X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=703b1f7f98c150b7f7613de1f491e9aef28552c5;hp=189c2941a8f9db503a94874de9ce29c995c6ffee;hb=a5fcd09e7552dedf87d5a1ff5d07a0397bc057cb;hpb=5612f93f3700af8e0b64341b636231522c7aa9cf diff --git a/README b/README index 189c2941a8..703b1f7f98 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - OpenSSL 0.9.2b 22-Mar-1999 + OpenSSL 0.9.5-dev xx XXX 1999 Copyright (c) 1998-1999 The OpenSSL Project Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson @@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ 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. + 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 -------- @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ 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. @@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ 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 legel by checking if there are any patents in your + 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 Data Security holds software patents on the RSA and RC5 algorithms. If their ciphers are used used inside the USA (and Japan?), you must contact RSA - Data Security for licencing conditions. Their web page is + Data Security for licensing conditions. Their web page is http://www.rsa.com/. RC4 is a trademark of RSA Data Security, so use of this label should perhaps @@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ ------------ To install this package under a Unix derivative, read the INSTALL file. For - a Win32 platform, read the INSTALL.W32 file. + a Win32 platform, read the INSTALL.W32 file. For OpenVMS systems, read + INSTALL.VMS. For people in the USA, it is possible to compile OpenSSL to use RSA Inc.'s public key library, RSAREF, by configuring OpenSSL with the option "rsaref".