New OpenSSL release 3.4.0 and new resource files linked by ICS

[Angus Robertson 574]

OpenSSL has released a new feature version 3.4.0 (no security fixes). It includes support for integrity-only cipher suites, a random seed source JITTER, and other new crypto functions.  Also support for X509 attribute or authorization certificates, that may be used to control installation of software on devices from software stores, ICS does not support AC yet.  The QUIC server implementation planned for this release has been postponed to 3.5 in April 2025.

 

Windows binaries are available in SVN and the overnight zip file and separately from https://wiki.overbyte.eu/wiki/index.php/ICS_Download or https://www.magsys.co.uk/delphi/magics.asp

In addition to the three DLL files, the zips include compiled RES resource files that contain the same DLLs, text files and version information, see the RC file. The RES file may be linked into application EXE files and code then used to extract the DLLs from the resource to a temporary directory to avoid distributing them separately.

 

ICS V9.1 and later optionally support loading the resource file.

 

These OpenSSL versions are included with ICS V9.4 beta available from SVN and the overnight zip.

 

Beware OpenSSL 3.4.0 has exposed a minor ICS bug creating X509 certificate requests and creating CA signed certificates, which is fixed in SVN for V9.4. or a one line change for earlier versions.

 

Also note when building the ICS packages for the first time with 3.4.0, there may be a dialog 'entry point could not be located', because the new DLLs are only extracted from the resource files when the first application is run, but the packages have built OK.

 

ICS V9.4 beta now defaults to using OpenSSL 3.4.0, provided the new OverbyteIcsDefs.inc files is installed.

 

Angus