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Description
===========
[![openssl logo][]][www.openssl.org]
The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust,
commercial-grade, fully featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the
Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols (including SSLv3) as well as a
full-strength general purpose cryptographic library.
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Welcome to the OpenSSL Project
==============================
OpenSSL is a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured Open Source Toolkit
for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol formerly known as the
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. The protocol implementation is based
on a full-strength general purpose cryptographic library, which can also
be used stand-alone.
OpenSSL is descended from the SSLeay library developed by Eric A. Young
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.
The official Home Page of the OpenSSL Project is [www.openssl.org][].
Table of Contents
=================
- [Overview](#overview)
- [Download](#download)
- [Build and Install](#build-and-install)
- [Documentation](#documentation)
- [License](#license)
- [Support](#support)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Legalities](#legalities)
Overview
========
The OpenSSL toolkit includes:
* **libssl**
Provides the client and server-side implementations for SSLv3 and TLS.
- **libssl**
an implementation of all TLS protocol versions up to TLSv1.3 ([RFC 8446][]).
* **libcrypto:**
Provides general cryptographic and X.509 support needed by SSL/TLS but
not logically part of it.
- **libcrypto**
a full-strength general purpose cryptographic library. It constitutes the
basis of the TLS implementation, but can also be used independently.
* **openssl:**
A command line tool that can be used for:
Creation of key parameters
Creation of X.509 certificates, CSRs and CRLs
Calculation of message digests
Encryption and decryption
SSL/TLS client and server tests
Handling of S/MIME signed or encrypted mail
And more...
- **openssl**
the OpenSSL command line tool, a swiss army knife for cryptographic tasks,
testing and analyzing. It can be used for
- creation of key parameters
- creation of X.509 certificates, CSRs and CRLs
- calculation of message digests
- encryption and decryption
- SSL/TLS client and server tests
- handling of S/MIME signed or encrypted mail
- and more...
Installation
============
Download
========
See the appropriate file:
For Production Use
------------------
* [INSTALL](INSTALL): General installation instructions for all platforms
* Additional instructions for specific platforms
* [NOTES.ANDROID](NOTES.ANDROID)
* [NOTES.DJGPP](NOTES.DJGPP)
* [NOTES.PERL](NOTES.PERL)
* [NOTES.UNIX](NOTES.UNIX)
* [NOTES.VALGRIND](NOTES.VALGRIND)
* [NOTES.VMS](NOTES.VMS)
* [NOTES.WIN](NOTES.WIN)
Source code tarballs of the official releases can be downloaded from
[www.openssl.org/source](https://www.openssl.org/source).
The OpenSSL project does not distribute the toolkit in binary form.
However, for a large variety of operating systems precompiled versions
of the OpenSSL toolkit are available. In particular on Linux and other
Unix operating systems it is normally recommended to link against the
precompiled shared libraries provided by the distributor or vendor.
For Testing and Development
---------------------------
Although testing and development could in theory also be done using
the source tarballs, having a local copy of the git repository with
the entire project history gives you much more insight into the
code base.
The official OpenSSL Git Repository is located at [git.openssl.org][].
There is a GitHub mirror of the repository at [github.com/openssl/openssl][],
which is updated automatically from the former on every commit.
A local copy of the Git Repository can be obtained by cloning it from
the original OpenSSL repository using
git clone git://git.openssl.org/openssl.git
or from the GitHub mirror using
git clone https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git
If you intend to contribute to OpenSSL, either to fix bugs or contribute
new features, you need to fork the OpenSSL repository openssl/openssl on
GitHub and clone your public fork instead.
git clone https://github.com/yourname/openssl.git
This is necessary, because all development of OpenSSL nowadays is done via
GitHub pull requests. For more details, see [Contributing](#contributing).
Build and Install
=================
After obtaining the Source, have a look at the [INSTALL](INSTALL.md) file for
detailed instructions about building and installing OpenSSL. For some
platforms, the installation instructions are amended by a platform specific
document.
* [NOTES.ANDROID](NOTES.ANDROID)
* [NOTES.DJGPP](NOTES.DJGPP)
* [NOTES.PERL](NOTES.PERL)
* [NOTES.UNIX](NOTES.UNIX)
* [NOTES.VALGRIND](NOTES.VALGRIND)
* [NOTES.VMS](NOTES.VMS)
* [NOTES.WIN](NOTES.WIN)
Documentation
=============
Manual Pages
------------
The manual pages for the master branch and all current stable releases are
available online.
- [OpenSSL master](https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster)
- [OpenSSL 1.1.1](https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.1)
Wiki
----
There is a Wiki at [wiki.openssl.org][] which is currently not very active.
It contains a lot of useful information, not all of which is up to date.
License
=======
OpenSSL 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.
See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for more details.
Support
=======
See the OpenSSL website www.openssl.org for details on how to obtain
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).
There are various ways to get in touch. The correct channel depends on
your requirement. see the [SUPPORT](SUPPORT.md) file for more details.
If you have any problems with OpenSSL then please take the following steps
first:
Contributing
============
- Download the latest version from the repository
to see if the problem has already been addressed
- Configure with no-asm
- Remove compiler optimization flags
If you are interested and willing to contribute to the OpenSSL project,
please take a look at the [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.
If you wish to report a bug then please include the following information
and create an issue on GitHub:
Since 2016, development takes place in public on the GitHub open source
platform. The OpenSSL Project Pages at [openssl.github.io][] are a
valuable source of information if you want to get familiar with our
development process 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)
Just because something doesn't work the way you expect does not mean it
is necessarily a bug in OpenSSL. Use the openssl-users email list for this type
of query.
Legalities
==========
How to contribute to OpenSSL
============================
See [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md)
Legalities
==========
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.
A number of nations restrict the use or export of cryptography. If you are
potentially subject to such restrictions you should seek legal advice before
attempting to develop or distribute cryptographic code.
Copyright
=========
Copyright (c) 1998-2018 The OpenSSL Project
Copyright (c) 1998-2020 The OpenSSL Project
Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson
All rights reserved.
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"OpenSSL Wiki"
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