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Network Security with OpenSSL
This volume is designed to enable developers to use The OpenSSL library more effectively. It offers guidance on avoiding pitfalls, while taking advantage of the library's advanced features and provides the information necessary to use OpenSSL safely and effectively. In step-by-step fashion, the book details the challenges in securing network communications,
and shows you how to use OpenSSL tools to best meet those challenges. System and network administrator should benefit from the thorough treatment of the OpenSSL command-line interface, as well as from step-by-step directions for obtaining certificates and setting up certification authority. Developer should benefit from the in-depth discussions and examples of how to use OpenSSL in their own programs. Although OpenSSL is written in C, information on how to use OpenSSL with Perl, Python and PHP is also included.
Contents:
Preface 1
Introduction Cryptography for the Rest of Us Overview of SSL Problems with SSL What SSL Doesn't Do Well OpenSSL Basics Securing Third-Party Software 2
Command-Line Interface The Basics Message Digest Algorithms Symmetric Ciphers Public Key Cryptography S/MIME Passwords and Passphrases Seeding the Pseudorandom Number Generator 3
Public Key nfrastructure (PKI) Certificates Obtaining a Certificate Setting Up a Certification Authority 4
Support Infrastructure Multithread Support Internal Error Handling Abstract Input/Output Random Number Generation Arbitrary Precision Math Using Engines 5
SSL/TLS Programming Programming with SSL Advanced Programming with SSL 6
Symmetric Cryptography Concepts in Symmetric Cryptography Encrypting with the EVP API General Recommendations 7
Hashes and MACs Overview of Hashes and MACs Hashing with the EVP API Using MACs Secure HTTP Cookies 8
Public Key Algorithms When to Use Public Key Cryptography Diffie-Hellman Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) RSA The EVP Public Key Interface Encoding and Decoding Objects 9
OpenSSL in Other Languages Net::SSLeay for Perl M2Crypto for Python OpenSSL Support in PHP 10
Advanced Programming Topics Object Stacks Configuration Files X.509 PKCS7 and S/MIME PKCS12 Appendix: Command-Line Reference Index
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