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<para>The <application>Open<acronym>SSL</acronym></application> package contains <command>
c_rehash</command>, <command>openssl</command>, <filename
class='libraryfile'>libcrypto</filename> libraries and <filename
class='libraryfile'>libssl</filename> libraries.</para>

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<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>c_rehash</title>

<para><command>c_rehash</command> is a <application>Perl</application> script 
that scans all files in a directory and adds symbolic links to their hash 
values.</para>

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<sect3><title>openssl</title>

<para>The <command>openssl</command> program is a command-line tool for using 
the various cryptography functions of
<application>Open<acronym>SSL</acronym></application>'s 
crypto library from the shell. It can be used for various functions which are 
documented in <command>man 1 openssl</command>.</para>

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<sect3><title>libcrypto</title>

<para>The <application>Open<acronym>SSL</acronym></application> crypto library implements a wide 
range of cryptographic  algorithms used in various Internet standards. The 
services provided by  this library are used by the
<application>Open<acronym>SSL</acronym>
</application> implementations of <acronym>SSL</acronym>, <acronym>TLS
</acronym> and <acronym>S/MIME</acronym>, and they have also been used to 
implement <application>Open<acronym>SSH</acronym></application>,
<application>Open<acronym>PGP</acronym>
</application>, and other cryptographic standards.</para>

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<sect3><title>libssl</title>
 
<para>The <application>Open<acronym>SSL</acronym></application> <acronym>SSL</acronym> library 
implements the Secure Sockets Layer (<acronym>SSL</acronym> v2/v3) and 
Transport Layer Security (<acronym>TLS</acronym> v1) protocols. It provides a 
rich <acronym>API</acronym>, documentation on which can be found by running 
<command>man 3 ssl</command>.</para>
 
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