Talk:Main Page

This Main Page really needs some work. Here are some initial thoughts on an overall organization:

• Administrivia

Site guidelines, legal and admininstrative issues.

• • Basic rules, Commercial Product Disclaimer, Contributions, Copyright, License

• Reference

This section has the automagically generated man pages from the OpenSSL git repository, and similar "man" style reference documentation

• • OpenSSL Manual Pages
    • Manual:Openssl(1), Manual:Ssl(3), Manual:Crypto(3), Documentation Index
  • API, Libcrypto API, Libssl API
  • FIPS mode(), FIPS_mode_set()

• Usage (or Programming?)

This section has discussions of practical issues in using OpenSSL

• • Building from Source
  • OpenSSL Overview
  • Versioning
  • Compilation and Installation
  • EVP

Programming techniques and example code

Use of EVP is preferred for most applications and circumstances

• • • EVP Asymmetric Encryption and Decryption of an Envelope
    • EVP Authenticated Encryption and Decryption
    • EVP Symmetric Encryption and Decryption
    • EVP Key and Parameter Generation
    • EVP Key Agreement
    • EVP Message Digests
    • EVP Key Derivation
    • EVP Signing and Verifying
  • Low Level APIs

More specialized non-EVP usage

• • • Diffie-Hellman parameters

• Concepts and Theory

Discussions of basic cryptographic theory and concepts

Discussions of common operational issues

• • Base64
  • FIPS 140-2
  • Random Numbers
  • Diffie Hellman
  • Elliptic Curve Diffie Hellman
  • Elliptic Curve Cryptography

• Internals and Development

This section is for internal details of primary interest to OpenSSL maintainers and power users

• • Internals
  • Code Quality
  • Static and Dynamic Analysis

• Miscellanous

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I like it - it brings the interesting content right up front. It probably needs to have some top and tail text to describe what this wiki is for, and how to contribute. I added a link to the Elliptic Curve Cryptography page above --Matt 15:02, 30 May 2013 (UTC)