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06/12/2004 10:56:28 PM (20 years ago)
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Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>
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XML Updates to Part III from DJ

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     1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
     2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
     3   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
     4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
     5  %general-entities;
     6
     7
     8<!ENTITY openssl-download-http "http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-&openssl-version;.tar.gz">
     9<!ENTITY openssl-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/openssl-&openssl-version;.tar.gz">
     10<!ENTITY openssl-size "2.7 MB">
     11<!ENTITY openssl-buildsize "25 MB">
     12<!ENTITY openssl-time "1.16 SBU">
     13
     14]>
     15
     16
    117<sect1 id="openssl" xreflabel="OpenSSL-&openssl-version;">
    218<?dbhtml filename="openssl.html"?>
    319<title>OpenSSL-&openssl-version;</title>
    420
    5 &openssl-intro;
    6 &openssl-inst;
    7 &openssl-exp;
    8 &openssl-config;
    9 &openssl-desc;
     21
     22<sect2>
     23<title>Introduction to <application>OpenSSL</application></title>
     24                                                                               
     25<para>The <application>OpenSSL</application> package contains management tools
     26and libraries relating to cryptography.  These are useful for providing
     27cryptography functions to other packages, notably <application>OpenSSH
     28</application> and web browsers (for accessing secure https sites).</para>
     29                                                                               
     30<sect3><title>Package information</title>
     31<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
     32<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&openssl-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
     33<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&openssl-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
     34<listitem><para>Download size: &openssl-size;</para></listitem>
     35<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &openssl-buildsize;</para></listitem>
     36<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &openssl-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
     37</sect3>
     38</sect2>
     39
     40<sect2>
     41<title>Installation of <application>OpenSSL</application></title>
     42                                                                               
     43<para>Install <application>OpenSSL</application> by running the following commands:</para>
     44
     45<screen><userinput><command>sed 's/^passwd/openssl-passwd/' doc/apps/passwd.pod \
     46    > doc/apps/openssl-passwd.pod &amp;&amp;
     47rm doc/apps/passwd.pod &amp;&amp;
     48mv doc/crypto/{,openssl_}threads.pod &amp;&amp;
     49sed -i -e 's/-m486/-march=i486/' Configure &amp;&amp;
     50./config --openssldir=/etc/ssl --prefix=/usr shared &amp;&amp;
     51make MANDIR=/usr/share/man &amp;&amp;
     52make MANDIR=/usr/share/man install &amp;&amp;
     53cp -r certs /etc/ssl &amp;&amp;
     54rmdir /etc/ssl/lib</command></userinput></screen>
     55                                                                               
     56</sect2>
     57
     58<sect2>
     59<title>Command explanations</title>
     60                                                                               
     61<para><option>no-rc5 no-idea</option>: When added to the
     62<command>./config</command> command, this will eliminate the building of those
     63encryption methods. Patent licenses may be needed for you to utilize either of
     64those methods in your projects.</para>
     65                                                                               
     66<para><command>rm doc/apps/passwd.pod</command>: This command prevents
     67<application>Open<acronym>SSL</acronym></application> from installing its
     68passwd man page over an existing man page with the same name.</para>
     69                                                                               
     70<para><command>mv doc/crypto/{,openssl_}threads.pod</command>: This
     71commands prevents <application>Open<acronym>SSL</acronym></application> from
     72overwriting an existing man page from <application>Perl</application>.</para>
     73                                                                               
     74<para><command>sed -i -e 's/-m486/-march=i486/' Configure</command>:
     75<application>GCC</application> issues a warning on every
     76compilation because the <command>Configure</command>
     77command uses deprecated <parameter>-m486</parameter> instead of
     78<parameter>-march=i486</parameter>.</para>
     79
     80<para><screen><command>make MANDIR=/usr/share/man
     81make MANDIR=/usr/share/man install</command></screen> These
     82commands install <application>OpenSSL</application> with the man pages
     83in <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/man</filename> instead of the
     84default which is <filename class='directory'>/etc/ssl/man</filename>.</para>
     85                                                                               
     86<para><command>cp -r certs /etc/ssl</command>: The certificates
     87must be copied manually since the install script
     88skips this step.</para>
     89                                                                               
     90<para><command>rmdir /etc/ssl/lib</command>: This is simply a tidy-up command.
