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|Full description='''Nettle''' is a cryptographic library designed to fit any context: in crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages, in applications like [[LSH]] or [[GnuPG]], or even in kernel space. Users need to keep track of available algorithms and their properties and variants. The algorithm selection process is dictated by the protocol you want to implement. Also, requirements of applications differ, so an API that fits one application well may be useless for another (which is why so many different cryptographic libraries exist). Nettle avoids this problem by doing one thing, the low-level crypto stuff, and providing a simple but general interface to it. In particular, it doesn't do algorithm selection, memory allocation, or any I/O. However, users can build application- and context-specific interfaces on top of Nettle and share code, testcases, benchmarks, documentation, etc.
 
|Full description='''Nettle''' is a cryptographic library designed to fit any context: in crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages, in applications like [[LSH]] or [[GnuPG]], or even in kernel space. Users need to keep track of available algorithms and their properties and variants. The algorithm selection process is dictated by the protocol you want to implement. Also, requirements of applications differ, so an API that fits one application well may be useless for another (which is why so many different cryptographic libraries exist). Nettle avoids this problem by doing one thing, the low-level crypto stuff, and providing a simple but general interface to it. In particular, it doesn't do algorithm selection, memory allocation, or any I/O. However, users can build application- and context-specific interfaces on top of Nettle and share code, testcases, benchmarks, documentation, etc.
 
|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/nettle/
 
|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/nettle/
|User level=advanced
 
 
|Is High Priority Project=No
 
|Is High Priority Project=No
 
|VCS checkout command=git clone https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle.git
 
|VCS checkout command=git clone https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle.git
 
|Documentation note=https://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/nettle.html
 
|Documentation note=https://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/nettle.html
|Decommissioned/Obsolete=No
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|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No
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|Donate=https://my.fsf.org/donate/
 
|Related projects=BeeCrypt,lsh
 
|Related projects=BeeCrypt,lsh
 
|Keywords=security,cryptography,library,cryptography library,crypto
 
|Keywords=security,cryptography,library,cryptography library,crypto
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|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nettle/nettle-3.4.tar.gz
 
|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nettle/nettle-3.4.tar.gz
|Test entry=No
 
 
|Last review by=Bendikker
 
|Last review by=Bendikker
|Last review date=2018/05/04
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|Last review date=2018/11/16
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
|Submitted date=2011/04/12
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|Submitted date=2011/04/01
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|User level=advanced
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|Paid support=https://www.fsf.org/resources/service/
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|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=Yes
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|Test entry=No
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|GNU package identifier=nettle
 
|GNU package identifier=nettle
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|Decommissioned/Obsolete=No
 
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|Resource kind=Mailing List
 
|Resource kind=Mailing List
 
|Resource URL=https://lists.lysator.liu.se/mailman/listinfo/nettle-bugs
 
|Resource URL=https://lists.lysator.liu.se/mailman/listinfo/nettle-bugs
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Revision as of 07:19, 16 November 2018


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GNU Nettle

https://www.gnu.org/software/nettle/
C library for low-level cryptographic functionality.

Nettle is a cryptographic library designed to fit any context: in crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages, in applications like LSH or GnuPG, or even in kernel space. Users need to keep track of available algorithms and their properties and variants. The algorithm selection process is dictated by the protocol you want to implement. Also, requirements of applications differ, so an API that fits one application well may be useless for another (which is why so many different cryptographic libraries exist). Nettle avoids this problem by doing one thing, the low-level crypto stuff, and providing a simple but general interface to it. In particular, it doesn't do algorithm selection, memory allocation, or any I/O. However, users can build application- and context-specific interfaces on top of Nettle and share code, testcases, benchmarks, documentation, etc.





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Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Niels Möller Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
WikidataGeneralhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7000521
FTPDownloadhttps://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/nettle/
DebianDeveloperhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/nettle
BugsMailing Listhttps://lists.lysator.liu.se/mailman/listinfo/nettle-bugs/
FTPDownloadhttps://ftpmirror.gnu.org/nettle/
CodeVCS Repository Webviewhttps://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/


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