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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+ %general-entities;
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="ch-system-openssl" role="wrap">
+ <?dbhtml filename="openssl.html"?>
+
+ <sect1info condition="script">
+ <productname>openssl</productname>
+ <productnumber>&openssl-version;</productnumber>
+ <address>&openssl-url;</address>
+ </sect1info>
+
+ <title>OpenSSL-&openssl-version;</title>
+
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-openssl">
+ <primary sortas="a-OpenSSL">OpenSSL</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <sect2 role="package">
+ <title/>
+
+ <para>The OpenSSL package contains management tools and libraries relating
+ to cryptography. These are useful for providing cryptographic functions
+ to other packages, such as OpenSSH, email applications and web browsers
+ (for accessing HTTPS sites). </para>
+
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
+
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>&openssl-ch6-sbu;</seg>
+ <seg>&openssl-ch6-du;</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 role="installation">
+ <title>Installation of OpenSSL</title>
+
+ <para>Prepare OpenSSL for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./config --prefix=/usr \
+ --openssldir=/etc/ssl \
+ --libdir=lib \
+ shared \
+ zlib-dynamic</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make test</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Install the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">sed -i '/INSTALL_LIBS/s/libcrypto.a libssl.a//' Makefile
+make MANSUFFIX=ssl install</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>If desired, install the documentation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/share/doc/openssl /usr/share/doc/openssl-&openssl-version;
+cp -vfr doc/* /usr/share/doc/openssl-&openssl-version;</userinput></screen>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="contents-openssl" role="content">
+ <title>Contents of OpenSSL</title>
+
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
+
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>
+ c_rehash and openssl
+ </seg>
+ <seg>
+ libcrypto.{so,a} and libssl.{so,a}
+ </seg>
+ <seg>
+ /etc/ssl,
+ /usr/include/openssl,
+ /usr/lib/engines and
+ /usr/share/doc/openssl-&openssl-version;
+ </seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+ <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+ <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
+
+ <varlistentry id="c_rehash">
+ <term><command>c_rehash</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ is a <application>Perl</application> script that scans all files in
+ a directory and adds symbolic links to their hash values.
+ </para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-openssl c_rehash">
+ <primary sortas="b-c_rehash">c_rehash</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="openssl-prog">
+ <term><command>openssl</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ is a command-line tool for using the various cryptography functions
+ of <application>OpenSSL</application>'s crypto library from the
+ shell. It can be used for various functions which are documented in
+ <command>man 1 openssl</command>.
+ </para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-openssl openssl-prog">
+ <primary sortas="b-openssl">openssl</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="libcrypto">
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcrypto.so</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ implements a wide range of cryptographic algorithms used in various
+ Internet standards. The services provided by this library are used
+ by the <application>OpenSSL</application> implementations of SSL,
+ TLS and S/MIME, and they have also been used to implement
+ <application>OpenSSH</application>,
+ <application>OpenPGP</application>, and other cryptographic
+ standards.
+ </para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-openssl libcrypto">
+ <primary sortas="c-libcrypto">libcrypto.so</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="libssl">
+ <term><filename class="libraryfile">libssl.so</filename></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ implements the Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocol.
+ It provides a rich API, documentation
+ on which can be found by running <command>man 3 ssl</command>.
+ </para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-openssl libssl">
+ <primary sortas="c-libssl">libssl.so</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+</sect1>