X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=0c242c7ef2de2516933249663e4894e19c9b099b;hp=5052bb5446e737a4c97bb567d6e4798ea897b04a;hb=a2b0de98af8ca4de5fd27484f4925cdc351a9020;hpb=d979d09cccef0199e5975a640789cb55568d01c9 diff --git a/README b/README index 5052bb5446..0c242c7ef2 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library. The project is managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that use the Internet to communicate, plan, and develop the OpenSSL toolkit and its - related documentation. + related documentation. OpenSSL is based on the excellent SSLeay library developed from Eric A. Young and Tim J. Hudson. The OpenSSL toolkit is licensed under a dual-license (the OpenSSL license plus the SSLeay license) situation, which basically means that you are free to get and use it for commercial and non-commercial - purposes as long as you fulfill the conditions of both licenses. + purposes as long as you fulfill the conditions of both licenses. OVERVIEW -------- @@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ MDC2 message digest. A DES based hash that is popular on smart cards. Public Key - RSA encryption/decryption/generation. + RSA encryption/decryption/generation. There is no limit on the number of bits. - DSA encryption/decryption/generation. + DSA encryption/decryption/generation. There is no limit on the number of bits. - Diffie-Hellman key-exchange/key generation. + Diffie-Hellman key-exchange/key generation. There is no limit on the number of bits. X.509v3 certificates