OpenSSL简介

 OpenSSL简介

原文出处：http://blogger.org.cn/blog/more.asp?name=OpenSSL&id=18971

    SSL，Security Socket Layer,是一个安全传输协议，在Internet网上进行数据保护和身份确认。OpenSSL是一个开放源代码的实现了SSL及相关加密技术的软件包，由加拿大的Eric Yang等发起编写的。OpenSSL的官方网站为http://www.openssl.org/，源代码可以从ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/上下载，也可以从OpenSSL的镜像网站下载。

    以下是OpenSSL官方网站对该项目的介绍：

    The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library. The project is managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that use the Internet to communicate, plan, and develop the OpenSSL toolkit and its related documentation.
OpenSSL is based on the excellent SSLeay library developed by Eric A. Young and Tim J. Hudson. The OpenSSL toolkit is licensed under an Apache-style licence, which basically means that you are free to get and use it for commercial and non-commercial purposes subject to some simple license conditions.