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OpenSSL 0.9.8b 04 May 2006
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Copyright (c) 1998-2005 The OpenSSL Project
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Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson
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All rights reserved.
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DESCRIPTION
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The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust,
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commercial-grade, fully featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1)
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protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library.
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The project is managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that use the
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Internet to communicate, plan, and develop the OpenSSL toolkit and its
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related documentation.
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OpenSSL is based on the excellent SSLeay library developed from Eric A. Young
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and Tim J. Hudson. The OpenSSL toolkit is licensed under a dual-license (the
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OpenSSL license plus the SSLeay license) situation, which basically means
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that you are free to get and use it for commercial and non-commercial
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purposes as long as you fulfill the conditions of both licenses.
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OVERVIEW
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The OpenSSL toolkit includes:
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libssl.a:
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Implementation of SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1 and the required code to support
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both SSLv2, SSLv3 and TLSv1 in the one server and client.
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libcrypto.a:
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General encryption and X.509 v1/v3 stuff needed by SSL/TLS but not
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actually logically part of it. It includes routines for the following:
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Ciphers
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libdes - EAY's libdes DES encryption package which has been floating
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around the net for a few years. It includes 15
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'modes/variations' of DES (1, 2 and 3 key versions of ecb,
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cbc, cfb and ofb; pcbc and a more general form of cfb and
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ofb) including desx in cbc mode, a fast crypt(3), and
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routines to read passwords from the keyboard.
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RC4 encryption,
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RC2 encryption - 4 different modes, ecb, cbc, cfb and ofb.
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Blowfish encryption - 4 different modes, ecb, cbc, cfb and ofb.
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IDEA encryption - 4 different modes, ecb, cbc, cfb and ofb.
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Digests
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MD5 and MD2 message digest algorithms, fast implementations,
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SHA (SHA-0) and SHA-1 message digest algorithms,
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MDC2 message digest. A DES based hash that is popular on smart cards.
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Public Key
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RSA encryption/decryption/generation.
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There is no limit on the number of bits.
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DSA encryption/decryption/generation.
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There is no limit on the number of bits.
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Diffie-Hellman key-exchange/key generation.
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There is no limit on the number of bits.
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X.509v3 certificates
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X509 encoding/decoding into/from binary ASN1 and a PEM
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based ASCII-binary encoding which supports encryption with a
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private key. Program to generate RSA and DSA certificate
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requests and to generate RSA and DSA certificates.
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Systems
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The normal digital envelope routines and base64 encoding. Higher
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level access to ciphers and digests by name. New ciphers can be
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loaded at run time. The BIO io system which is a simple non-blocking
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IO abstraction. Current methods supported are file descriptors,
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sockets, socket accept, socket connect, memory buffer, buffering, SSL
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client/server, file pointer, encryption, digest, non-blocking testing
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and null.
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Data structures
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A dynamically growing hashing system
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A simple stack.
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A Configuration loader that uses a format similar to MS .ini files.
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openssl:
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A command line tool that can be used for:
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Creation of RSA, DH and DSA key parameters
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Creation of X.509 certificates, CSRs and CRLs
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Calculation of Message Digests
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Encryption and Decryption with Ciphers
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SSL/TLS Client and Server Tests
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Handling of S/MIME signed or encrypted mail
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PATENTS
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Various companies hold various patents for various algorithms in various
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locations around the world. _YOU_ are responsible for ensuring that your use
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of any algorithms is legal by checking if there are any patents in your
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country. The file contains some of the patents that we know about or are
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rumored to exist. This is not a definitive list.
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RSA Security holds software patents on the RC5 algorithm. If you
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intend to use this cipher, you must contact RSA Security for
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licensing conditions. Their web page is http://www.rsasecurity.com/.
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RC4 is a trademark of RSA Security, so use of this label should perhaps
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only be used with RSA Security's permission.
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The IDEA algorithm is patented by Ascom in Austria, France, Germany, Italy,
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Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USA. They
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should be contacted if that algorithm is to be used; their web page is
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http://www.ascom.ch/.
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The MDC2 algorithm is patented by IBM.
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INSTALLATION
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To install this package under a Unix derivative, read the INSTALL file. For
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a Win32 platform, read the INSTALL.W32 file. For OpenVMS systems, read
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INSTALL.VMS.
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Read the documentation in the doc/ directory. It is quite rough, but it
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lists the functions; you will probably have to look at the code to work out
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how to use them. Look at the example programs.
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PROBLEMS
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--------
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For some platforms, there are some known problems that may affect the user
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or application author. We try to collect those in doc/PROBLEMS, with current
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thoughts on how they should be solved in a future of OpenSSL.
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SUPPORT
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If you have any problems with OpenSSL then please take the following steps
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first:
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- Download the current snapshot from ftp://ftp.openssl.org/snapshot/
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to see if the problem has already been addressed
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- Remove ASM versions of libraries
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- Remove compiler optimisation flags
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If you wish to report a bug then please include the following information in
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any bug report:
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- On Unix systems:
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Self-test report generated by 'make report'
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- On other systems:
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OpenSSL version: output of 'openssl version -a'
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OS Name, Version, Hardware platform
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Compiler Details (name, version)
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- Application Details (name, version)
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- Problem Description (steps that will reproduce the problem, if known)
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- Stack Traceback (if the application dumps core)
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Report the bug to the OpenSSL project via the Request Tracker
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(http://www.openssl.org/support/rt2.html) by mail to:
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openssl-bugs@openssl.org
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Note that mail to openssl-bugs@openssl.org is recorded in the publicly
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readable request tracker database and is forwarded to a public
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mailing list. Confidential mail may be sent to openssl-security@openssl.org
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(PGP key available from the key servers).
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HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO OpenSSL
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----------------------------
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Development is coordinated on the openssl-dev mailing list (see
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http://www.openssl.org for information on subscribing). If you
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would like to submit a patch, send it to openssl-dev@openssl.org with
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the string "[PATCH]" in the subject. Please be sure to include a
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textual explanation of what your patch does.
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Note: For legal reasons, contributions from the US can be accepted only
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if a TSU notification and a copy of the patch are sent to crypt@bis.doc.gov
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(formerly BXA) with a copy to the ENC Encryption Request Coordinator;
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please take some time to look at
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http://www.bis.doc.gov/Encryption/PubAvailEncSourceCodeNofify.html [sic]
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and
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http://w3.access.gpo.gov/bis/ear/pdf/740.pdf (EAR Section 740.13(e))
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for the details. If "your encryption source code is too large to serve as
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an email attachment", they are glad to receive it by fax instead; hope you
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have a cheap long-distance plan.
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Our preferred format for changes is "diff -u" output. You might
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generate it like this:
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# cd openssl-work
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# [your changes]
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# ./Configure dist; make clean
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# cd ..
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# diff -ur openssl-orig openssl-work > mydiffs.patch
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