README
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2PerlCryptLib v.1.11 - README
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6What is cryptlib?
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9PerlCryptLib is an interface module to access cryptlib API.
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11cryptlib (Copyright 1992-2005 Peter Gutmann. All rights reserved.) is a
12powerful encryption and security software toolkit that allows even
13inexperienced crypto-programmers to easily add world-leading encryption and
14authentication services to their software.
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16For more information about cryptlib features and state-of-the-art, please
17visit its official web-site at:
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19 http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/cryptlib
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22What is PerlCryptLib?
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25PerlCryptLib is a wrapping extension that allow Perl users to use
26the Open-Source/multi-platform crypto library cryptlib directly from Perl.
27The goal of the module is to give programmers the easyest way to get
28cryptlib functionality; this is done maintaining the exact syntax explained
29in the cryptlib manual.
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32Pre-installation notes
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35* Versions and platforms supported:
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37 - cryptlib v.3.2.2 (or later) on unix/linux
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40Installation
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43PerlCryptLib need to know the path to cryptlib.h header file for the libcl
44installed in the system.
45You can set (export) environment variable PERL_CRYPT_LIB_HEADER or,
46alternatively, Makefile.PL try itself to search for cryptlib.h in /home
47directory.
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49Simply do:
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51 $ tar -xvzf PerlCryptLib-x.xx.tar.gz
52 $ cd PerlCryptLib-x.xx
53 $ perl Makefile.PL
54 $ make
55 $ make test
56 $ sudo make install
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58Note: to get test-verbosity try 'make test TEST_VERBOSE=1' instead 'make test'.
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60Post-installation
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63See MAN documentation for detailed information about PerlCryptLib:
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65 $ man PerlCryptlib
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