar · 2014-08-15 06:39

Fair enough, thanks for the info. It probably counts as repost after
too many releases.

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FiXato · 2014-08-15 14:46

So, if a newer version of OpenSSL gets released, do you have to wait
for a new build of mIRC, or can you still enforce a newer OpenSSL
version by dunking the latest DLLs into your mIRC or system directory?

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ElectronicWar · 2014-08-15 18:21

Well that is a good question which came to my mind as well. I think I
am gonna send a message and ask.

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KindOne · 2014-08-15 23:52

> 11.Updated SSL routines to allow both static and dynamic linking of
>    OpenSLL with mIRC. mIRC now comes with OpenSSL 1.0.1h linked
>    statically, so SSL is available without needing external DLLS.
>    However, if mIRC finds a newer version of OpenSSL on your system,
>    it will load that automatically.
>
> 12.Added SSL option that allows you to control whether the internal
>    or external version of OpenSSL is loaded, by adding "load=N" to
the
>    [ssl] section in mirc.ini, where N = 0 means "use internal,
external
>    if newer", N = 1 means "use external always", and N = 2 means
"use
>    internal always". The default is 0. If no external is available,
or
>    there is an error loading external, internal is used.

http://www.mirc.com/versions.txt

tl;dr If newer versions of OpenSSL are installed then mIRC will use
those instead of the old internal version.

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KindOne · 2014-08-15 23:53

See my comment above.

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FiXato · 2014-08-16 11:43

Thanks! Even though I rarely still use mIRC, it's good to know :)

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flotwig · 2014-08-28 15:43

Only took 19 years!