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+    # - Try to find the OpenSSL encryption library
+    # Once done this will define
+    #
+    #  OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR - Set this variable to the root installation of OpenSSL
+    #
+    # Read-Only variables:
+    #  OPENSSL_FOUND - system has the OpenSSL library
+    #  OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR - the OpenSSL include directory
+    #  OPENSSL_LIBRARIES - The libraries needed to use OpenSSL
+    #  OPENSSL_VERSION - This is set to $major.$minor.$revision (eg. 0.9.8)
+     
+    #=============================================================================
+    # Copyright 2006-2009 Kitware, Inc.
+    # Copyright 2006 Alexander Neundorf <neundorf@kde.org>
+    # Copyright 2009-2011 Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com>
+    #
+    # Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License");
+    # see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
+    #
+    # This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
+    # implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+    # See the License for more information.
+    #=============================================================================
+    # (To distribute this file outside of CMake, substitute the full
+    #  License text for the above reference.)
+     
+    if (UNIX)
+      find_package(PkgConfig)
+      if (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+        pkg_check_modules(_OPENSSL openssl)
+      endif (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+    endif (UNIX)
+     
+    # http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html
+    SET(_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS
+      $ENV{OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}
+      ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}
+      "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\OpenSSL (32-bit)_is1;Inno Setup: App Path]"
+      "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\OpenSSL (64-bit)_is1;Inno Setup: App Path]"
+      )
+    SET(_OPENSSL_ROOT_PATHS
+      "$ENV{PROGRAMFILES}/OpenSSL"
+      "$ENV{PROGRAMFILES}/OpenSSL-Win32"
+      "$ENV{PROGRAMFILES}/OpenSSL-Win64"
+      "C:/OpenSSL/"
+      "C:/OpenSSL-Win32/"
+      "C:/OpenSSL-Win64/"
+      )
+    SET(_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS_AND_PATHS
+      HINTS ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS}
+      PATHS ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_PATHS}
+      )
+     
+    FIND_PATH(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR
+      NAMES
+        openssl/ssl.h
+      HINTS
+        ${_OPENSSL_INCLUDEDIR}
+      ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS_AND_PATHS}
+      PATH_SUFFIXES
+        include
+    )
+     
+    IF(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
+      # MINGW should go here too
+      IF(MSVC)
+        # /MD and /MDd are the standard values - if someone wants to use
+        # others, the libnames have to change here too
+        # use also ssl and ssleay32 in debug as fallback for openssl < 0.9.8b
+        # TODO: handle /MT and static lib
+        # In Visual C++ naming convention each of these four kinds of Windows libraries has it's standard suffix:
+        #   * MD for dynamic-release
+        #   * MDd for dynamic-debug
+        #   * MT for static-release
+        #   * MTd for static-debug
+     
+        # Implementation details:
+        # We are using the libraries located in the VC subdir instead of the parent directory eventhough :
+        # libeay32MD.lib is identical to ../libeay32.lib, and
+        # ssleay32MD.lib is identical to ../ssleay32.lib
+        FIND_LIBRARY(LIB_EAY_DEBUG
+          NAMES
+            libeay32MDd
+            libeay32
+          ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS_AND_PATHS}
+          PATH_SUFFIXES
+            "lib"
+            "VC"
+            "lib/VC"
+        )
+     
+        FIND_LIBRARY(LIB_EAY_RELEASE
+          NAMES
+            libeay32MD
+            libeay32
+          ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS_AND_PATHS}
+          PATH_SUFFIXES
+            "lib"
+            "VC"
+            "lib/VC"
+        )
+     
+        FIND_LIBRARY(SSL_EAY_DEBUG
+          NAMES
+            ssleay32MDd
+            ssleay32
+            ssl
+          ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS_AND_PATHS}
+          PATH_SUFFIXES
+            "lib"
+            "VC"
+            "lib/VC"
+        )
+     
+        FIND_LIBRARY(SSL_EAY_RELEASE
+          NAMES
+            ssleay32MD
+            ssleay32
+            ssl
+          ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS_AND_PATHS}
+          PATH_SUFFIXES
+            "lib"
+            "VC"
+            "lib/VC"
+        )
+     
+        if( CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE )
+          set( OPENSSL_LIBRARIES
+            optimized ${SSL_EAY_RELEASE} debug ${SSL_EAY_DEBUG}
+            optimized ${LIB_EAY_RELEASE} debug ${LIB_EAY_DEBUG}
