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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY gnutls-download-http "&gnupg-http;/gnutls/v3.7/gnutls-&gnutls-version;.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY gnutls-download-ftp "&gnupg-ftp;/gnutls/v3.7/gnutls-&gnutls-version;.tar.xz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY gnutls-download-ftp " ">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY gnutls-md5sum "c7b749bae243c341e6be717baf7ffbad">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gnutls-size "5.8 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY gnutls-buildsize "167 MB (add 111 MB for tests)">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY gnutls-time "0.9 SBU (add 2.6 SBU for tests; both using parallelism=4)">
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| 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="gnutls" xreflabel="GnuTLS-&gnutls-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="gnutls.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>GnuTLS-&gnutls-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="gnutls">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-GnuTLS">GnuTLS</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to GnuTLS</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>
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| 33 | The <application>GnuTLS</application> package contains libraries and
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| 34 | userspace tools which provide a secure layer over a reliable transport
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| 35 | layer. Currently the <application>GnuTLS</application> library implements
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| 36 | the proposed standards by the IETF's TLS working group. Quoting from the
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| 37 | <ulink url="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8446/">
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| 38 | TLS 1.3 protocol specification
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| 39 | </ulink>:
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| 40 | </para>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <para>
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| 43 | <quote>
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| 44 | TLS allows client/server applications to communicate over the Internet
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| 45 | in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, and
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| 46 | message forgery.
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| 47 | </quote>
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| 48 | </para>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <para>
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| 51 | <application>GnuTLS</application> provides support for TLS 1.3, TLS 1.2,
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| 52 | TLS 1.1, TLS 1.0, and (optionally) SSL 3.0 protocols. It also supports
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| 53 | TLS extensions, including server name and max record size. Additionally,
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| 54 | the library supports authentication using the SRP protocol, X.509
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| 55 | certificates, and OpenPGP keys, along with support for the TLS
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| 56 | Pre-Shared-Keys (PSK) extension, the Inner Application (TLS/IA)
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| 57 | extension, and X.509 and OpenPGP certificate handling.
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | &lfs112_checked;
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 63 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gnutls-download-http;"/>
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| 67 | </para>
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| 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | <listitem>
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| 70 | <para>
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| 71 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gnutls-download-ftp;"/>
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| 72 | </para>
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| 73 | </listitem>
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| 74 | <listitem>
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| 75 | <para>
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| 76 | Download MD5 sum: &gnutls-md5sum;
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| 77 | </para>
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| 78 | </listitem>
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| 79 | <listitem>
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| 80 | <para>
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| 81 | Download size: &gnutls-size;
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| 82 | </para>
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| 83 | </listitem>
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| 84 | <listitem>
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| 85 | <para>
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| 86 | Estimated disk space required: &gnutls-buildsize;
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| 87 | </para>
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| 88 | </listitem>
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| 89 | <listitem>
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| 90 | <para>
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| 91 | Estimated build time: &gnutls-time;
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| 92 | </para>
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| 93 | </listitem>
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| 94 | </itemizedlist>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GnuTLS Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 99 | <para role="required">
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| 100 | <xref linkend="nettle"/>
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| 101 | </para>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 104 | <para role="recommended">
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| 105 | <xref linkend="make-ca"/>,
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| 106 | <xref linkend="libunistring"/>,
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| 107 | <xref linkend="libtasn1"/>, and
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| 108 | <xref linkend="p11-kit"/>
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| 109 | </para>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 112 | <para role="optional">
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| 113 | <xref linkend="brotli"/>,
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| 114 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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| 115 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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| 116 | <xref linkend="guile"/>,
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| 117 | <xref linkend="libidn"/> or
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| 118 | <xref linkend="libidn2"/>,
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| 119 | <xref linkend="libseccomp"/>,
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| 120 | <xref linkend="net-tools"/> (used during the test suite),
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| 121 | <xref linkend="texlive"/> or <xref linkend="tl-installer"/>,
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| 122 | <xref linkend="unbound"/> (to build the DANE library),
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| 123 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/> (used during the test suite),
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| 124 | <ulink url="&gnu-http;/autogen/">autogen</ulink>,
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| 125 | <ulink url="https://cmocka.org/">cmocka</ulink> and
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| 126 | <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
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| 127 | <ulink url="&sourceforge-dl;/trousers/">Trousers</ulink> (Trusted Platform Module support)
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| 128 | </para>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <note><para>
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| 131 | Note that if you do not install <xref linkend="libtasn1"/>, an older
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| 132 | version shipped in the <application>GnuTLS</application> tarball will be
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| 133 | used instead.
