X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=13464f20b653aebc366b6e931b511ae6e230b009;hp=542b8c0421ef0ae8ac832243323d4ee9e017a3f3;hb=32c5e0ba0f9097e9c788ed8402fcbf6646cd2c2d;hpb=28e4fe34e49f2233fa7784ca5b7ba42839892d99 diff --git a/README b/README index 542b8c0421..13464f20b6 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - OpenSSL 0.9.9-dev XX xxx XXXX + OpenSSL 1.1.0-dev - Copyright (c) 1998-2005 The OpenSSL Project + Copyright (c) 1998-2015 The OpenSSL Project Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson All rights reserved. @@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ actually logically part of it. It includes routines for the following: Ciphers - libdes - EAY's libdes DES encryption package which has been floating - around the net for a few years. It includes 15 - 'modes/variations' of DES (1, 2 and 3 key versions of ecb, - cbc, cfb and ofb; pcbc and a more general form of cfb and - ofb) including desx in cbc mode, a fast crypt(3), and - routines to read passwords from the keyboard. + libdes - EAY's libdes DES encryption package which was floating + around the net for a few years, and was then relicensed by + him as part of SSLeay. It includes 15 'modes/variations' + of DES (1, 2 and 3 key versions of ecb, cbc, cfb and ofb; + pcbc and a more general form of cfb and ofb) including desx + in cbc mode, a fast crypt(3), and routines to read + passwords from the keyboard. RC4 encryption, RC2 encryption - 4 different modes, ecb, cbc, cfb and ofb. Blowfish encryption - 4 different modes, ecb, cbc, cfb and ofb. @@ -89,30 +90,6 @@ SSL/TLS Client and Server Tests Handling of S/MIME signed or encrypted mail - - PATENTS - ------- - - Various companies hold various patents for various algorithms in various - locations around the world. _YOU_ are responsible for ensuring that your use - of any algorithms is legal by checking if there are any patents in your - country. The file contains some of the patents that we know about or are - rumored to exist. This is not a definitive list. - - RSA Security holds software patents on the RC5 algorithm. If you - intend to use this cipher, you must contact RSA Security for - licensing conditions. Their web page is http://www.rsasecurity.com/. - - RC4 is a trademark of RSA Security, so use of this label should perhaps - only be used with RSA Security's permission. - - The IDEA algorithm is patented by Ascom in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, - Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USA. They - should be contacted if that algorithm is to be used; their web page is - http://www.ascom.ch/. - - The MDC2 algorithm is patented by IBM. - INSTALLATION ------------ @@ -134,6 +111,9 @@ SUPPORT ------- + See the OpenSSL website www.openssl.org for details of how to obtain + commercial technical support. + If you have any problems with OpenSSL then please take the following steps first: @@ -155,25 +135,46 @@ - Problem Description (steps that will reproduce the problem, if known) - Stack Traceback (if the application dumps core) - Report the bug to the OpenSSL project via the Request Tracker - (http://www.openssl.org/support/rt2.html) by mail to: + Email the report to: + + rt@openssl.org - openssl-bugs@openssl.org + In order to avoid spam, this is a moderated mailing list, and it might + take a day for the ticket to show up. (We also scan posts to make sure + that security disclosures aren't publically posted by mistake.) Mail to + this address is recorded in the public RT (request tracker) database (see + https://www.openssl.org/support/rt.html for details) and also forwarded + the public openssl-dev mailing list. Confidential mail may be sent to + openssl-security@openssl.org (PGP key available from the key servers). - Note that mail to openssl-bugs@openssl.org is recorded in the publicly - readable request tracker database and is forwarded to a public - mailing list. Confidential mail may be sent to openssl-security@openssl.org - (PGP key available from the key servers). + Please do NOT use this for general assistance or support queries. + Just because something doesn't work the way you expect does not mean it + is necessarily a bug in OpenSSL. + + You can also make GitHub pull requests. If you do this, please also send + mail to rt@openssl.org with a link to the PR so that we can more easily + keep track of it. HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO OpenSSL ---------------------------- Development is coordinated on the openssl-dev mailing list (see http://www.openssl.org for information on subscribing). If you - would like to submit a patch, send it to openssl-dev@openssl.org with + would like to submit a patch, send it to openssl-bugs@openssl.org with the string "[PATCH]" in the subject. Please be sure to include a textual explanation of what your patch does. + If you are unsure as to whether a feature will be useful for the general + OpenSSL community please discuss it on the openssl-dev mailing list first. + Someone may be already working on the same thing or there may be a good + reason as to why that feature isn't implemented. + + Patches should be as up to date as possible, preferably relative to the + current Git or the last snapshot. They should follow our coding style + (see http://openssl.org/about/codingstyle.txt) and compile without + warnings using the --strict-warnings flag. OpenSSL compiles on many + varied platforms: try to ensure you only use portable features. + Note: For legal reasons, contributions from the US can be accepted only if a TSU notification and a copy of the patch are sent to crypt@bis.doc.gov (formerly BXA) with a copy to the ENC Encryption Request Coordinator;