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author | Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@openssl.org> | 1999-03-06 14:04:40 +0000 |
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committer | Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@openssl.org> | 1999-03-06 14:04:40 +0000 |
commit | dfca822f797be85843d88744c647dd05844597cc (patch) | |
tree | dc0f2a71f5d5eec35334d7887b9aa9bc41ba6ce1 /README | |
parent | 2c6ccde1f7574a5ad155ec5cd9356c80140cd873 (diff) | |
download | openssl-new-dfca822f797be85843d88744c647dd05844597cc.tar.gz |
Reshape the README file out of the existing README stuff
into a single file. Need more cleanup for final release IMHO.
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@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson All rights reserved. + DESCRIPTION + ----------- + 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) @@ -18,6 +21,9 @@ that you are free to get and use it for commercial and non-commercial purposes as long as you fullfill the conditions of both licenses. + OVERVIEW + -------- + The OpenSSL toolkit includes: libssl.a: @@ -109,6 +115,31 @@ errstr - Convert from OpenSSL hex error codes to a readable form. nseq - Netscape certificate sequence utility + PATENTS + ------- + + Various companies hold various patents for various algorithms in various + locations around the world. YOU are responsible for ensuring that your use of + any algorithms is legel 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. + + 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 licencing conditions. Their web page is + http://www.rsa.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. + + 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 + http://www.ascom.ch/. + + INSTALLATION + ------------ + To install this package under a Unix derivative, read the INSTALL file. For a Win32 platform, read the INSTALL.W32 file. @@ -120,3 +151,38 @@ lists the functions, you will probably have to look at the code to work out how to used them. Look at the example programs. + SUPPORT + ------- + + If you have any problems with OpenSSL then please take the following steps + first: + + - Remove ASM versions of libraries + - Remove compiler optimisation flags + - Add compiler debug flags (if using gcc then remove -fomit-frame-pointer + before you try to debug things) + + If you wish to report a bug then please include the following information in + any bug report: + + OpenSSL Details + - Version, most of these details can be got from the + 'openssl version -a' command. + Operating System Details + - OS Name + - OS Version + - Hardware platform + Compiler Details + - Name + - Version + Application Details + - Name + - Version + Problem Description + - include steps that will reproduce the problem (if known) + Stack Traceback (if the application dumps core) + + Report the bug to the OpenSSL project at: + + openssl-users@openssl.org + |