In layman's terms
Today's ISXEVE update included new technology that allows for the extension to authenticate itself using https (secure http). This change requires the addition of two files: isxGames_libcurl.dll, and cacert.pem. Both are now included in the patcher and in the ISXEVE installation exectuable. (Note: ISXEVE will not load and/or authenticate without their presence.)
This change should have no affect on your experience with ISXEVE. The only change you may see is a slight delay upon loading the extension until the authentication is completed. Otherwise, the only other changes will be "good" things such as more detailed error messages, etc.
If you find that your installation of ISXEVE is not updating properly (ie, you're getting error messages about missing files, etc.) please download the newest version of ISXEVE and reinstall it before emailing me. You can find that file at http://www.isxgames.com/isxeve/ISXEVE.exe.
Additional Technical Information
For those that are interested (and/or paranoid), I compiled libcurl 7.19.5 personally (from open source) with the following open-source modules included:
- libssh2 1.1
- OpenSSL 0.9.8k
- zLib 1.2.3
(Note: LDAP was not included)
libssh2, zlib, and openssl are included in isxGames_libcurl.dll
cacert.pem is a plain text file, so you can open it if you're curious what it is. I would advise not editing it manually, although you can replace it with another equivalent .pem file if you wish (I can't imagine why you would want/need to do that though.)
Today's ISXEVE update included new technology that allows for the extension to authenticate itself using https (secure http). This change requires the addition of two files: isxGames_libcurl.dll, and cacert.pem. Both are now included in the patcher and in the ISXEVE installation exectuable. (Note: ISXEVE will not load and/or authenticate without their presence.)
This change should have no affect on your experience with ISXEVE. The only change you may see is a slight delay upon loading the extension until the authentication is completed. Otherwise, the only other changes will be "good" things such as more detailed error messages, etc.
If you find that your installation of ISXEVE is not updating properly (ie, you're getting error messages about missing files, etc.) please download the newest version of ISXEVE and reinstall it before emailing me. You can find that file at http://www.isxgames.com/isxeve/ISXEVE.exe.
Additional Technical Information
For those that are interested (and/or paranoid), I compiled libcurl 7.19.5 personally (from open source) with the following open-source modules included:
- libssh2 1.1
- OpenSSL 0.9.8k
- zLib 1.2.3
(Note: LDAP was not included)
libssh2, zlib, and openssl are included in isxGames_libcurl.dll
cacert.pem is a plain text file, so you can open it if you're curious what it is. I would advise not editing it manually, although you can replace it with another equivalent .pem file if you wish (I can't imagine why you would want/need to do that though.)