Jeremy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Also, the documentation refers to the concept of a "BIO" all over the places, but >never defines it anywhere that I can find. Is BIO some kind of universally >understood concept that I have only just heard of? In any case, where can I go to >learn about it? > > BIO is, I think, Basic In/Out You're thinking of BIOS, which is something totally different.
> For people with flash disks and embedded devices, methinks. Not really. BIO is the abstraction that OpenSSL uses for reading and writing data from various sources. This lets your SSL program be agnostic about what sort of I/O port you're talking to (socket, pipe, memory, serial line, etc.). All you need to do to make OpenSSL talk to whatever sort of channel you're using is to write an appropriate BIO. -Ekr ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
