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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY gnutls-download-http "&gnupg-http;/gnutls/v3.8/gnutls-&gnutls-version;.tar.xz">
8 <!ENTITY gnutls-download-ftp " ">
9 <!ENTITY gnutls-md5sum "46777802233eb7203d47a8b8880c8c90">
10 <!ENTITY gnutls-size "6.4 MB">
11 <!ENTITY gnutls-buildsize "154 MB (add 115 MB for tests)">
12 <!ENTITY gnutls-time "0.5 SBU (add 1.5 SBU for tests; both using parallelism=8)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="gnutls" xreflabel="GnuTLS-&gnutls-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="gnutls.html"?>
17
18
19 <title>GnuTLS-&gnutls-version;</title>
20
21 <indexterm zone="gnutls">
22 <primary sortas="a-GnuTLS">GnuTLS</primary>
23 </indexterm>
24
25 <sect2 role="package">
26 <title>Introduction to GnuTLS</title>
27
28 <para>
29 The <application>GnuTLS</application> package contains libraries and
30 userspace tools which provide a secure layer over a reliable transport
31 layer. Currently the <application>GnuTLS</application> library implements
32 the proposed standards by the IETF's TLS working group. Quoting from the
33 <ulink url="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8446/">
34 TLS 1.3 protocol specification
35 </ulink>:
36 </para>
37
38 <para>
39 <quote>
40 TLS allows client/server applications to communicate over the Internet
41 in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, and
42 message forgery.
43 </quote>
44 </para>
45
46 <para>
47 <application>GnuTLS</application> provides support for TLS 1.3, TLS 1.2,
48 TLS 1.1, TLS 1.0, and (optionally) SSL 3.0 protocols. It also supports
49 TLS extensions, including server name and max record size. Additionally,
50 the library supports authentication using the SRP protocol, X.509
51 certificates, and OpenPGP keys, along with support for the TLS
52 Pre-Shared-Keys (PSK) extension, the Inner Application (TLS/IA)
53 extension, and X.509 and OpenPGP certificate handling.
54 </para>
55
56 &lfs122_checked;
57
58 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
59 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
60 <listitem>
61 <para>
62 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gnutls-download-http;"/>
63 </para>
64 </listitem>
65 <listitem>
66 <para>
67 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gnutls-download-ftp;"/>
68 </para>
69 </listitem>
70 <listitem>
71 <para>
72 Download MD5 sum: &gnutls-md5sum;
73 </para>
74 </listitem>
75 <listitem>
76 <para>
77 Download size: &gnutls-size;
78 </para>
79 </listitem>
80 <listitem>
81 <para>
82 Estimated disk space required: &gnutls-buildsize;
83 </para>
84 </listitem>
85 <listitem>
86 <para>
87 Estimated build time: &gnutls-time;
88 </para>
89 </listitem>
90 </itemizedlist>
91
92 <note>
93 <para>
94 When extracting this package tarball, it expands to the gnutls-3.8.7
95 directory, instead of the expected gnutls-3.8.7.1 directory.
96 </para>
97 </note>
98
99 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GnuTLS Dependencies</bridgehead>
100
101 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
102 <para role="required">
103 <xref linkend="nettle"/>
104 </para>
105
106 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
107 <para role="recommended">
108 <xref linkend="make-ca"/>,
109 <xref linkend="libunistring"/>,
110 <xref linkend="libtasn1"/>, and
111 <xref linkend="p11-kit"/>
112 </para>
113
114 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
115 <para role="optional">
116 <xref linkend="brotli"/>,
117 <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
118 <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
119 <xref linkend="libidn"/> or
120 <xref linkend="libidn2"/>,
121 <xref linkend="libseccomp"/>,
122 <xref linkend="net-tools"/> (used during the test suite),
123 <xref linkend="texlive"/> or <xref linkend="tl-installer"/>,
124 <xref linkend="unbound"/> (to build the DANE library),
125 <xref linkend="valgrind"/> (used during the test suite),
126 <ulink url="&gnu-http;/autogen/">autogen</ulink>,
127 <ulink url="https://cmocka.org/">cmocka</ulink> and
128 <ulink url="https://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/datefudge/">datefudge</ulink> (used during the test suite if the DANE library is built), and
129 <ulink url="&sourceforge-dl;/trousers/">Trousers</ulink> (Trusted Platform Module support)
130 </para>
131
132 <note><para>
133 <!-- Note that if you do not install <xref linkend="libtasn1"/>, an older
134 3.8.0 includes minitasn1 4.19 which is currnet at the moment. ken -->
135 Note that if you do not install <xref linkend="libtasn1"/>, a
136 version shipped in the <application>GnuTLS</application> tarball will be
137 used instead.
