%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ OpenSSL The OpenSSL package contains management tools and libraries relating to cryptography. These are useful for providing cryptography functions to other packages, notably OpenSSH, email applications and web browsers (for accessing HTTPS sites). Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &openssl-md5sum; Download size: &openssl-size; Estimated disk space required: &openssl-buildsize; Estimated build time: &openssl-time; Additional Downloads Required patch: OpenSSL Dependencies Optional (recommended if you run the test suite during the build) User Notes: Install OpenSSL by running the following commands: patch -Np1 -i ../openssl-&openssl-version;-fix_manpages-1.patch && ./config --openssldir=/etc/ssl --prefix=/usr shared && make MANDIR=/usr/share/man To test the results, issue: make test. Now, as the root user: make MANDIR=/usr/share/man install && cp -v -r certs /etc/ssl && install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/openssl-&openssl-version; && cp -v -r doc/{HOWTO,README,*.{txt,html,gif}} \ /usr/share/doc/openssl-&openssl-version; no-rc5 no-idea: When added to the ./config command, this will eliminate the building of those encryption methods. Patent licenses may be needed for you to utilize either of those methods in your projects. make MANDIR=/usr/share/man; make MANDIR=/usr/share/man install: These commands install OpenSSL with the man pages in /usr/share/man instead of /etc/ssl/man. cp -v -r certs /etc/ssl: The certificates must be copied manually as the default installation skips this step. /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf Most people who just want to use OpenSSL for providing functions to other programs such as OpenSSH and web browsers won't need to worry about configuring OpenSSL. Configuring OpenSSL is an advanced topic and so those who do would normally be expected to either know how to do it or to be able to find out how to do it. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories c_rehash and openssl libcrypto.{so,a}, libssl.{so,a}, and additional encryption libraries in /usr/lib/engines/ (lib4758cca.so, libaep.so, libatalla.so, libchil.so, libcswift.so, libgmp.so, libnuron.so, libsureware.so and libubsec.so) /etc/ssl, /usr/include/ssl, /usr/lib/engines and /usr/share/doc/openssl-&openssl-version; Short Descriptions c_rehash is a Perl script that scans all files in a directory and adds symbolic links to their hash values. c_rehash openssl is a command-line tool for using the various cryptography functions of OpenSSL's crypto library from the shell. It can be used for various functions which are documented in man 1 openssl. openssl libcrypto.{so,a} implements a wide range of cryptographic algorithms used in various Internet standards. The services provided by this library are used by the OpenSSL implementations of SSL, TLS and S/MIME, and they have also been used to implement OpenSSH, OpenPGP, and other cryptographic standards. libcrypto.{so,a} libssl.{so,a} implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols. It provides a rich API, documentation on which can be found by running man 3 ssl. libssl.{so,a}