1 | <sect2>
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2 | <title>Contents</title>
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3 |
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4 | <para>The <application>openssl</application> package contains <command>
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5 | c_rehash</command>, <command>openssl</command>, <filename
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6 | class='libraryfile'>libcrypto</filename> libraries and <filename
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7 | class='libraryfile'>libssl</filename> libraries.</para>
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8 |
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9 | </sect2>
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10 |
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11 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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12 |
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13 | <sect3><title>c_rehash</title>
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14 |
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15 | <para><command>c_rehash</command> is a <application>perl</application> script
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16 | that scans all files in a directory and adds symbolic links to their hash
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17 | values.</para>
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18 |
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19 | </sect3>
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20 |
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21 | <sect3><title>openssl</title>
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22 |
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23 | <para>The <command>openssl</command> program is a command line tool for using
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24 | the various cryptography functions of <application>OpenSSL</application>'s
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25 | crypto library from the shell. It can be used for various functions which are
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26 | documented in <command>man 1 openssl</command>.</para>
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27 |
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28 | </sect3>
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29 |
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30 | <sect3><title>libcrypto</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>The <application>OpenSSL</application> crypto library implements a wide
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33 | range of cryptographic algorithms used in various Internet standards. The
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34 | services provided by this library are used by the <application>OpenSSL
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35 | </application> implementations of <acronym>SSL</acronym>, <acronym>TLS
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36 | </acronym> and <acronym>S/MIME</acronym>, and they have also been used to
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37 | implement <application>OpenSSH</application>, <application>OpenPGP
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38 | </application>, and other cryptographic standards.</para>
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39 |
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40 | </sect3>
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41 |
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42 | <sect3><title>libssl</title>
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43 |
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44 | <para>The <application>OpenSSL</application> <acronym>SSL</acronym> library
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45 | implements the Secure Sockets Layer (<acronym>SSL</acronym> v2/v3) and
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46 | Transport Layer Security (<acronym>TLS</acronym> v1) protocols. It provides a
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47 | rich <acronym>API</acronym>, documentation on which can be found by running
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48 | <command>man 3 ssl</command>.</para>
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49 |
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50 | </sect3>
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51 |
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52 | </sect2>
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53 |
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