Trying to build sslsniff on a RHEL 5.2 system here. When compiling sslsniff on RHEL I hit the same errors when using libboost packages (from repositories like rpmforge) and compiling libboost from source (which appeared to be successful.) I tried this on a fresh system as well (no previous/failed/garbage installs of libboost etc.)

# make
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT SSLConnectionManager.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/SSLConnectionManager.Tpo -c -o SSLConnectionManager.o SSLConnectionManager.cpp
mv -f .deps/SSLConnectionManager.Tpo .deps/SSLConnectionManager.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT FirefoxUpdater.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/FirefoxUpdater.Tpo -c -o FirefoxUpdater.o FirefoxUpdater.cpp
mv -f .deps/FirefoxUpdater.Tpo .deps/FirefoxUpdater.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT Logger.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/Logger.Tpo -c -o Logger.o Logger.cpp
mv -f .deps/Logger.Tpo .deps/Logger.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT SessionCache.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/SessionCache.Tpo -c -o SessionCache.o SessionCache.cpp
mv -f .deps/SessionCache.Tpo .deps/SessionCache.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT SSLBridge.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/SSLBridge.Tpo -c -o SSLBridge.o SSLBridge.cpp
mv -f .deps/SSLBridge.Tpo .deps/SSLBridge.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT HTTPSBridge.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/HTTPSBridge.Tpo -c -o HTTPSBridge.o HTTPSBridge.cpp
mv -f .deps/HTTPSBridge.Tpo .deps/HTTPSBridge.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT sslsniff.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/sslsniff.Tpo -c -o sslsniff.o sslsniff.cpp
mv -f .deps/sslsniff.Tpo .deps/sslsniff.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT FingerprintManager.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/FingerprintManager.Tpo -c -o FingerprintManager.o FingerprintManager.cpp
mv -f .deps/FingerprintManager.Tpo .deps/FingerprintManager.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT AuthorityCertificateManager.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/AuthorityCertificateManager.Tpo -c -o AuthorityCertificateManager.o `test -f 'certificate/AuthorityCertificateManager.cpp' || echo './'`certificate/AuthorityCertificateManager.cpp
mv -f .deps/AuthorityCertificateManager.Tpo .deps/AuthorityCertificateManager.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT TargetedCertificateManager.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/TargetedCertificateManager.Tpo -c -o TargetedCertificateManager.o `test -f 'certificate/TargetedCertificateManager.cpp' || echo './'`certificate/TargetedCertificateManager.cpp
mv -f .deps/TargetedCertificateManager.Tpo .deps/TargetedCertificateManager.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT CertificateManager.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/CertificateManager.Tpo -c -o CertificateManager.o `test -f 'certificate/CertificateManager.cpp' || echo './'`certificate/CertificateManager.cpp
mv -f .deps/CertificateManager.Tpo .deps/CertificateManager.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT HttpBridge.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/HttpBridge.Tpo -c -o HttpBridge.o `test -f 'http/HttpBridge.cpp' || echo './'`http/HttpBridge.cpp
mv -f .deps/HttpBridge.Tpo .deps/HttpBridge.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT HttpConnectionManager.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/HttpConnectionManager.Tpo -c -o HttpConnectionManager.o `test -f 'http/HttpConnectionManager.cpp' || echo './'`http/HttpConnectionManager.cpp
mv -f .deps/HttpConnectionManager.Tpo .deps/HttpConnectionManager.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT HttpHeaders.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/HttpHeaders.Tpo -c -o HttpHeaders.o `test -f 'http/HttpHeaders.cpp' || echo './'`http/HttpHeaders.cpp
mv -f .deps/HttpHeaders.Tpo .deps/HttpHeaders.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT UpdateManager.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/UpdateManager.Tpo -c -o UpdateManager.o UpdateManager.cpp
mv -f .deps/UpdateManager.Tpo .deps/UpdateManager.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT OCSPDenier.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/OCSPDenier.Tpo -c -o OCSPDenier.o `test -f 'http/OCSPDenier.cpp' || echo './'`http/OCSPDenier.cpp
mv -f .deps/OCSPDenier.Tpo .deps/OCSPDenier.Po
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sslsniff\" -DVERSION=\"0.6\" -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I.    -ggdb -g -O2 -MT FirefoxAddonUpdater.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/FirefoxAddonUpdater.Tpo -c -o FirefoxAddonUpdater.o FirefoxAddonUpdater.cpp
mv -f .deps/FirefoxAddonUpdater.Tpo .deps/FirefoxAddonUpdater.Po
g++ -ggdb -g -O2 -lssl -lboost_filesystem -lpthread -lboost_thread -llog4cpp  -o sslsniff SSLConnectionManager.o FirefoxUpdater.o Logger.o SessionCache.o SSLBridge.o HTTPSBridge.o sslsniff.o FingerprintManager.o AuthorityCertificateManager.o TargetedCertificateManager.o CertificateManager.o HttpBridge.o HttpConnectionManager.o HttpHeaders.o UpdateManager.o OCSPDenier.o FirefoxAddonUpdater.o  
SSLConnectionManager.o: In function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0':
/usr/local/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:208: undefined reference to `boost::system::get_system_category()'
/usr/local/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:209: undefined reference to `boost::system::get_generic_category()'
/usr/local/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:214: undefined reference to `boost::system::get_generic_category()'
/usr/local/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:215: undefined reference to `boost::system::get_generic_category()'
/usr/local/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp:216: undefined reference to `boost::system::get_system_category()'

There's more, but I guess there's a post length limit..

Most of them appear related to boost::system so I added -lboost_system to the linker command and got farther:

# g++ -ggdb -g -O2 -lssl -lboost_filesystem -lpthread -lboost_thread -llog4cpp  -o sslsniff SSLConnectionManager.o FirefoxUpdater.o Logger.o SessionCache.o SSLBridge.o HTTPSBridge.o sslsniff.o FingerprintManager.o AuthorityCertificateManager.o TargetedCertificateManager.o CertificateManager.o HttpBridge.o HttpConnectionManager.o HttpHeaders.o UpdateManager.o OCSPDenier.o FirefoxAddonUpdater.o -lboost_system
SSLConnectionManager.o: In function `thread<boost::_bi::bind_t<void, boost::_mfi::mf3<void, SSLConnectionManager, boost::shared_ptr<boost::asio::basic_stream_socket<boost::asio::ip::tcp, boost::asio::stream_socket_service<boost::asio::ip::tcp> > >, boost::asio::ip::basic_endpoint<boost::asio::ip::tcp>, bool>, boost::_bi::list4<boost::_bi::value<SSLConnectionManager*>, boost::_bi::value<boost::shared_ptr<boost::asio::basic_stream_socket<boost::asio::ip::tcp, boost::asio::stream_socket_service<boost::asio::ip::tcp> > > >, boost::_bi::value<boost::asio::ip::basic_endpoint<boost::asio::ip::tcp> >, boost::_bi::value<bool> > > >':
/usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:191: undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread()'
SSLConnectionManager.o: In function `~thread_data':
/usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:40: undefined reference to `boost::detail::thread_data_base::~thread_data_base()'
/usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:40: undefined reference to `boost::detail::thread_data_base::~thread_data_base()'
/usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:40: undefined reference to `boost::detail::thread_data_base::~thread_data_base()'
/usr/local/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:40: undefined reference to `boost::detail::thread_data_base::~thread_data_base()'

Now the errors are related to boost::detail and boost::filesystem::detail.

I've tried using boost 1.35 and 1.42 (latest).

On my own Ubuntu system, I installed the libraries from Ubuntu repositories and I was able to compile+link sslsniff just fine.

Thanks in advance.