Mike;
I know it seems a bit upside-down at the moment; really cool software and
pretty much no documentation except for terse function calls; part of the
reason for this is that many people who use the stuff are used to finding
their way around the technical side; another is that you will find a
number of sites on the net that refer to the use of openssl's precursor,
ssleay. In practise, I've been able to use the ssleay documents
pretty much verbatim since many of the commands are identical. A few sites
you may want to check out if like me you were interested in secure web
servers, CA's etc....
http://slwww.epfl.ch/SIC/SL/CA/
http://www.ultranet.com/~fhirsch/Papers/cook/ssl_cook.html
Also, you must look at the example programs in the distribution; I know,
not an ideal way to glean info but in practise usable.
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Mike Hoegeman wrote:
> "Leland V. Lammert" wrote:
> >
> > At 04:55 AM 12/22/99 , you wrote:
> > >Hello all,
> > >
> > >I try to learn more about openssl
> > >
> > >The installation is ok !!
> > >But I try to configure it and I can manage it !!!!!
> > >
> > >Is someone can help me ?
> > >Thanks in advance,
> > >Fabrice
> >
> > Fabrice,
> >
> > The documentation is on the web site -
> >
> > http://www.openssl.org/docs/openssl.html
>
> i don't want to sound ungrateful, but that document is useless for
> someone
> who wants to learn how to operate the thing. if the openssl people want
> to get
> people to start using it, they've *got* to get some decent introductory
> documentation
> going.
>
> i'd like to give openssl a go in some of the projects i'm doing
> i can compile it up etc.. but trying to figure out how one
> might actually employ it is not obvious (to put it mildly).
>
> it seems like 30% of the people that post things here ask...
> "well.. now that i've got it how might i use the *amned thing!"
>
> i realize it's a volunteer effort.. but if i magically became
> the "openssl despot", i'd stop *all* work on development
> and get a decent "get started with openssl document" before
> i did anything else.
>
> just some friendly advice. i'm glad you guys are volunteering your time
> to begin with..
>
> -mike hoegeman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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