From 683c6615fb22914737fb97b996ce7f49eb652f9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Rose Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:43:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] clarify OpenSSL encryption uses --- doc/INSTALL | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/INSTALL b/doc/INSTALL index 5c26b509c0..4ba3bff760 100644 --- a/doc/INSTALL +++ b/doc/INSTALL @@ -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