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Diffstat (limited to 'security/gnutls/pkg-descr')
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diff --git a/security/gnutls/pkg-descr b/security/gnutls/pkg-descr index 6bd32088a530..25295604a378 100644 --- a/security/gnutls/pkg-descr +++ b/security/gnutls/pkg-descr @@ -1,17 +1,8 @@ -GnuTLS is a portable ANSI C based library which implements the TLS 1.0 and -SSL 3.0 protocols. The library does not include any patented algorithms and -is available under the GNU Lesser GPL license. - -Important features of the GnuTLS library include: -- Thread safety -- Support for both TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 protocols -- Support for both X.509 and OpenPGP certificates -- Support for basic parsing and verification of certificates -- Support for SRP for TLS authentication -- Support for TLS Extension mechanism -- Support for TLS Compression Methods - -Additionaly GnuTLS provides an emulation API for the widely used -OpenSSL library, to ease integration with existing applications. +GnuTLS is a secure communications library implementing the SSL, TLS and DTLS +protocols and technologies around them. It provides a simple C language +application programming interface (API) to access the secure communications +protocols as well as APIs to parse and write X.509, PKCS #12, OpenPGP and +other required structures. It is aimed to be portable and efficient with +focus on security and interoperability. WWW: http://www.gnutls.org/ |