Why doesn't .NET find the OpenSSL.NET dll?

Question

EDIT (the whole question, it was too unclear)

I want to use OpenSSL.NET

The OpenSSL.NET install instructions page: INSTALL

Make sure you have libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll in the current working directory of your application or in your PATH. DONE
In your .NET project, add a reference to the ManagedOpenSsl.dll assembly. DONE

I have put libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll in both my bin/Debug and bin/Release directories. I have also put them in system32.

Here is my FULL code:

using System;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                OpenSSL.Crypto.RSA rsa = new OpenSSL.Crypto.RSA();
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e.InnerException.Message);
            }
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
}

I get the following error: Unable to load DLL 'libeay32' http://localhostr.com/files/a719c5/Error.gif (Unable to load DLL 'libeay32')

Here is the Process Monitor log (upon request): alt text http://localhostr.com/files/726a46/ProcMon.gif

What am I doing wrong? Why isn't the DLL found?

Answer 1

Try the latest version of OpenSSL.NET (0.4.1) which should now include prebuilt libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll binaries that link to the CRT statically. Alternatively, you can build these libraries yourself or use an 'official' build from openssl.org.