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| author | kris <kris@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-11-13 01:03:58 +0000 |
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| committer | kris <kris@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-11-13 01:03:58 +0000 |
| commit | 539b977eff7c71f628cb2a407543a51070b14763 (patch) | |
| tree | 258f64877cac3711a3434257baddcbae72af2af3 /crypto/openssl/README | |
| parent | 893841d237b49d10e810e8b130839b4b63fd5ab4 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-539b977eff7c71f628cb2a407543a51070b14763.zip FreeBSD-src-539b977eff7c71f628cb2a407543a51070b14763.tar.gz | |
Initial import of OpenSSL 0.9.6
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diff --git a/crypto/openssl/README b/crypto/openssl/README index 320ac1b..d5969e2 100644 --- a/crypto/openssl/README +++ b/crypto/openssl/README @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - OpenSSL 0.9.5a 1 Apr 2000 + OpenSSL 0.9.6 24 Sep 2000 Copyright (c) 1998-2000 The OpenSSL Project Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson @@ -99,13 +99,12 @@ 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 licensing conditions. Their web page is - http://www.rsa.com/. + RSA Security holds software patents on the RC5 algorithm. If you + intend to use this cipher, you must contact RSA Security for + licensing conditions. Their web page is http://www.rsasecurity.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. + RC4 is a trademark of RSA Security, so use of this label should perhaps + only be used with RSA 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 @@ -119,9 +118,6 @@ a Win32 platform, read the INSTALL.W32 file. For OpenVMS systems, read INSTALL.VMS. - For people in the USA, it is possible to compile OpenSSL to use RSA Inc.'s - public key library, RSAREF, by configuring OpenSSL with the option "rsaref". - Read the documentation in the doc/ directory. It is quite rough, but it lists the functions, you will probably have to look at the code to work out how to used them. Look at the example programs. @@ -167,6 +163,9 @@ the string "[PATCH]" in the subject. Please be sure to include a textual explanation of what your patch does. + Note: For legal reasons, contributions from the US can be accepted only + if a copy of the patch is sent to crypt@bxa.doc.gov + The preferred format for changes is "diff -u" output. You might generate it like this: @@ -174,4 +173,4 @@ # [your changes] # ./Configure dist; make clean # cd .. - # diff -urN openssl-orig openssl-work > mydiffs.patch + # diff -ur openssl-orig openssl-work > mydiffs.patch |
