clarify OpenSSL encryption uses

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David Rose
2004-09-30 21:43:59 +00:00
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@@ -92,11 +92,13 @@ without some functionality.
communications (as well as a normal, unsecured TCP/IP library). It
is used to implement the HTTP client code in Panda for communicating
with web servers and/or loading files directly from web servers, in
both normal http and secure https modes. If you do not have any
need to contact web servers with your Panda client, you do not need
to install this library. Find it at http://www.openssl.org . We
used version 0.9.6 or 0.9.7, but if there is a more recent version
it should be fine.
both normal http and secure https modes. It also provides some
basic encryption services, allowing encrypted files to be stored in
metafiles (for instance). If you do not have any need to contact
web servers with your Panda client, and you have no interest in
encryption, you do not need to install this library. Find it at
http://www.openssl.org . We used version 0.9.6 or 0.9.7, but if
there is a more recent version it should be fine.
* FFTW, the "Fastest Fourier Transform in the West". This free
whimsically-named library provides the mathematical support for