138 </para></note>
139
140 </sect2>
141
142 <sect2 role="installation">
143 <title>Installation of GnuTLS</title>
144
145 <para>
146 Install <application>GnuTLS</application> by running the
147 following commands:
148 </para>
149
150<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
151 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/gnutls-&gnutls-version; \
152 --with-default-trust-store-pkcs11="pkcs11:" &amp;&amp;
153make</userinput></screen>
154<!-- - -disable-rpath \
155 Old gnutls versions (around 3.5) had a problem with rpath, because
156 libraries in the build tree were linked with rpath pointing to the
157 system libraries, so that tests failed. Present versions don't have
158 this problem, and do exactly what is expected without using the
159 disable-rpath option: rpath pointing to the build tree when libraries
160 are first linked, but rpath removed when libraries are relinked at
161 install time. -->
162
163 <para>
164 One test hangs the test procedure. Disable it:
165 <command>sed '/ocsp-must-staple-connection/d' -i tests/Makefile</command>.
166 To test the results, now issue: <command>make check</command>.
167 </para>
168
169 <para>
170 Now, install the package as the &root; user:
171 </para>
172
173<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
174
175 </sect2>
176
177 <sect2 role="commands">
178 <title>Command Explanations</title>
179
180 <para>
181 <parameter>--with-default-trust-store-pkcs11="pkcs11:"</parameter>: This
182 switch tells gnutls to use the PKCS #11 trust store as the default trust.
183 Omit this switch if <xref linkend="p11-kit"/> is not installed.
184 </para>
185 <!-- see above
186 <para>
187 <parameter>- -disable-rpath</parameter>: This switch prevents building
188 GnuTLS utilities and tests with hardcoded runtime library search path.
189 Hardcoded rpath is unneeded for BLFS, and it causes test failures if
190 an old version of GnuTLS is installed.
191 </para>
192 -->
193 <para>
194 <option>--with-default-trust-store-file=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt</option>:
195 This switch tells <command>configure</command> where to find the
196 legacy CA certificate bundle and to use it instead of PKCS #11 module
197 by default. Use this if <xref linkend="p11-kit"/> is not installed.
198 </para>
199
200 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
201 href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
202
203 <para>
204 <option>--enable-openssl-compatibility</option>:
205 Use this switch if you wish to build the OpenSSL compatibility library.
206 </para>
207
208 <para>
209 <option>--without-p11-kit</option>: use this switch if you have not
210 installed <application>p11-kit</application>.
211 </para>
212
213 <para>
214 <option>--with-included-unistring</option>: uses the bundled version of
215 libunistring, instead of the system one. Use this switch if you have not
216 installed <xref linkend="libunistring"/>.
217 </para>
218
219 <para>
220 <option>--disable-dsa</option>: completely disables DSA algorithm support.
