README
1Crypt::OpenSSL::Bignum is an XS perl module designed to provide basic
2access to the OpenSSL multiprecision integer arithmetic libraries.
3Presently, many though not all of the arithmetic operations that
4OpenSSL provides are exposed to perl. In addition, this module can be
5used to provide access to bignum values produced by other OpenSSL
6modules, such as key parameters from Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA. This module
7requires that the OpenSSL libraries and header files be installed.
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9Crypt::OpenSSL::Bignum is currently under active development, and the
10many of the arithmetic APIs may change. However, the author is
11committed to greater stability of the following methods:
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13 new_from_bin, new_from_hex, new_from_decimal
14 to_bin, to_hex, to_decimal
15 pointer_copy, bless_pointer
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17The module is being developed on sourceforge; if you find something
18you like or hate, please come to http://perl-openssl.sf.net/ for
19discussion and the latest in the cvs repository.
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21Copyright (c) 2003 Ian Robertson. Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA is free
22software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
23terms as Perl itself.
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