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- OpenSSL 0.9.5-dev  xx XXX 2000
+ OpenSSL 0.9.7-dev 24 Sep 2000
 
  Copyright (c) 1998-2000 The OpenSSL Project
  Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@
  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 toolkit 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
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@
 
      X.509v3 certificates
         X509 encoding/decoding into/from binary ASN1 and a PEM
-             based ascii-binary encoding which supports encryption with a
+             based ASCII-binary encoding which supports encryption with a
              private key.  Program to generate RSA and DSA certificate
              requests and to generate RSA and DSA certificates.
 
@@ -96,19 +97,18 @@
  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.
+ rumored 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 licensing conditions. Their web page is
- http://www.rsa.com/.
+ 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 Data Security, so use of this label should perhaps
- only be used with RSA Data Security's permission. 
+ 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
+ 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/.
 
  INSTALLATION
@@ -118,12 +118,9 @@
  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".
-
  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.
+ lists the functions; you will probably have to look at the code to work out
+ how to use them. Look at the example programs.
 
  SUPPORT 
  -------
@@ -166,6 +163,9 @@
  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:
 
@@ -173,4 +173,4 @@
  # [your changes]
  # ./Configure dist; make clean
  # cd ..
- # diff -urN openssl-orig openssl-work > mydiffs.patch
+ # diff -ur openssl-orig openssl-work > mydiffs.patch