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Manpages cryptoSection: OpenSSL Documentation (3)Updated: 2000-08-14 Index Return to Main Contents NAMEcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic librarySYNOPSISDESCRIPTIONThe OpenSSL crypto library implements a wide range of cryptographic algorithms used in various Internet standards. The services provided by this library are used by the OpenSSL implementations of SSL, TLS and S/MIME, and they have also been used to implement SSH, OpenPGP, and other cryptographic standards.OVERVIEWlibcrypto consists of a number of sub-libraries that implement the individual algorithms.The functionality includes symmetric encryption, public key cryptography and key agreement, certificate handling, cryptographic hash functions and a cryptographic pseudo-random number generator.
SEE ALSOopenssl(1), ssl(3)
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