Manual OpenSSL update

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Debian comes with an outdated OpenSSL version which has security vulnerabilities.

Preparations

apt-get install autoconf python libtool build-essential

Download and unzip

wget ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2i.tar.gz
tar xfz openssl-1.0.2i.tar.gz

Installation

Compile

cd openssl-1.0.2i
./config --prefix=/usr zlib-dynamic --openssldir=/etc/ssl shared
make
make test
sudo make
sudo make install

Testing

openssl version