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Welcome
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Botan is a :doc:`BSD-licensed <license>` crypto library for C++. It
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provides applications with most any :doc:`cryptographic algorithm
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<algos>` you might be looking for, along with :doc:`SSL/TLS <ssl>`,
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:doc:`X.509 certificates and CRLs <x509>`, a :doc:`pipeline-style
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message processing system <filters>`, and a wide variety of other
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features. A third party open source implementation of `SSHv2
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<http://www.netsieben.com/products/ssh/>`_ that uses botan is also
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available. In addition to C++ you can use botan from :doc:`Python
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<python>` or Perl, though the current bindings only wrap portions of
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the library.
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See the :doc:`faq` for a list of common questions and answers.
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.. only:: html and website
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See :doc:`download` for information about getting the latest version.
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The core of botan is written in C++98 with no dependencies besides the
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STL and the rest of the ISO standard library, but the library also
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includes optional modules which make further assumptions about their
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environment, providing features such as compression (using zlib or
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bzip2), entropy gathering, and secure memory allocation. Assembly
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implementations of key algorithms like SHA-1 and multiple precision
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integer routines for x86 and x86-64 processors are also included.
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It runs on most common operating systems and can be used with a number
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of different commercial and open source compilers. The :doc:`build log
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<build_log>` contains information about recently tested targets. It is
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already included in most major package distributions, including
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`Fedora <https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/botan>`_,
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`EPEL <http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/beta/6/SRPMS/repoview/botan.html>`_ (for RHEL/CentOS),
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`Debian <http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libbotan>`_,
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`Ubuntu <http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=botan>`_,
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`Gentoo <http://packages.gentoo.org/package/botan>`_,
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`Arch Linux <http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/botan/>`_,
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`Slackbuild <http://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=Botan>`_,
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`FreeBSD <http://www.freshports.org/security/botan>`_,
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`NetBSD <ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/security/botan/README.html>`_,
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`Cygwin <http://cygwin.com/packages/botan/>`_,
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`MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=botan>`_,
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`OpenPKG <http://www.openpkg.org/product/packages/?package=botan>`_, and
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`T2 SDE <http://www.t2-project.org/packages/botan.html>`_ and has
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more than a few :doc:`known users <users>`.
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It was started as a personal project by `Jack Lloyd
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<http://www.randombit.net>`_,who continues to be the maintainer and
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release manager. Since the first release in 2001, a number of
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:doc:`individuals and organizations <credits>` have contributed bug
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fixes and new features. Check out the :doc:`release notes <log>` and
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`news archive <http://botan.randombit.net/news>`_ for more project
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history.
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If you need help or have questions, send a mail to the `development
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mailing list
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<http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/botan-devel/>`_.
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"Philosophical" bug reports, announcements of programs using the
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library, and related topics are also welcome. :doc:`Commercial support
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options <support>` are also available. If you find what you believe to
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be a bug, please file a ticket in `Bugzilla
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<http://bugs.randombit.net/>`_.
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A useful reference while reading this manual is the `Doxygen
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documentation <http://botan.randombit.net/doxygen>`_.
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