Botan 1.9.4, 2010-03-09 Botan is a C++ class library for performing a wide variety of cryptographic operations. Botan is released under the FreeBSD license (see doc/license.txt for the specifics). More information about the authors and contributors can be found in doc/credits.txt and doc/thanks.txt. You can file bugs at http://bugs.randombit.net/ or by sending a report to the botan-devel mailing list: http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/botan-devel/ In the doc directory, there should be a set of PDFs, including building.pdf - build instructions api.pdf - the API reference manual tutorial.pdf - a set of simple examples and tutorials A set of example programs can be found in the doc/examples directory. Check http://botan.randombit.net/ for announcements and new releases. If you'll be developing code using this library, consider joining the mailing lists to keep up to date with changes and new releases. As always, feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. -Jack Lloyd (lloyd@randombit.net)