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/**
* @file
* Main page documentation file.
*/
/**
* @mainpage PolarSSL v1.3.9 source code documentation
*
* This documentation describes the internal structure of PolarSSL. It was
* automatically generated from specially formatted comment blocks in
* PolarSSL's source code using Doxygen. (See
* http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/ for more information on Doxygen)
*
* PolarSSL has a simple setup: it provides the ingredients for an SSL/TLS
* implementation. These ingredients are listed as modules in the
* \ref mainpage_modules "Modules section". This "Modules section" introduces
* the high-level module concepts used throughout this documentation.\n
* Some examples of PolarSSL usage can be found in the \ref mainpage_examples
* "Examples section".
*
* @section mainpage_modules Modules
*
* PolarSSL supports SSLv3 up to TLSv1.2 communication by providing the
* following:
* - TCP/IP communication functions: listen, connect, accept, read/write.
* - SSL/TLS communication functions: init, handshake, read/write.
* - X.509 functions: CRT, CRL and key handling
* - Random number generation
* - Hashing
* - Encryption/decryption
*
* Above functions are split up neatly into logical interfaces. These can be
* used separately to provide any of the above functions or to mix-and-match
* into an SSL server/client solution that utilises a X.509 PKI. Examples of
* such implementations are amply provided with the source code.
*
* Note that PolarSSL does not provide a control channel or (multiple) session
* handling without additional work from the developer.
*
* @section mainpage_examples Examples
*
* Example server setup:
*
* \b Prerequisites:
* - X.509 certificate and private key
* - session handling functions
*
* \b Setup:
* - Load your certificate and your private RSA key (X.509 interface)
* - Setup the listening TCP socket (TCP/IP interface)
* - Accept incoming client connection (TCP/IP interface)
* - Initialise as an SSL-server (SSL/TLS interface)
* - Set parameters, e.g. authentication, ciphers, CA-chain, key exchange
* - Set callback functions RNG, IO, session handling
* - Perform an SSL-handshake (SSL/TLS interface)
* - Read/write data (SSL/TLS interface)
* - Close and cleanup (all interfaces)
*
* Example client setup:
*
* \b Prerequisites:
* - X.509 certificate and private key
* - X.509 trusted CA certificates
*
* \b Setup:
* - Load the trusted CA certificates (X.509 interface)
* - Load your certificate and your private RSA key (X.509 interface)
* - Setup a TCP/IP connection (TCP/IP interface)
* - Initialise as an SSL-client (SSL/TLS interface)
* - Set parameters, e.g. authentication mode, ciphers, CA-chain, session
* - Set callback functions RNG, IO
* - Perform an SSL-handshake (SSL/TLS interface)
* - Verify the server certificate (SSL/TLS interface)
* - Write/read data (SSL/TLS interface)
* - Close and cleanup (all interfaces)
*/