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OpenSSL 1.0.1r-dev
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Copyright (c) 1998-2015 The OpenSSL Project
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Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson
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All rights reserved.
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DESCRIPTION
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The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust,
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commercial-grade, fully featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSLv3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols as
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well as a full-strength general purpose cryptograpic library. The project is
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managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that use the Internet to
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communicate, plan, and develop the OpenSSL toolkit and its related
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documentation.
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OpenSSL is descended from the SSLeay library developed by 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), which means that you are free to
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get and use it for commercial and non-commercial purposes as long as you
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fulfill the conditions of both licenses.
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OVERVIEW
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The OpenSSL toolkit includes:
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libssl.a:
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Provides the client and server-side implementations for SSLv3 and TLS.
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libcrypto.a:
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Provides general cryptographic and X.509 support needed by SSL/TLS but
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not logically part of it.
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openssl:
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A command line tool that can be used for:
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Creation of key parameters
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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
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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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And more...
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INSTALLATION
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See the appropriate file:
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INSTALL Linux, Unix, etc.
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INSTALL.DJGPP DOS platform with DJGPP
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INSTALL.NW Netware
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INSTALL.OS2 OS/2
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INSTALL.VMS VMS
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INSTALL.W32 Windows (32bit)
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INSTALL.W64 Windows (64bit)
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INSTALL.WCE Windows CE
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SUPPORT
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See the OpenSSL website www.openssl.org for details on how to obtain
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commercial technical support.
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If you have any problems with OpenSSL then please take the following steps
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first:
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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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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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- On Unix systems:
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Self-test report generated by 'make report'
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- On other systems:
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OpenSSL version: output of 'openssl version -a'
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OS Name, Version, Hardware platform
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Compiler Details (name, version)
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- Application Details (name, version)
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- Problem Description (steps that will reproduce the problem, if known)
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- Stack Traceback (if the application dumps core)
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Email the report to:
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rt@openssl.org
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In order to avoid spam, this is a moderated mailing list, and it might
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take a day for the ticket to show up. (We also scan posts to make sure
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that security disclosures aren't publically posted by mistake.) Mail to
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this address is recorded in the public RT (request tracker) database (see
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https://www.openssl.org/support/rt.html for details) and also forwarded
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the public openssl-dev mailing list. Confidential mail may be sent to
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openssl-security@openssl.org (PGP key available from the key servers).
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Please do NOT use this for general assistance or support queries.
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Just because something doesn't work the way you expect does not mean it
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is necessarily a bug in OpenSSL.
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You can also make GitHub pull requests. If you do this, please also send
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mail to rt@openssl.org with a link to the PR so that we can more easily
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keep track of it.
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HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO OpenSSL
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See CONTRIBUTING
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LEGALITIES
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A number of nations, in particular the U.S., restrict the use or export
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of cryptography. If you are potentially subject to such restrictions
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you should seek competent professional legal advice before attempting to
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develop or distribute cryptographic code.
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