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| 134 | </para></note>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 137 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gnutls"/>
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| 138 | </para>
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| 139 | </sect2>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 142 | <title>Installation of GnuTLS</title>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <para>
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| 145 | Install <application>GnuTLS</application> by running the
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| 146 | following commands:
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| 147 | </para>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 150 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/gnutls-&gnutls-version; \
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| 151 | --disable-rpath \
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| 152 | --with-default-trust-store-pkcs11="pkcs11:" &&
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| 153 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <para>
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| 156 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 157 | </para>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <para>
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| 160 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 161 | user:
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| 162 | </para>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 165 | <!--
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| 166 | <para>
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| 167 | If you passed <option>- -enable-gtk-doc</option> to the
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| 168 | <command>configure</command> script, the API will automatically be
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| 169 | installed. Otherwise, if desired, you can still install the API
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| 170 | documentation to the <filename
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| 171 | class="directory">/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnutls</filename> directory
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| 172 | using the following command as the <systemitem
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| 173 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 174 | </para>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -C doc/reference install-data-local</userinput></screen>
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| 177 | -->
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| 178 | </sect2>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 181 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <para>
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| 184 | <parameter>--with-default-trust-store-pkcs11="pkcs11:"</parameter>: This
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| 185 | switch tells gnutls to use the PKCS #11 trust store as the default trust.
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| 186 | Omit this switch if <xref linkend="p11-kit"/> is not installed.
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| 187 | </para>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <para>
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| 190 | <parameter>--disable-rpath</parameter>: This switch prevents building
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| 191 | GnuTLS utilities and tests with hardcoded runtime library search path.
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| 192 | Hardcoded rpath is unneeded for BLFS, and it causes test failures if
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| 193 | an old version of GnuTLS is installed.
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| 194 | </para>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <para>
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| 197 | <option>--with-default-trust-store-file=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt</option>:
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| 198 | This switch tells <command>configure</command> where to find the
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| 199 | legacy CA certificate bundle and to use it instead of PKCS #11 module
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| 200 | by default. Use this if <xref linkend="p11-kit"/> is not installed.
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| 201 | </para>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 204 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | <para>
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| 207 | <option>--enable-openssl-compatibility</option>:
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| 208 | Use this switch if you wish to build the OpenSSL compatibility library.
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| 209 | </para>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | <para>
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| 212 | <option>--without-p11-kit</option>: use this switch if you have not
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| 213 | installed <application>p11-kit</application>.
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| 214 | </para>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <para>
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| 217 | <option>--with-included-unistring</option>: uses the bundled version of
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| 218 | libunistring, instead of the system one. Use this switch if you have not
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| 219 | installed <xref linkend="libunistring"/>.
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| 220 | </para>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <para>
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| 223 | <option>--disable-guile</option>: If guile is installed, bindings for
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| 224 | that languages are built. This prevents building them.
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| 225 | </para>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | </sect2>
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| 228 |
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| 229 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 230 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <segmentedlist>
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| 233 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 234 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 235 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 236 |
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| 237 | <seglistitem>
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| 238 | <seg>
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| 239 | certtool, danetool, gnutls-cli, gnutls-cli-debug,
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| 240 | gnutls-serv, ocsptool, p11tool, psktool, and srptool
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| 241 | </seg>
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| 242 | <seg>
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| 243 | libgnutls.so, libgnutls-dane.so, libgnutlsxx.so,
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| 244 | libgnutls-openssl.so (optional), and
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| 245 | /usr/lib/guile/3.0/extensions/guile-gnutls-v-2.so
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| 246 | </seg>
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| 247 | <seg>
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| 248 | /usr/include/gnutls,
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| 249 | /usr/lib/guile/3.0/site-ccache/gnutls,
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| 250 | /usr/share/guile/site/3.0/gnutls, and
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| 251 | /usr/share/doc/gnutls-&gnutls-version;
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| 252 | </seg>
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| 253 | </seglistitem>
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| 254 | </segmentedlist>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <variablelist>
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| 257 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 258 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 259 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 260 |
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| 261 | <varlistentry id="certtool">
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| 262 | <term><command>certtool</command></term>
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| 263 | <listitem>
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| 264 | <para>
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| 265 | is used to generate X.509 certificates, certificate requests,
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| 266 | and private keys
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| 267 | </para>
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| 268 | <indexterm zone="gnutls certtool">
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| 269 | <primary sortas="b-certtool">certtool</primary>
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| 270 | </indexterm>
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| 271 | </listitem>
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| 272 | </varlistentry>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | <varlistentry id="danetool">
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| 275 | <term><command>danetool</command></term>