+            )
+        else()
+          set( OPENSSL_LIBRARIES ${SSL_EAY_RELEASE} ${LIB_EAY_RELEASE} )
+        endif()
+        MARK_AS_ADVANCED(SSL_EAY_DEBUG SSL_EAY_RELEASE)
+        MARK_AS_ADVANCED(LIB_EAY_DEBUG LIB_EAY_RELEASE)
+      ELSEIF(MINGW)
+        # same player, for MingW
+        FIND_LIBRARY(LIB_EAY
+          NAMES
+            libeay32
+          ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS_AND_PATHS}
+          PATH_SUFFIXES
+            "lib"
+            "lib/MinGW"
+        )
+     
+        FIND_LIBRARY(SSL_EAY
+          NAMES
+            ssleay32
+          ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS_AND_PATHS}
+          PATH_SUFFIXES
+            "lib"
+            "lib/MinGW"
+        )
+     
+        MARK_AS_ADVANCED(SSL_EAY LIB_EAY)
+        set( OPENSSL_LIBRARIES ${SSL_EAY} ${LIB_EAY} )
+      ELSE(MSVC)
+        # Not sure what to pick for -say- intel, let's use the toplevel ones and hope someone report issues:
+        FIND_LIBRARY(LIB_EAY
+          NAMES
+            libeay32
+          HINTS
+            ${_OPENSSL_LIBDIR}
+          ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS_AND_PATHS}
+          PATH_SUFFIXES
+            lib
+        )
+     
+        FIND_LIBRARY(SSL_EAY
+          NAMES
+            ssleay32
+          HINTS
+            ${_OPENSSL_LIBDIR}
+          ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS_AND_PATHS}
+          PATH_SUFFIXES
+            lib
+        )
+     
+        MARK_AS_ADVANCED(SSL_EAY LIB_EAY)
+        set( OPENSSL_LIBRARIES ${SSL_EAY} ${LIB_EAY} )
+      ENDIF(MSVC)
+    ELSE(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
+     
+      FIND_LIBRARY(OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY
+        NAMES
+          ssl
+          ssleay32
+          ssleay32MD
+        HINTS
+          ${_OPENSSL_LIBDIR}
+        ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS_AND_PATHS}
+        PATH_SUFFIXES
+          lib
+      )
+     
+      FIND_LIBRARY(OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY
+        NAMES
+          crypto
+        HINTS
+          ${_OPENSSL_LIBDIR}
+        ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS_AND_PATHS}
+        PATH_SUFFIXES
+          lib
+      )
+     
+      MARK_AS_ADVANCED(OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY)
+     
+      # compat defines
+      SET(OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARIES ${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY})
+      SET(OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARIES ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY})
+     
+      SET(OPENSSL_LIBRARIES ${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY} ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY})
+     
+    ENDIF(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
+     
+    if (OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR)
+      file(STRINGS "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}/openssl/opensslv.h" openssl_version_str REGEX "^#define[\t ]+OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER[\t ]+0x[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9].*")
+     
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "^.*OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER[\t ]+0x([0-9]).*$" "\\1" OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR "${openssl_version_str}")
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "^.*OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER[\t ]+0x[0-9]([0-9][0-9]).*$" "\\1" OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR  "${openssl_version_str}")
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "^.*OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER[\t ]+0x[0-9][0-9][0-9]([0-9][0-9]).*$" "\\1" OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH "${openssl_version_str}")
+     
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "^0" "" OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR "${OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR}")
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "^0" "" OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH "${OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH}")
+     
+      set(OPENSSL_VERSION "${OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH}")
+    endif (OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR)
+     
+    include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+
+    IF(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR AND OPENSSL_LIBRARIES)
+		message(STATUS "Found OpenSSL: ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}" ", " ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
+		MARK_AS_ADVANCED(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR OPENSSL_LIBRARIES)
+	else()
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find OpenSSL: ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}" ", " ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
+	endif()
+     
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