I had to make the following one-line change to socketmodule.c so that it would link properly with openssl-0.9.4. In studying the openssl include files, I found: #define SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms() SSL_library_init() SSL_library_init() seems to be the "correct" call nowadays. I don't know why this isn't being picked up. I also don't know how well the module works, other than it imports, but I sure would like to try it with Zope/ZServer/Medusa... -- andy dustman | programmer/analyst | comstar.net, inc. telephone: 770.485.6025 / 706.549.7689 | icq: 32922760 | pgp: 0xc72f3f1d "Therefore, sweet knights, if you may doubt your strength or courage, come no further, for death awaits you all, with nasty, big, pointy teeth!" Index: socketmodule.c =================================================================== RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/python/dist/src/Modules/socketmodule.c,v retrieving revision 1.98 diff -c -r1.98 socketmodule.c *** socketmodule.c 2000/03/24 20:56:56 1.98 --- socketmodule.c 2000/03/30 00:49:09 *************** *** 2384,2390 **** return; #ifdef USE_SSL SSL_load_error_strings(); ! SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms(); SSLErrorObject = PyErr_NewException("socket.sslerror", NULL, NULL); if (SSLErrorObject == NULL) return; --- 2384,2390 ---- return; #ifdef USE_SSL SSL_load_error_strings(); ! SSL_library_init(); SSLErrorObject = PyErr_NewException("socket.sslerror", NULL, NULL); if (SSLErrorObject == NULL) return;