Difference between revisions of "OpenSSL Overview"

Latest revision as of 18:38, 14 October 2015

OpenSSL is a versatile tool that can be used for many purposes.

OpenSSL provides:

A command line application to perform a wide variety of cryptography tasks, such as creating and handling certificates and related files. OpenSSL commands
A comprehensive and extensive cryptographic library libcrypto.
A library for enabling SSL/TLS communications libssl to provide SSL and TLS Protocols support within clients or servers applications.

Example uses of the OpenSSL command line tool include:

Creating and handling certificates and related files. openssl commands. A beginners introduction to certificates is on the Certificate Lifecycle page.
Testing of SSL/TLS protocols (openssl s_server, openssl s_client).

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-OpenSsl is used in many places but not always for same purpose and not always fully.
+OpenSSL is a versatile tool that can be used for many purposes.
-With OpenSsl You can:
+OpenSSL provides:
-* Use openssl as a command line tool to create/handle certificates related files.
+* A command line application to perform a wide variety of cryptography tasks, such as creating and handling certificates and related files. [[Command_Line_Utilities|OpenSSL commands]]
-* Develop programs needing cryptographic functions, then use openssl library libcrypto.
+* A comprehensive and extensive cryptographic library [[Libcrypto_API|libcrypto]].
-* Develop programs needing SSL/TLS communication, then use openssl library libssl.
+* A library for enabling SSL/TLS communications [[Libssl_API|libssl]] to provide [[SSL and TLS Protocols]] support within clients or servers applications.
-* Extend openssl to cover new cryptographic methods or new security protocols.
+== Command Line ==
+Example uses of the OpenSSL command line tool include:
+* Creating and handling certificates and related files. [[Command_Line_Utilities|openssl commands]]. A beginners introduction to certificates is on the [[Certificate Lifecycle]] page.
+* Testing of SSL/TLS protocols (openssl s_server, openssl s_client).
+== History ==
+[[History And People]]
+[[Category:Beginner]]