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	SSLtcl README
	Peter Antman

  SSLtcl is a free loadable module for tcl that extends the socket
  command with SSL (SECURE SOCKET LAYER) functions. That is, it makes it
  possible for tcl applications to communicate securely over the
  Internet. SSLtcl is actually a thin wrapper around Eric Young's free
  SSL implementation SSLeay, that contain all cryptographic libraries
  insecurely to do secure SSL outside the USA.

  SSL is a protocol invented by Netscape to do secure transactions over
  the web. It implements both protocols to know who you are talking to
  and protocols to hide your precious data.

  SSLeay is a free implementation of SSL done in Australia. It contains
  all the cryptographic feature that is not allowed to be exported
  outside USA by USA companies. It, for example, contain RC4 128 bit and
  triple-des (168 bit).

  To read more about SSL and SSLeay see the SSLeay FAQ,
  http://www.psy.uq.oz.au/~ftp/Crypto

  SSLtcl is a loadable module for tcl that makes it possible to use SSL
  inside tcl. It actually provides a extended socket command with which
  you can create a client and a server that can communicate with the SSL
  protocol, that is securely communicate over the Internet. It is - I
  think - the easiest way there is to day to incorporate SSL in to your
  programs.

  SSLtcl can be found at

  ftp://ftp.mc.hik.se/pub/users/mia95anp/ssl/SSLtcl-0.42.tar.gz

  http://www.abc.se/~m9339/prog/ssl/SSLtcl-0.42.tar.gz

  It has also been uploaded to

  sunsite.unc.edu/incoming/Linux

  www.neosoft.com/tcl

  A dynamically linked rpm-version will also bee done in the near future
  and be uploaded to

  ftp.redhat.com

  The official homepage for SSLtcl is

  http://www.abc.se/~m9339/prog/ssl/

  To install SSLtcl you should read the Installation instruction either
  in this manual or in the file INSTALL.

  Howto use it is described in the manual pages ssltcl(n). There is also
  a demo directory with some example scripts that uses SSLtcl.so. Read
  the section in this manual about the demo scripts or the README in the
  demo directory. For your convenience a have included a demo CA and a
  demo certificate where the passphrase for the keys is removed. They
  are located in the demo/demoCA directory and is used by the demo
  scripts.

  In this manual there is also a section which briefly describes how to
  handle and generate your own certificates. If this information is not
  enough reed the SSLeay FAQ.
  2.  Bugs

  0.42 is the first public release of SSLtcl. I have tried to test is as
  hard as possible, but it will probably contain bugs. Please send bug
  reports or other comments to:

  peter.antman@abc.se

  There is one feature that I am not to happy about. It is described in
  the manual page.

  I hope to have the time to extend SSLtcl with further commands in the
  future. Especially I would like to have a tcl procedure callback for
  the password and for client verification. I nice way of storing the
  certificates would also be nice.

  3.  Copyright

  SSLtcl is copyrighted by Peter Antman, and licenced under GNU/GPL.
  This means that it is free fore use and further development but that
  any changes has to be made public.

  SSLtcl does not contain code only written by me. In the spirit of free
  software development a have reused code, which means that SSLtcl
  contains code, codefragments or hard to decide inspired by other code
  This code is copyrighted under other conditions than GNU/GPL

  SSLtcl contains codes from:

  tcl8.0 core

       This software is copyrighted by the Regents of the Univer-
       sity of California, Sun Microsystems, Inc., and other par-
       ties.  The following terms apply to all files associated
       with the software unless explicitly disclaimed in individual
       files.

  tclSSL

       Copyright (c) 1995-1997  Tony Bringardner

  SSLeay

       Copyright (C) 1997 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) All rights
       reserved

  apache-ssl

       Copyright (c) 1995 Ben Laurie.  All rights reserved.

  All of this code are copyrighted under somewhat more liberal rules.
  That is. It is possible to make changes to the code and incorporate
  them in to a product without releasing the new source code. This is
  not possible under GNU/GPL - and that is its intention. To do this
  with SSLtcl you would have to remove all codes written by me, and that
  would eventually mean that SSLtcl would stop working.

  That is. You are free to use and modify SSLtcl as long as my and all
  other copyright holders are not removed and as long as the sourcecode
  is made freely available.

  In my interpretation this makes it possible to use the vanilla SSLtcl
  in a commercial product without being forced to release source code
  for that product, except for SSLtcl, which - if vanilla - already is
  freely available.