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diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst index 318880ab0..16e6377b3 100644 --- a/doc/index.rst +++ b/doc/index.rst @@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ Welcome ======================================== -Botan is a :doc:`BSD-licensed <license>` crypto library for C++. It -provides applications with most any :doc:`cryptographic algorithm -<algos>` you might be looking for, along with :doc:`tls`, :doc:`X.509 -certificates and CRLs <x509>`, a :doc:`pipeline-style message -processing system <filters>`, and a wide variety of other features. A -third party open source implementation of `SSHv2 +Botan is a crypto library for C++ released under the :doc:`BSD license +<license>`. + +It provides most any :doc:`cryptographic algorithm <algos>` you might +be looking for, along with :doc:`tls`, :doc:`X.509 certificates and +CRLs <x509>`, a :doc:`pipeline-style message processing system +<filters>`, and a wide variety of other features. A third party open +source implementation of `SSHv2 <http://www.netsieben.com/products/ssh/>`_ that uses botan is also available. In addition to C++ you can use botan from :doc:`Python <python>` or `Node.js <https://github.com/justinfreitag/node-botan>`_ @@ -31,8 +33,9 @@ x86 and x86-64 processors are also included. It runs on most common operating systems and can be used with a number of different commercial and open source compilers. The :doc:`build log -<build_log>` contains information about recently tested targets. It is -already included in most major package distributions, including +<build_log>` contains information about recently tested targets. It +has more than a few :doc:`known users <users>` and is already included +in most major package distributions, including \ `Fedora <https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/botan>`_, `EPEL <http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/SRPMS/repoview/botan.html>`_ (for RHEL/CentOS), @@ -46,8 +49,7 @@ already included in most major package distributions, including `Cygwin <http://cygwin.com/packages/botan/>`_, `MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=botan>`_, `OpenPKG <http://www.openpkg.org/product/packages/?package=botan>`_, and -`T2 SDE <http://www.t2-project.org/packages/botan.html>`_ and has -more than a few :doc:`known users <users>`. +`T2 SDE <http://www.t2-project.org/packages/botan.html>`_ It was started as a personal project by `Jack Lloyd <http://www.randombit.net>`_,who continues to be the maintainer and |