Software
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minssl

• How to install minssl
• Dossier en-ligne pour la demande d'autorisation à la DCSSI (in French)
• Frequently asked questions about minssl

minssl is in the process of approval by the French government, and has not yet been released. This documentation might be incomplete.

What is it ?

minssl is a set of tools used to establish a secure communication channel between two processes; its functionality is comparable to stunnel's. minssl has been designed to be as simple, fast and small as possible, without jeopardizing security. It should be small enough to fit in embedded devices.

minssl is not SSL-compliant: it does not use the SSL or TLS protocol. If you want an SSL-compliant tool with a nice interface, check out the excellent ucspi-ssl. Note that SSL-compliant tools are considerably bigger, probably slower, and that bugs are occasionally found in the OpenSSL library.

Reference

Protocols

• Detail of the minssl protocol

Commands

All these commands exit 111 if they encounter a temporary error, and 100 if they encounter a permanent error - such as a misuse.

(Setting up secure connections)

• The minssl program
• The minssld program
• The minsslclient program
• The minsslserver program
• The minsslconnect program

(Key management)

• The minssl-keygen program
• The minssl-keystore program
• The minssl-pubkey program
• The minssl-keymgr-dir program

(Digital signature tools)

• The kcdsa224-sign program
• The kcdsa224-verify program

(Utilities)

• The hexaread program
• The hexawrite program

(Internal programs)

• The minssl-tunnel program
• The minssl-env program
• The minssl-bannerprint program

Libraries

• The hash127mac library interface
• The kcdsa224 library interface

Related resources

• minssl is discussed on the skaware mailing-list.