Arvid's Blog @ digivendo

OpenSSL v0.9.8m for Indy

Arvid — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:31:05 +0000

Hi, I just prepared and published an updated precompiled version of the OpenSSL libraries. As always they are available on the official Indy Mirror, the Fulgan Mirror. Direct Link: openssl-0.9.8m-i386-win32.zip You’ll find a ReadMe, License Information and File Hashes inside the zip archive. This version is including important bug and security fixes, using it is strongly recommended. Regards, Arvid

Thoughts about FIPS Support in Indy

Arvid — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:34:19 +0000

Hi, I recently had a talk with JP Mugaas about whether we should include FIPS support of OpenSSL in Indy and to what extend this will be useful for our users (especially those in the United States). We agreed that many users would benefit from the possibility to write FIPS compliant applications. However as you know [...]

OpenSSL v0.9.8l for Indy

Arvid — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:20:54 +0000

Hi, I just published an updated pre-compiled version of the OpenSSL libraries. They are available at the Fulgan Mirror. Direct Link: openssl-0.9.8l-i386-win32.zip You’ll find the ReadMe, License Information and File Hashes inside the zip. This release takes care of the discovered TLS re-negotiation issue (currently by disabling re-negotiation). If you run into troubles be sure to check the OpenSSL [...]

Chad “Kudzu” Hower arrested (Updated)

Arvid — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:33:22 +0000

Hi, typically I am not blogging here about any non Development related things. Well there’s something that needs to be spread this way now: The famous and well-known Delphi Developer Chad “Kudzu” Hower has been arrested in Bulgaria on False Charges. Yes, Kudzu – the one behind Atozed and IntraWeb, the great supporter of Indy. Bob Swart [...]

Indy SVN Access

Arvid — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:27:11 +0000

Hi, we recently had a change to the Indy SVN server. New locations are: https://svn.atozed.com:444/svn/Indy9/ https://svn.atozed.com:444/svn/Indy10/ https://svn.atozed.com:444/svn/Indy10Demos/ The public user is now: Username: Indy-Public-RO (No password) Note: The server uses a self-signed SSL certificate. Please trust it as it is needed to get access to the svn. The usage of the svn moniker (svn://) is not supported anymore but the new server provides both SVN [...]

New Indy Public Chat

Arvid — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:56:22 +0000

Hi, Chad “Kudzu” Hower and I have created a public Skype chat room for the Indy users. Feel free to join at any time using the following link:

OpenSSL v0.9.8k for Indy

Arvid — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:55:45 +0000

Hi, I’ve created an updated pre-compiled version of the OpenSSL libraries to be used with Delphi. They are – as always – available at the Fulgan Mirror. Be sure to update your installation! Regards, Arvid

Brother Printers. No they can’t.

Arvid — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:59:29 +0000

Hi, of course you’ve already read about the recent problems with the Logitech Webcam Drivers (if not see Nick Hodges’ blog). Well, I think this is the right moment to report about another issue, this time regarding Brother Printer Drivers and my long-term investigations about closing a handle leak. Let’s start with the problem: While doing some [...]

OpenSSL v0.9.8j for Indy

Arvid — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:47:00 +0000

Hi, yesterday a new version of the OpenSSL libraries has been published. I have just created precompiled DLLs for use with Indy again which are now available. You can download the libraries from Fulgan’s Mirror.

Delphi Encryption Compendium (DEC) 5.2 for D2009 released

Arvid — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:04:53 +0000

Hi, I’ve recently released an updated version of the Delphi Encryption Compendium (DEC) compatible with Delphi versions up to 2009. A code example of using it with Unicode strings is included in the library. This libary was updated and released with permisson of the original author Hagen Reddman who developed the versions DEC 3 and DEC 5.1. The [...]