X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=35595664149281ef79c14c38d9878d446410acdb;hp=3ad8af2eb39e6f5a31121ca918e8e7c19f7c9e71;hb=b238fb79709a180ba9b4d837101c9f75e2978dc0;hpb=f33d63c9d0e6751a2f440db10203c439d3d27107 diff --git a/README b/README index 3ad8af2eb3..3559566414 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - OpenSSL 1.1.0-pre5-dev + OpenSSL 3.0.0-dev - Copyright (c) 1998-2016 The OpenSSL Project + Copyright (c) 1998-2018 The OpenSSL Project Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson All rights reserved. @@ -10,17 +10,15 @@ The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, fully featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the - Secure Sockets Layer (SSLv3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols as - well as a full-strength general purpose cryptographic 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. + Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols (including SSLv3) as well as a + full-strength general purpose cryptographic library. OpenSSL is descended from the SSLeay library developed by Eric A. Young - and Tim J. Hudson. The OpenSSL toolkit is licensed under a dual-license (the - OpenSSL license plus the SSLeay license), which 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. + and Tim J. Hudson. + + The OpenSSL toolkit is licensed under the Apache License 2.0, which means + that you are free to get and use it for commercial and non-commercial + purposes as long as you fulfill its conditions. OVERVIEW -------- @@ -48,57 +46,39 @@ ------------ See the appropriate file: - INSTALL Linux, Unix, Windows, OpenVMS - INSTALL.DJGPP DOS platform with DJGPP - INSTALL.WCE Windows CE + INSTALL Linux, Unix, Windows, OpenVMS, ... + NOTES.* INSTALL addendums for different platforms SUPPORT ------- See the OpenSSL website www.openssl.org for details on how to obtain - commercial technical support. + commercial technical support. Free community support is available through the + openssl-users email list (see + https://www.openssl.org/community/mailinglists.html for further details). If you have any problems with OpenSSL then please take the following steps first: - - Download the current snapshot from ftp://ftp.openssl.org/snapshot/ + - Download the latest version from the repository 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) + - Configure with no-asm + - Remove compiler optimization flags + + If you wish to report a bug then please include the following information + and create an issue on GitHub: + + - OpenSSL version: output of 'openssl version -a' + - Configuration data: output of 'perl configdata.pm --dump' + - 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) - Email the report to: - - rt@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/community/index.html#bugs 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). - - 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. + is necessarily a bug in OpenSSL. Use the openssl-users email list for this type + of query. HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO OpenSSL ---------------------------- @@ -108,7 +88,7 @@ LEGALITIES ---------- - A number of nations, in particular the U.S., restrict the use or export - of cryptography. If you are potentially subject to such restrictions - you should seek competent professional legal advice before attempting to - develop or distribute cryptographic code. + A number of nations restrict the use or export of cryptography. If you + are potentially subject to such restrictions you should seek competent + professional legal advice before attempting to develop or distribute + cryptographic code.