X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=ae5e24bf349cdb091c3e4071f06d2d5f164eae67;hp=1672580225bef64f87de2f61fcef4926e330aa11;hb=624265c60e07f8e5f251d0f5b79e34cf0221af73;hpb=07930a75a1f82fd359d0af7849f01990b73659dd diff --git a/README b/README index 1672580225..ae5e24bf34 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - OpenSSL 1.1.0-pre6-dev + OpenSSL 1.1.1-dev Copyright (c) 1998-2016 The OpenSSL Project Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson @@ -10,11 +10,8 @@ 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 @@ -55,49 +52,33 @@ ------- 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 + - Configure with no-asm - Remove compiler optimisation flags - If you wish to report a bug then please include the following information in - any bug report: + If you wish to report a bug then please include the following information + and create an issue on GitHub: - - 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) + - OpenSSL version: output of 'openssl version -a' + - Any "Configure" options that you selected during compilation of the + library if applicable (see INSTALL) + - 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 ---------------------------- @@ -107,7 +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.