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author | Ulf Möller <ulf@openssl.org> | 2000-02-24 00:47:05 +0100 |
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committer | Ulf Möller <ulf@openssl.org> | 2000-02-24 00:47:05 +0100 |
commit | d7f0ab5ff48bb2fe2e777e6aa068fc581a1da32b (patch) | |
tree | c59bda6070f349658477c683945923f80f25e1ff /README | |
parent | yet another faq. (diff) | |
download | openssl-d7f0ab5ff48bb2fe2e777e6aa068fc581a1da32b.tar.xz openssl-d7f0ab5ff48bb2fe2e777e6aa068fc581a1da32b.zip |
New make target "report" to run util/selftest.pl
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@@ -80,40 +80,14 @@ A Configuration loader that uses a format similar to MS .ini files. openssl: - A command line tool which provides the following functions: - - enc - a general encryption program that can encrypt/decrypt using - one of 17 different cipher/mode combinations. The - input/output can also be converted to/from base64 - ascii encoding. - dgst - a generate message digesting program that will generate - message digests for any of md2, md5, sha (sha-0 or sha-1) - or mdc2. - asn1parse - parse and display the structure of an asn1 encoded - binary file. - rsa - Manipulate RSA private keys. - dsa - Manipulate DSA private keys. - dh - Manipulate Diffie-Hellman parameter files. - dsaparam- Manipulate and generate DSA parameter files. - crl - Manipulate certificate revocation lists. - crt2pkcs7- Generate a pkcs7 object containing a crl and a certificate. - x509 - Manipulate x509 certificates, self-sign certificates. - req - Manipulate PKCS#10 certificate requests and also - generate certificate requests. - genrsa - Generates an arbitrary sized RSA private key. - gendsa - Generates DSA parameters. - gendh - Generates a set of Diffie-Hellman parameters, the prime - will be a strong prime. - ca - Create certificates from PKCS#10 certificate requests. - This program also maintains a database of certificates - issued. - verify - Check x509 certificate signatures. - speed - Benchmark OpenSSL's ciphers. - s_server- A test SSL server. - s_client- A test SSL client. - s_time - Benchmark SSL performance of SSL server programs. - errstr - Convert from OpenSSL hex error codes to a readable form. - nseq - Netscape certificate sequence utility + A command line tool that can be used for: + Creation of RSA, DH and DSA key parameters + Creation of X.509 certificates, CSRs and CRLs + Calculation of Message Digests + Encryption and Decryption with Ciphers + SSL/TLS Client and Server Tests + Handling of S/MIME signed or encrypted mail + PATENTS ------- @@ -157,30 +131,23 @@ If you have any problems with OpenSSL then please take the following steps first: + - Download the current snapshot from ftp://ftp.openssl.org/snapshot/ + to see if the problem has already been addressed - Remove ASM versions of libraries - Remove compiler optimisation flags - - Add compiler debug flags (if using gcc then remove -fomit-frame-pointer - before you try to debug things) If you wish to report a bug then please include the following information in any bug report: - OpenSSL Details - - Version, most of these details can be got from the - 'openssl version -a' command. - Operating System Details - - On Unix systems: Output of './config -t' - - OS Name, Version - - Hardware platform - Compiler Details - - Name - - Version - Application Details - - Name - - Version - Problem Description - - include steps that will reproduce the problem (if known) - Stack Traceback (if the application dumps core) + - On Unix systems: + Self-test report generated by 'make report' + - On other systems: + OpenSSL version: output of 'openssl version -a' + OS Name, Version, Hardware platform + Compiler Details (name, version) + - Application Details (name, version) + - Problem Description (steps that will reproduce the problem, if known) + - Stack Traceback (if the application dumps core) Report the bug to the OpenSSL project at: @@ -188,7 +155,7 @@ Note that mail to openssl-bugs@openssl.org is forwarded to a public mailing list. Confidential mail may be sent to openssl-security@openssl.org - (PGP key available from the key servers.) + (PGP key available from the key servers). HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO OpenSSL ---------------------------- |