221 </para>
222
223 </sect2>
224
225 <sect2 role="content">
226 <title>Contents</title>
227
228 <segmentedlist>
229 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
230 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
231 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
232
233 <seglistitem>
234 <seg>
235 certtool,
236 danetool,
237 gnutls-cli,
238 gnutls-cli-debug,
239 gnutls-serv,
240 ocsptool,
241 p11tool,
242 psktool, and
243 srptool
244 </seg>
245 <seg>
246 libgnutls.so,
247 libgnutls-dane.so,
248 libgnutlsxx.so, and
249 libgnutls-openssl.so (optional)
250 </seg>
251 <seg>
252 /usr/include/gnutls and
253 /usr/share/doc/gnutls-&gnutls-version;
254 </seg>
255 </seglistitem>
256 </segmentedlist>
257
258 <variablelist>
259 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
260 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
261 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
262
263 <varlistentry id="certtool">
264 <term><command>certtool</command></term>
265 <listitem>
266 <para>
267 is used to generate X.509 certificates, certificate requests,
268 and private keys
269 </para>
270 <indexterm zone="gnutls certtool">
271 <primary sortas="b-certtool">certtool</primary>
272 </indexterm>
273 </listitem>
274 </varlistentry>
275
276 <varlistentry id="danetool">
277 <term><command>danetool</command></term>
278 <listitem>
279 <para>
280 is a tool used to generate and check DNS resource records
281 for the DANE protocol
282 </para>
283 <indexterm zone="gnutls danetool">
284 <primary sortas="b-danetool">danetool</primary>
285 </indexterm>
286 </listitem>
287 </varlistentry>
288
289 <varlistentry id="gnutls-cli">
290 <term><command>gnutls-cli</command></term>
291 <listitem>
292 <para>
293 is a simple client program to set up a TLS connection to some
294 other computer
295 </para>
296 <indexterm zone="gnutls gnutls-cli">
297 <primary sortas="b-gnutls-cli">gnutls-cli</primary>
298 </indexterm>
299 </listitem>
300 </varlistentry>
301
302 <varlistentry id="gnutls-cli-debug">
303 <term><command>gnutls-cli-debug</command></term>
304 <listitem>
305 <para>
306 is a simple client program to set up a TLS connection to some
307 other computer and produces very verbose progress results
308 </para>
309 <indexterm zone="gnutls gnutls-cli-debug">
310 <primary sortas="b-gnutls-cli-debug">gnutls-cli-debug</primary>
311 </indexterm>
312 </listitem>
313 </varlistentry>
314
315 <varlistentry id="gnutls-serv">
316 <term><command>gnutls-serv</command></term>
317 <listitem>
318 <para>
319 is a simple server program that listens to incoming TLS
320 connections
321 </para>
322 <indexterm zone="gnutls gnutls-serv">
323 <primary sortas="b-gnutls-serv">gnutls-serv</primary>
324 </indexterm>
325 </listitem>
326 </varlistentry>
327
328 <varlistentry id="ocsptool">
329 <term><command>ocsptool</command></term>
330 <listitem>
331 <para>
332 is a program that can parse and print information about OCSP
333 requests/responses, generate requests and verify responses
334 </para>
335 <indexterm zone="gnutls ocsptool">
336 <primary sortas="b-ocsptool">ocsptool</primary>
337 </indexterm>
338 </listitem>
339 </varlistentry>
340
341 <varlistentry id="p11tool">
342 <term><command>p11tool</command></term>
343 <listitem>
344 <para>
345 is a program that allows handling data from PKCS #11 smart cards
346 and security modules
347 </para>
348 <indexterm zone="gnutls p11tool">
349 <primary sortas="b-p11tool">p11tool</primary>
350 </indexterm>
351 </listitem>
352 </varlistentry>
353
354 <varlistentry id="psktool">
355 <term><command>psktool</command></term>
356 <listitem>
357 <para>
358 is a simple program that generates random keys for use with TLS-PSK
359 </para>
360 <indexterm zone="gnutls psktool">
361 <primary sortas="b-psktool">psktool</primary>
362 </indexterm>
363 </listitem>
364 </varlistentry>
365
366 <varlistentry id="srptool">
367 <term><command>srptool</command></term>
368 <listitem>
369 <para>
370 is a simple program that emulates the programs in the Stanford
371 SRP (Secure Remote Password) libraries using GnuTLS
372 </para>
373 <indexterm zone="gnutls srptool">
374 <primary sortas="b-srptool">srptool</primary>
375 </indexterm>
376 </listitem>
377 </varlistentry>
378
379 <varlistentry id="libgnutls">
380 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgnutls.so</filename></term>
381 <listitem>
382 <para>
383 contains the core API functions and X.509 certificate API functions
384 </para>
385 <indexterm zone="gnutls libgnutls">
386 <primary sortas="c-libgnutls">libgnutls.so</primary>
387 </indexterm>
388 </listitem>
389 </varlistentry>
390
391 </variablelist>
392
393 </sect2>
394
395</sect1>
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