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