title: Compiling the openssl binary statically
body: <p>The openssl binary generated by the config &amp; make commands when building from the source tarball is dynamically linked to these libraries:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    linux-vdso.so.1 =&gt;  (0x00007fffa75fe000)
      libdl.so.2 =&gt; /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007ff7f79ab000)
      libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007ff7f75e2000)
      /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007ff7f7bd2000)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My guess is if I can link statically to lib gcc, the dependencies on the other shared libraries will disappear too. </p>
  
  <p>Question is how do I get the Configure script to generate a statically linked <em>binary</em>?</p>
  
  <p>Will the process be the same for building on Windows as well?</p>