     91For some reason, the <application>openssl</application> install routine creates
     92the <filename class='directory'>/etc/ssl/lib</filename> directory even though
     93the libraries have been installed in
     94<filename class='directory'>/usr/lib</filename>.  We remove it to keep things
     95nice and tidy!</para>
     96                                                                               
     97</sect2>
     98
     99<sect2>
     100<title>Configuring <application>OpenSSL</application></title>
     101                                                                               
     102<sect3><title>Config files</title>
     103<para><filename>/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf</filename></para>
     104</sect3>
     105                                                                               
     106<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
     107                                                                               
     108<para>Most people who just want to use
     109<application>openssl</application> for providing functions
     110to other programs such as <application>OpenSSH</application> and web browsers won't need to worry
     111about configuring <application>OpenSSL</application>.  Configuring
     112<application>OpenSSL</application> is an advanced topic and
     113so those who do would normally be expected to either know how to do it
     114or to be able to find out how to do it.</para>
     115</sect3>
     116                                                                               
     117</sect2>
     118
     119<sect2>
     120<title>Contents</title>
     121                                                                               
     122<para>The <application>Open<acronym>SSL</acronym></application> package contains <command>
     123c_rehash</command>, <command>openssl</command>, <filename
     124class='libraryfile'>libcrypto</filename> libraries and <filename
     125class='libraryfile'>libssl</filename> libraries.</para>
     126                                                                               
     127</sect2>
     128                                                                               
     129<sect2><title>Description</title>
     130                                                                               
     131<sect3><title>c_rehash</title>
     132                                                                               
     133<para><command>c_rehash</command> is a <application>Perl</application> script
     134that scans all files in a directory and adds symbolic links to their hash
     135values.</para>
     136                                                                               
     137</sect3>
     138
     139<sect3><title>openssl</title>
     140                                                                               
     141<para>The <command>openssl</command> program is a command-line tool for using
     142the various cryptography functions of
     143<application>Open<acronym>SSL</acronym></application>'s
     144crypto library from the shell. It can be used for various functions which are
     145documented in <command>man 1 openssl</command>.</para>
     146                                                                               
     147</sect3>
     148                                                                               
     149<sect3><title>libcrypto</title>
     150                                                                               
     151<para>The <application>Open<acronym>SSL</acronym></application> crypto library implements a wide
     152range of cryptographic  algorithms used in various Internet standards. The
     153services provided by  this library are used by the
     154<application>Open<acronym>SSL</acronym>
     155</application> implementations of <acronym>SSL</acronym>, <acronym>TLS
     156</acronym> and <acronym>S/MIME</acronym>, and they have also been used to
     157implement <application>Open<acronym>SSH</acronym></application>,
     158<application>Open<acronym>PGP</acronym>
     159</application>, and other cryptographic standards.</para>
     160                                                                               
     161</sect3>
     162                                                                               
     163<sect3><title>libssl</title>
     164                                                                               
     165<para>The <application>Open<acronym>SSL</acronym></application> <acronym>SSL</acronym> library
     166implements the Secure Sockets Layer (<acronym>SSL</acronym> v2/v3) and
     167Transport Layer Security (<acronym>TLS</acronym> v1) protocols. It provides a
     168rich <acronym>API</acronym>, documentation on which can be found by running
     169<command>man 3 ssl</command>.</para>
     170                                                                               
     171</sect3>
     172                                                                               
     173</sect2>
    10174
    11175</sect1>
     176
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