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README
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README
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protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library.
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The project is managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that use the
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Internet to communicate, plan, and develop the OpenSSL toolkit and its
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related documentation.
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related documentation.
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OpenSSL is based on the excellent SSLeay library developed from Eric A. Young
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and Tim J. Hudson. The OpenSSL toolkit is licensed under a dual-license (the
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OpenSSL license plus the SSLeay license) situation, which basically means
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that you are free to get and use it for commercial and non-commercial
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purposes as long as you fulfill the conditions of both licenses.
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purposes as long as you fulfill the conditions of both licenses.
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OVERVIEW
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--------
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MDC2 message digest. A DES based hash that is popular on smart cards.
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Public Key
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RSA encryption/decryption/generation.
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RSA encryption/decryption/generation.
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There is no limit on the number of bits.
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DSA encryption/decryption/generation.
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DSA encryption/decryption/generation.
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There is no limit on the number of bits.
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Diffie-Hellman key-exchange/key generation.
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Diffie-Hellman key-exchange/key generation.
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There is no limit on the number of bits.
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X.509v3 certificates
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A simple stack.
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A Configuration loader that uses a format similar to MS .ini files.
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openssl:
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openssl:
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A command line tool that can be used for:
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Creation of RSA, DH and DSA key parameters
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Creation of X.509 certificates, CSRs and CRLs
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Creation of X.509 certificates, CSRs and CRLs
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Calculation of Message Digests
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Encryption and Decryption with Ciphers
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SSL/TLS Client and Server Tests
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Handling of S/MIME signed or encrypted mail
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PATENTS
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-------
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licensing conditions. Their web page is http://www.rsasecurity.com/.
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RC4 is a trademark of RSA Security, so use of this label should perhaps
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only be used with RSA Security's permission.
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only be used with RSA Security's permission.
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The IDEA algorithm is patented by Ascom in Austria, France, Germany, Italy,
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Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USA. They
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should be contacted if that algorithm is to be used; their web page is
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http://www.ascom.ch/.
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The MDC2 algorithm is patented by IBM.
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INSTALLATION
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------------
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or application author. We try to collect those in doc/PROBLEMS, with current
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thoughts on how they should be solved in a future of OpenSSL.
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SUPPORT
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SUPPORT
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If you have any problems with OpenSSL then please take the following steps
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- Download the current snapshot from ftp://ftp.openssl.org/snapshot/
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to see if the problem has already been addressed
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- Remove ASM versions of libraries
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- Remove compiler optimisation flags
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- Remove compiler optimisation flags
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If you wish to report a bug then please include the following information in
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any bug report:
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# ./Configure dist; make clean
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# cd ..
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# diff -ur openssl-orig openssl-work > mydiffs.patch
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