Agreed: Both are excellent and essential. use the man pages in www.openssl.org/docs also. There are many specifics there that you'll need to know eventually.
I found I had to dig into the openssl source to work through some nasty problems (not OpenSSL problems, programmer airheadedness), so don't rule that out. Dave Dave McLellan --Consulting Software Engineer - SPEA Engineering EMC Corporation 228 South St. Mail Stop: 228 LL/AA-24 Hopkinton, MA 01748 USA +1-508-249-1257 F: +1-508-497-8030 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Koenning Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 4:28 PM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re: Beginner Question Ragnar Paulson wrote: > I'm looking for a pointer to more documentation of how to use the openssl API, I don't really want to read the source or learn the internals. I have found the following two references: > > SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems by Eric Rescorla > Network Security with OpenSSL: Cryptography for Secure Communications by John Viega, Matt Messier, and Pravir Chandra > > Which of these should I buy, or is there a more recommened alternative. Both, because the latter book doesn't explain the details of the SSL/TLS protocol, but recommends reading the first book. Ciao, Richard -- Dr. Richard W. Könning Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
