Upgrading OpenSSL of Zimbra 8.6 open source free edition

[shoaib.sheikh]

Hello,

1. I have Zimbra 8.6 [free] installed with Patch 8 on my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x64 server.

2. If I go to directory /opt/zimbra/openssl/bin/ and run the ./openssl version command, the output is "OpenSSL 1.0.1j 15 Oct 2014"

3. I want to upgrade this OpenSSL verison to 1.0.1u or 1.0.2 because of the NEW CIPHERS.

4. Should I compile/build/make the desired version of OpenSSL on my server and then copy the BINARY and INCLUDE files to the ZIMBRA openssl directory ?

5. Or what should be the best approach or method ? To avoid any issues and errors ?

ps: Currently I have research oriented project and can't use Zimbra 8.7 or other version.