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diff --git a/pow/POW-0.7/README b/pow/POW-0.7/README deleted file mode 100644 index f418e2af..00000000 --- a/pow/POW-0.7/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,116 +0,0 @@ -Python OpenSSL Wrappers - http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/pow -================================================================= - -Instalation. ------------- -To install POW you will need to have OpenSSL libraries installed on you -computer. I have been working on Suse8.0/Gentoo1.2 and with OpenSSL 0.9.6. - -run the following command to compile and install the module: - - root@alecto:/tmp/pow > python setup.py install - -Testing -------- -To test POW, run test.py in the testing directory. - -Notes -===== - -notBefore, notAfter, thisUpdate, nextUpdate, revocationDate ------------------------------------------------------------ -The objects are now all set using a UTCTime string instead of an integer. -The reasons for this are as follows: - the time functions are unreliable and building them into the - encodeer/decoder cuased some testing problems. - - it allows the use of Python's strptime function which incerases - portablity - - easier to work around problems with a specific version of - strptime/strftime. - -PEM Encoded Public RSA Key Backward Incompatibity -------------------------------------------------- -Previous versions of POW have been incompatible with the openssl -application in regards to reading pem encoded public RSA keys. To fix this -I changed the function for reading and writing public keys in pem format to -be compitable wiht openssl. This virsion of POW will not be able to read -keys encoded in the old format. It would be possible to get round this by -saving them in DER format using POW-0.6 and resaving them in PEM format -using POW-0.7 - -Patent Encumbered Ciphers -------------------------- -If I run the above command on my machine I get these warnings which indicate -the linker could not find a symbol in the source code or any of the -libraries the source is linked against. - -././pow.c: In function `evp_cipher_factory': -././pow.c:292: warning: implicit declaration of function `EVP_rc5_32_12_16_cbc' -././pow.c:292: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast -././pow.c:293: warning: implicit declaration of function `EVP_rc5_32_12_16_cfb' -././pow.c:293: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast -././pow.c:294: warning: implicit declaration of function `EVP_rc5_32_12_16_ecb' -././pow.c:294: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast -././pow.c:295: warning: implicit declaration of function `EVP_rc5_32_12_16_ofb' -././pow.c:295: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast - -The OpenSSL package which comes with Suse 7.2 does not have support for the -RC5 cipher. The configure script which comes with OpenSSL can create a -Makefile which builds libraries without any of the ciphers so it may be -necessary to build POW without support for some ciphers. This can be done -by issuing an extra command to setup.py. - -The first command build_ext, builds C and C++ extensions and can be used to -add directories to search for include files and libraries. For a list of -these options run the command: - - root@alecto:/tmp/pow > python setup.py --help build_ext - -To fix this problem we need to add an extra #define for the C preprocessor: - - root@alecto:/tmp/pow > python setup.py build_ext -D NO_RC5_32_12_16 install - -Possible defines are: - - NO_DES - NO_RC4 - NO_IDEA - NO_RC2 - NO_BF - NO_CAST5 - NO_RC5_32_12_16 - -Extras ------- -There are a couple of extra file included for completeness which I used to -build the documentation. - -POW.pdf -- The module documentation produced direct from the doc strings. -doc.sh -- This script sets up the enviroment and runs xdoc.py, jade and - pdfjadetex. -doc.py -- This script processes the doc strings to produce DocBook SGML. -doc.xsl -- This is the style sheet used to turn the doc strings into one - document. -POW.dsl -- This is the DSSSL driver file used to drive OpenJade. - -Version 1.72 of the DSSSL DocBook style sheets were used, along with Xalan -to perform the XSL transformation. - -Changes -------- -Hmac added 0.6.1 -DER encoding and decoding routinse added 0.7 -Many PKIX objects added 0.7 -Routrines for manipulating extensions for: - X509 - X509CRL - X509Revoked -added 0.7 -PEM encoding routine for public RSA keys changed 0.7 - -Acknowledgements ----------------- -Thanks to Pete Gutmann who wrote the invaluable dumpasn1. -Thanks to Goetz Isenmann for patch for Windows. |