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| 276 | <listitem>
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| 277 | <para>
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| 278 | is a tool used to generate and check DNS resource records
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| 279 | for the DANE protocol
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| 280 | </para>
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| 281 | <indexterm zone="gnutls danetool">
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| 282 | <primary sortas="b-danetool">danetool</primary>
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| 283 | </indexterm>
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| 284 | </listitem>
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| 285 | </varlistentry>
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| 286 |
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| 287 | <varlistentry id="gnutls-cli">
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| 288 | <term><command>gnutls-cli</command></term>
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| 289 | <listitem>
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| 290 | <para>
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| 291 | is a simple client program to set up a TLS connection to some
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| 292 | other computer
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| 293 | </para>
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| 294 | <indexterm zone="gnutls gnutls-cli">
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| 295 | <primary sortas="b-gnutls-cli">gnutls-cli</primary>
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| 296 | </indexterm>
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| 297 | </listitem>
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| 298 | </varlistentry>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | <varlistentry id="gnutls-cli-debug">
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| 301 | <term><command>gnutls-cli-debug</command></term>
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| 302 | <listitem>
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| 303 | <para>
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| 304 | is a simple client program to set up a TLS connection to some
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| 305 | other computer and produces very verbose progress results
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| 306 | </para>
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| 307 | <indexterm zone="gnutls gnutls-cli-debug">
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| 308 | <primary sortas="b-gnutls-cli-debug">gnutls-cli-debug</primary>
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| 309 | </indexterm>
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| 310 | </listitem>
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| 311 | </varlistentry>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | <varlistentry id="gnutls-serv">
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| 314 | <term><command>gnutls-serv</command></term>
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| 315 | <listitem>
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| 316 | <para>
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| 317 | is a simple server program that listens to incoming TLS
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| 318 | connections
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| 319 | </para>
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| 320 | <indexterm zone="gnutls gnutls-serv">
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| 321 | <primary sortas="b-gnutls-serv">gnutls-serv</primary>
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| 322 | </indexterm>
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| 323 | </listitem>
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| 324 | </varlistentry>
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| 325 |
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| 326 | <varlistentry id="ocsptool">
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| 327 | <term><command>ocsptool</command></term>
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| 328 | <listitem>
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| 329 | <para>
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| 330 | is a program that can parse and print information about OCSP
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| 331 | requests/responses, generate requests and verify responses
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| 332 | </para>
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| 333 | <indexterm zone="gnutls ocsptool">
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| 334 | <primary sortas="b-ocsptool">ocsptool</primary>
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| 335 | </indexterm>
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| 336 | </listitem>
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| 337 | </varlistentry>
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| 338 |
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| 339 | <varlistentry id="p11tool">
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| 340 | <term><command>p11tool</command></term>
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| 341 | <listitem>
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| 342 | <para>
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| 343 | is a program that allows handling data from PKCS #11 smart cards
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| 344 | and security modules
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| 345 | </para>
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| 346 | <indexterm zone="gnutls p11tool">
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| 347 | <primary sortas="b-p11tool">p11tool</primary>
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| 348 | </indexterm>
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| 349 | </listitem>
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| 350 | </varlistentry>
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| 351 |
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| 352 | <varlistentry id="psktool">
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| 353 | <term><command>psktool</command></term>
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| 354 | <listitem>
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| 355 | <para>
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| 356 | is a simple program that generates random keys for use with TLS-PSK
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| 357 | </para>
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| 358 | <indexterm zone="gnutls psktool">
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| 359 | <primary sortas="b-psktool">psktool</primary>
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| 360 | </indexterm>
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| 361 | </listitem>
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| 362 | </varlistentry>
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| 363 |
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| 364 | <varlistentry id="srptool">
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| 365 | <term><command>srptool</command></term>
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| 366 | <listitem>
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| 367 | <para>
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| 368 | is a simple program that emulates the programs in the Stanford
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| 369 | SRP (Secure Remote Password) libraries using GnuTLS
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| 370 | </para>
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| 371 | <indexterm zone="gnutls srptool">
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| 372 | <primary sortas="b-srptool">srptool</primary>
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| 373 | </indexterm>
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| 374 | </listitem>
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| 375 | </varlistentry>
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| 376 |
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| 377 | <varlistentry id="libgnutls">
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| 378 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgnutls.so</filename></term>
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| 379 | <listitem>
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| 380 | <para>
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| 381 | contains the core API functions and X.509 certificate API functions
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| 382 | </para>
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| 383 | <indexterm zone="gnutls libgnutls">
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| 384 | <primary sortas="c-libgnutls">libgnutls.so</primary>
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| 385 | </indexterm>
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| 386 | </listitem>
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| 387 | </varlistentry>
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| 388 |
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| 389 | </variablelist>
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| 390 |
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| 391 | </sect2>
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| 392 |
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| 393 | </sect1>
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