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diff --git a/network/libressl/README b/network/libressl/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..97e29517447fb --- /dev/null +++ b/network/libressl/README @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +LibreSSL is a fork of OpenSSL 1.0.1g developed by the OpenBSD project. +Our goal is to modernize the codebase, improve security, and apply best +practice development processes from OpenBSD. + +The binaries are symlinked as libre-openssl, libre-ocspcheck, and +nc-tls. + +********************************************************************* +NOTE! This contains libtls so the standalone libtls package should be +removed before building and installing libressl. +********************************************************************* + +Compatibility with OpenSSL: + +LibreSSL is API compatible with OpenSSL 1.0.1, but does not yet include +all new APIs from OpenSSL 1.0.2 and later. LibreSSL also includes APIs +not yet present in OpenSSL. The current common API subset is OpenSSL +1.0.1. + +LibreSSL is not ABI compatible with any release of OpenSSL, or +necessarily earlier releases of LibreSSL. You will need to relink your +programs to LibreSSL in order to use it, just as in moving between major +versions of OpenSSL. LibreSSL's installed library version numbers are +incremented to account for ABI and API changes. + +Compatibility with other operating systems: + +While primarily developed on and taking advantage of APIs available on +OpenBSD, the LibreSSL portable project attempts to provide working +alternatives for other operating systems, and assists with improving +OS-native implementations where possible. + +At the time of this writing, LibreSSL is known to build and work on: + +* Linux (kernel 3.17 or later recommended) +* FreeBSD (tested with 9.2 and later) +* NetBSD (7.0 or later recommended) +* HP-UX (11i) +* Solaris (11 and later preferred) +* Mac OS X (tested with 10.8 and later) +* AIX (5.3 and later) + +LibreSSL also supports the following Windows environments: +* Microsoft Windows (Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008r2 or later, x86 and + x64) +* Wine (32-bit and 64-bit) +* Mingw-w64, Cygwin, and Visual Studio + +Please report bugs either to the public libressl@openbsd.org mailing +list, or to the github + +Severe vulnerabilities or bugs requiring coordination with OpenSSL can +be sent to the core team at libressl-security@openbsd.org. + +OPTIONS: + +By default a minimal set of man pages are installed. To install them +all, use: + +MANPAGES=yes ./libressl.SlackBuild + +The man path will need adjusting: + +export MANPATH=/opt/libressl/man:$MANPATH |