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Expand Up @@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ for the TLS (formerly SSL), DTLS and QUIC (currently client side only)
protocols.

The protocol implementations are based on a full-strength general purpose
cryptographic library, which can also be used stand-alone. Also included is a
cryptographic library, which can also be used standalone. Also included is a
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Here the adjective stand-alone is being used as a complement, and having the hyphenated form (still the more common form in the Oxford dictionary) reads better to me. (However, I probably would use standalone without the hyphen when placing adjacent to a noun, as in "standalone software")

cryptographic module validated to conform with FIPS standards.

OpenSSL is descended from the SSLeay library developed by Eric A. Young
and Tim J. Hudson.

The official Home Page of the OpenSSL Project is [www.openssl.org].
The official Homepage of the OpenSSL Project is [www.openssl.org].
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Since it's not a proper noun, we don't really need the capitalised form of homepage


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basis of the TLS implementation, but can also be used independently.

- **openssl**
the OpenSSL command line tool, a swiss army knife for cryptographic tasks,
the OpenSSL command line tool, a Swiss Army knife for cryptographic tasks,
testing and analyzing. It can be used for
- creation of key parameters
- creation of X.509 certificates, CSRs and CRLs
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After obtaining the Source, have a look at the [INSTALL](INSTALL.md) file for
detailed instructions about building and installing OpenSSL. For some
platforms, the installation instructions are amended by a platform specific
platforms, the installation instructions are amended by a platform-specific
document.

* [Notes for UNIX-like platforms](NOTES-UNIX.md)
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