about_sslref300.txt

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About_SSLRef300.txt
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SSLRef 3.0 Final -- 11/19/96
Copyright (c)1996 by Netscape Communications Corp.

By retrieving this software you are bound by the licensing terms
disclosed in the file "LICENSE.txt". Please read it, and if you don't
accept the terms, delete this software.

SSLRef 3.0 was codeveloped by Netscape Communications Corp. of Mountain
View, California <http://home.netscape.com/> and Consensus Development
Corporation of Berkeley, California <http://www.consensus.com/>.


Preface
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This document provides an overview of the SSLRef 3.0 package. It also
describes how to quickly begin using SSLRef 3.0. The document contains
these sections:

  - What is SSLRef 3.0
  - Getting Started with SSLRef 3.0
  - SSLRef 3.0 License Restrictions
  - Getting More Information About SSLRef 3.0


What is SSLRef 3.0
------------------
SSLRef 3.0 is a reference implementation of the SSL (Secure Sockets
Layer) protocol. It conforms to version 3.0 of the SSL specification
available at:

    <http://home.netscape.com/eng/ssl3/index.html>

SSLRef 3.0 is intended to aid and accelerate developers' efforts to
provide security within TCP/IP applications. It can also be used to
qualify other version 3.0 implementations of the SSL protocol.

SSLRef 3.0 consists of a software library distributed as ANSI C
source-code that can be compiled on Windows 95/NT and on the Solaris
platforms, and then linked into TCP/IP application programs. SSLRef
3.0 also was designed to be easily portable to a wide variety of
other platforms and operating systems.

SSLRef 3.0 was codeveloped by Netscape Communications Corp. of Mountain
View, California <http://home.netscape.com/> and Consensus Development
Corporation of Berkeley, California <http://www.consensus.com/>.


Getting Started with SSLRef 3.0
-------------------------------
The SSLRef package contains many files describing various aspects of the
implementation.  Fortunately not everyone must read every file. Rather,
you can focus on the files that provide the information in which you are
interested.

You can find more information about the documentation files of SSLRef
3.0 by reading About_Docs.txt.

If you are an impatient programer and just want to see how the API
looks, review

  - ssl.h
  - API_Details.pdf

If you are adding SSL 3.0 support to an application on one of the
directly supported platforms, you also should read

  - Src_Files.txt
  - API_Introduction.txt
  - Build_Notes.txt
  - Implementation_Notes.txt

If you are adding SSL 3.0 support to an application currently using
SSLRef 2.0, you should also read

  - SSLRef_2_to_3.txt

If you are adding SSL 3.0 support to an application on a platform not
directly supported by SSLRef 3.0, you will have to port SSLRef to that
platform. To learn about the few issues related to porting SSLRef to
other platforms, read

  - Porting_Notes.txt

If you are developing your own implementation of the SSL 3.0 protocol,
or find you want more specific information about how SSLRef 3.0 works,
you may find useful information in

  - Src_Internals.txt


SSLRef 3.0 License Restrictions
-------------------------------
SSLRef 3.0 is free for non-commercial use. A version is available
for a flat license fee by companies who want to use it in commercial
products. If you have questions about commercial licensing of
SSLRef, send email to <mailto:[e-mail]>.

Consensus Development also offers a fully-supported SSL library
called "SSL Plus: SSL 3.0 Integration Suite". For more information
see <http://www.consensus.com/SSLPlus/> or email
<mailto:[e-mail]>.


Getting More Information About SSLRef 3.0
-----------------------------------------
If you have questions about this implementation, have bug fixes,
enhancements, or changes to help make it more portable, we are
interested! Send email to <mailto:[e-mail]>.

You can subscribe to the SSL-Talk discussion list by sending email
to <mailto:[e-mail]> and putting the word
"subscribe" in the **SUBJECT** line. To unsubscribe, send email to
<mailto:[e-mail]> and put the word
"unsubscribe" in the **SUBJECT** line.

The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for the SSL-Talk discussion
list is also available in the /doc directory. An updated text
version of the FAQ is posted periodically on to the SSL-Talk
discussion list, and is also available at
    <http://www.consensus.com/security/ssl-talk-faq.txt>
    <ftp://ftp.consensus.com/pub/security/ssl-talk-faq.txt>

An HTML version of the most current version of the SSL-Talk FAQ
is available at
    <http://www.consensus.com/security/ssl-talk-faq.html>.

The FAQ for SSLRef is part of the SSL-Talk FAQ, and is available
at
    <http://www.consensus.com/security/ssl-talk-sec07.html#7.1>

You can find additional related information at the Internet
locations listed in Useful_Links.txt.