X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=3364f62440ab11ef6464979205d7bf6f23d4a6fa;hp=2170309ae05013ffd4a4e6701e45596f253fa97f;hb=257341b5b42eba3ae0ba0b7385af4cf2ea17dc4a;hpb=1c308226fe4f80fc89f6dcf37f9dfadc4f6c01f6 diff --git a/README b/README index 2170309ae0..3364f62440 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,22 +1,29 @@ - OpenSSL 0.9.2 06-Mar-1999 + OpenSSL 0.9.7-dev 24 Sep 2000 - Copyright (c) 1998-1999 The OpenSSL Project + Copyright (c) 1998-2000 The OpenSSL Project Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson All rights reserved. + DESCRIPTION + ----------- + The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, fully featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) - protocols with full-strength cryptography world-wide. The project is managed - by a worldwide community of volunteers that use the Internet to communicate, - plan, and develop the OpenSSL tookit and its related documentation. + 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. 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 fullfill the conditions of both licenses. + purposes as long as you fulfill the conditions of both licenses. + + OVERVIEW + -------- The OpenSSL toolkit includes: @@ -43,7 +50,7 @@ Digests MD5 and MD2 message digest algorithms, fast implementations, SHA (SHA-0) and SHA-1 message digest algorithms, - MDC2 message digest. A DES based hash that is polular on smart cards. + MDC2 message digest. A DES based hash that is popular on smart cards. Public Key RSA encryption/decryption/generation. @@ -74,49 +81,96 @@ A Configuration loader that uses a format similar to MS .ini files. openssl: - A command line tool which provides the following functions: - - enc - a general encryption program that can encrypt/decrypt using - one of 17 different cipher/mode combinations. The - input/output can also be converted to/from base64 - ascii encoding. - dgst - a generate message digesting program that will generate - message digests for any of md2, md5, sha (sha-0 or sha-1) - or mdc2. - asn1parse - parse and display the structure of an asn1 encoded - binary file. - rsa - Manipulate RSA private keys. - dsa - Manipulate DSA private keys. - dh - Manipulate Diffie-Hellman parameter files. - dsaparam- Manipulate and generate DSA parameter files. - crl - Manipulate certificate revocation lists. - crt2pkcs7- Generate a pkcs7 object containing a crl and a certificate. - x509 - Manipulate x509 certificates, self-sign certificates. - req - Manipulate PKCS#10 certificate requests and also - generate certificate requests. - genrsa - Generates an arbitrary sized RSA private key. - gendsa - Generates DSA parameters. - gendh - Generates a set of Diffie-Hellman parameters, the prime - will be a strong prime. - ca - Create certificates from PKCS#10 certificate requests. - This program also maintains a database of certificates - issued. - verify - Check x509 certificate signatures. - speed - Benchmark OpenSSL's ciphers. - s_server- A test SSL server. - s_client- A test SSL client. - s_time - Benchmark SSL performance of SSL server programs. - errstr - Convert from OpenSSL hex error codes to a readable form. - nseq - Netscape certificate sequence utility + A command line tool that can be used for: + Creation of RSA, DH and DSA key parameters + Creation of X.509 certificates, CSRs and CRLs + Calculation of Message Digests + Encryption and Decryption with Ciphers + SSL/TLS Client and Server Tests + Handling of S/MIME signed or encrypted mail + - To install this package under a Unix derivative, read the INSTALL file. For - a Win32 platform, read the INSTALL.W32 file. + 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 + rumoured 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/. - For people in the USA, it is possible to compile OpenSSL to use RSA Inc.'s - public key library, RSAref. Read doc/ssleay.txt under 'rsaref.doc' on how to - build with RSAref. + 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, 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/. + + INSTALLATION + ------------ + + To install this package under a Unix derivative, read the INSTALL file. For + a Win32 platform, read the INSTALL.W32 file. For OpenVMS systems, read + INSTALL.VMS. Read the documentation in the doc/ directory. It is quite rough, but it lists the functions, you will probably have to look at the code to work out how to used them. Look at the example programs. + SUPPORT + ------- + + If you have any problems with OpenSSL then please take the following steps + first: + + - Download the current snapshot from ftp://ftp.openssl.org/snapshot/ + to see if the problem has already been addressed + - Remove ASM versions of libraries + - Remove compiler optimisation flags + + If you wish to report a bug then please include the following information in + any bug report: + + - On Unix systems: + Self-test report generated by 'make report' + - On other systems: + OpenSSL version: output of 'openssl version -a' + OS Name, Version, Hardware platform + Compiler Details (name, version) + - Application Details (name, version) + - Problem Description (steps that will reproduce the problem, if known) + - Stack Traceback (if the application dumps core) + + Report the bug to the OpenSSL project at: + + openssl-bugs@openssl.org + + Note that mail to openssl-bugs@openssl.org is forwarded to a public + mailing list. Confidential mail may be sent to openssl-security@openssl.org + (PGP key available from the key servers). + + 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 + the string "[PATCH]" in the subject. Please be sure to include a + textual explanation of what your patch does. + + Note: For legal reasons, contributions from the US can be accepted only + if a copy of the patch is sent to crypt@bxa.doc.gov + + The preferred format for changes is "diff -u" output. You might + generate it like this: + + # cd openssl-work + # [your changes] + # ./Configure dist; make clean + # cd .. + # diff -ur openssl-orig openssl-work > mydiffs.patch