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    MChelik
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    Thank you SGaist. Copying next to application executable didn't help either.
    Gentlemen, let's forget my OpenSSL; forget everything. Just assume that I want to use QSslSocket and QSslCertificate. What should I do? Should I compile Qt myself? Should I install OpenSSL? What should I do exactly? Qt documents doesn't say any specific thing about this. Documents say only how to use mentioned two classes.
    Thank you

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      Hi, just a quick note on OpenSSL with Qt, I think because you're building a 64-bit Qt app that's why you're having problems. Because those 2 DLLs s stored in C:\Qt\Tools\QtCreator\bin are built with MSVC2013 32-bit compiler (same as for Qt Creator itself) so they are not kosher for 64-bit :-(

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        To add to @hskoglund, the prebuilt packages I've mentioned earlier also provide "OpenSSL-Win64" which are pre-built for 64bit development.

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          @hskoglund That was my problem! I didn't pay attention to that. But I a have a question: The only libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll files that are in my %PATH% is C:\Win64-OpenSSL\bin directory. So why my application only works when mentioned DLLs are beside my application (doesn't work when are in %PATH)?

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            Are you sure you don't have any other application that has these libraries and that can be found in your PATH environment variable ?

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            • SGaistS SGaist

              Are you sure you don't have any other application that has these libraries and that can be found in your PATH environment variable ?

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              @SGaist No, I searched my whole disk for these DLLs. Every directory that contains these DLLs is not in %PATH.

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                How did you modify PATH ? In your Windows settings or in Qt Creator ?

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                  Hi, also, they could be loaded via some other means than their directories being listed in %PATH%, either that some other dll that your .exe loads explicitly pulls in the bad (i.e. 32-bit) ones, or perhaps they're hiding in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32.

                  To debug this. you could try download Dependency Walker and load your app into it. Then start profiling with F7, that'll get you a trace of all the dlls loaded.

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                        Using Qt5.7+msvc2015+W8

                        Solved, in Qt_naming dll respect, without openssl compilation :
                        http://www.npcglib.org/~stathis/downloads/openssl-1.0.1t-vs2015.7z

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                        • SGaistS SGaist

                          How did you modify PATH ? In your Windows settings or in Qt Creator ?

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                          @SGaist I modified it via Windows settings and I don't know even khow how to change %PATH in Qt. Can you tell me? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
                          @hskoglund I'll try it at work. Thank you for your solution.

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                            Not in Qt but within Qt Creator. Go to the Run part of the Project panel. There you can modify your environment for your application only.

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                              @MChelik
                              on windows they are called ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll

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                              @raven-worx Not any more. As of OpenSSL 1.1.0, following OpenSSL's build instructions on Windows (and with shared libraries enabled), we get:

                              bin/libcrypto-1_1.dll
                              bin/libssl-1_1.dll
                              lib/libcrypto.lib
                              lib/libssl.lib

                              The names "ssleay32" and "libeay32" were deprecated. So does Qt only look for the old names despite any attempts at configuring it otherwise?

                              Qt's docs on the topic, for some reason, only describe building OpenSSL for Android.

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                                @RMcFatter
                                Hi and welcome to devnet,

                                From a quick look at Qt's sources, it doesn't search yet for libcrypto/ssl-1_1.

                                That something you should check in the bug report system to see if there's already something planned for that.

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                                  same problem here.

                                  I want to use some functions from OpenSSL which i actually can not access from the prebuilt OpenSSL Libs which are shipped with QT (libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll);

                                  So i thought i can build OpenSSL on my own and link to these libs in my project. This works as expected, but i now have the coexistence of the prebuilt OpenSSL Libs and my own built libs (libcrypto-1_1.dll and libssl-1_1.dll)

                                  This is not a big problem, but i tghought why using these two libs together, when i can maybe use only one? So i tried to rename my own build libs to the names of the old one, but there my application is crashing whith multiple error messages:

                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve CRYPTO_num_locks
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve CRYPTO_set_id_callback
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve CRYPTO_set_locking_callback
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve ERR_free_strings
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cleanup
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve sk_new_null
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve sk_push
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve sk_free
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve sk_num
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve sk_pop_free
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve sk_value
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve SSL_library_init
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve SSL_load_error_strings
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve SSL_get_ex_new_index
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve SSLv3_client_method
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve SSLv23_client_method
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve SSLv3_server_method
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve SSLv23_server_method
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve X509_STORE_CTX_get_chain
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve OPENSSL_add_all_algorithms_noconf
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve OPENSSL_add_all_algorithms_conf
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve SSLeay
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot resolve SSLeay_version
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot call unresolved function SSLeay
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot call unresolved function CRYPTO_num_locks
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot call unresolved function CRYPTO_set_id_callback
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot call unresolved function CRYPTO_set_locking_callback
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot call unresolved function SSL_library_init
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot call unresolved function SSLv23_client_method
                                  qt.network.ssl: QSslSocket: cannot call unresolved function sk_num
                                  

                                  Then i found this Thread here and hoped to get the solution, but no, like @SGaist said. So i think i have to wait for an updated Qt version so that i can replace the files. Or could it be the better solution to built Qt on my own with own OpenSSL Support? if yes, is there a good Tutorial? Or can i use ALL the OpenSSL Functions with the prebuilt OpenSSL in Qt? If yes, a little example would be nice, because i don't got it.

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                                    You can build Qt with the -openssl-linked option and point configure to your self-built version of OpenSSL.

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                                      @SGaist said in Using QSslSocket with custom OpenSSL:

                                      You can build Qt with the -openssl-linked option and point configure to your self-built version of OpenSSL.

                                      i tried it that way, but buildung QT 5.7 with OpenSSL 1.1.0b ist not supported till QT 5.9 because in OpenSSL are some changes done, so that building QT 5.7 with that new OpenSSL version did not work. See here: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52905

                                      Then i tried it with an older version of OpenSSL (1.0.2j) - this works.

                                      But what ist the difference between building Qt gainst OpenSSL with -openssl on running the configure-command and to link against the OpenSSL headers and libs and build it inside the Project? If i build against OpenSSL i have to include the headers anyway to work with the libs if i want to use the OpenSSL specific stuff.

                                      And i noticed that i can replace the built in OpenSSL libs with the own build one. So it would be much simpler to include the ehaders of OpenSSL via INCLUDEPATH. So i get OpenSSL support = true on output of: qDebug() << QSslSocket::supportsSsl();

                                      And if print out his i got the Output which i wrote behind:
                                      qDebug() << QSslSocket::sslLibraryBuildVersionString(); // OpenSSL 1.0.2g 1 Mar 2016
                                      qDebug() << QSslSocket::sslLibraryVersionString(); // OpenSSL 1.0.2j 26 Sep 2016

                                      Why is the first one at all time: OpenSSL 1.0.2g 1 Mar 2016 - This i got, too if i build Qt at own and link against OpenSSL 1.0.2j??

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                                        It's in the docs:
                                        sslLibraryBuildVersionString is returning the version of the OpenSSL library used when building Qt.
                                        sslLibraryVersionString is returning the version of the OpenSSL library used at run time.

                                        By default OpenSSL is dlopened because some countries have restrictions about encryption related software and OpenSSL can't be distributed just like that.

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                                          Thanks! But why are my versions different?
                                          I build Qt with OpenSSL 1.0.2j, so both outputs must be the same or not?

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