Given that openssl is easily available on Fedora, it would seem to better to build /usr/bin/mongoose (and the future libmongoose.so from bug #804843) with -DNO_SSL_DL, so that ordinary dynamic linking for -lopenssl is done instead.
New rawhide build for mongoose: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4247046
mongoose-3.1-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mongoose-3.1-1.fc17
Package mongoose-3.1-1.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing mongoose-3.1-1.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-10832/mongoose-3.1-1.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
mongoose-3.1-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
mongoose-3.1-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mongoose-3.1-1.fc16
mongoose-3.1-2.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mongoose-3.1-2.fc16