X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=fafc0ed7ff29676a7c6886f1238ed55c9b2b2f73;hp=faebdf980ec294336a07ba39dd87eeeaa782063c;hb=3fc59c84061373c285eb90c4b8fae075a28daaf3;hpb=af1048c25c7c11eaf5f7b0b8d11ae34157348c5e diff --git a/README b/README index faebdf980e..fafc0ed7ff 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - OpenSSL 0.9.8-dev XX xxx XXXX + OpenSSL 0.9.9-dev XX xxx XXXX - Copyright (c) 1998-2002 The OpenSSL Project + Copyright (c) 1998-2008 The OpenSSL Project Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson All rights reserved. @@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ actually logically part of it. It includes routines for the following: Ciphers - libdes - EAY's libdes DES encryption package which has been floating - around the net for a few years. It includes 15 - 'modes/variations' of DES (1, 2 and 3 key versions of ecb, - cbc, cfb and ofb; pcbc and a more general form of cfb and - ofb) including desx in cbc mode, a fast crypt(3), and - routines to read passwords from the keyboard. + libdes - EAY's libdes DES encryption package which was floating + around the net for a few years, and was then relicensed by + him as part of SSLeay. It includes 15 'modes/variations' + of DES (1, 2 and 3 key versions of ecb, cbc, cfb and ofb; + pcbc and a more general form of cfb and ofb) including desx + in cbc mode, a fast crypt(3), and routines to read + passwords from the keyboard. RC4 encryption, RC2 encryption - 4 different modes, ecb, cbc, cfb and ofb. Blowfish encryption - 4 different modes, ecb, cbc, cfb and ofb. @@ -80,16 +81,16 @@ A simple stack. A Configuration loader that uses a format similar to MS .ini files. - openssl: + openssl: 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 + 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 - + PATENTS ------- @@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ licensing conditions. Their web page is http://www.rsasecurity.com/. RC4 is a trademark of RSA Security, so use of this label should perhaps - only be used with RSA Security's permission. + only be used with RSA Security's permission. The IDEA algorithm is patented by Ascom in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USA. They @@ -113,6 +114,10 @@ The MDC2 algorithm is patented by IBM. + NTT and Mitsubishi have patents and pending patents on the Camellia + algorithm, but allow use at no charge without requiring an explicit + licensing agreement: http://info.isl.ntt.co.jp/crypt/eng/info/chiteki.html + INSTALLATION ------------ @@ -131,7 +136,7 @@ or application author. We try to collect those in doc/PROBLEMS, with current thoughts on how they should be solved in a future of OpenSSL. - SUPPORT + SUPPORT ------- If you have any problems with OpenSSL then please take the following steps @@ -140,7 +145,7 @@ - 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 + - Remove compiler optimisation flags If you wish to report a bug then please include the following information in any bug report: @@ -156,7 +161,7 @@ - Stack Traceback (if the application dumps core) Report the bug to the OpenSSL project via the Request Tracker - (http://www.openssl.org/rt2.html) by mail to: + (http://www.openssl.org/support/rt.html) by mail to: openssl-bugs@openssl.org