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Botan (programming library)

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Botan
Stable release3.8.1 (May 7, 2025; 15 days ago (2025-05-07)[1]) [±]
Repository
Written inC++
PlatformMulti-platform
TypeSecurity library
LicenseSimplified BSD
Websitebotan.randombit.net

Botan is a BSD-licensed cryptographic library written in C++. It provides a wide variety of cryptographic algorithms, formats, and protocols, e.g. SSL and TLS. It is used in the Monotone distributed revision control program.

The project was originally called OpenCL, a name now used by Apple Inc. and Khronos Group for their graphics card programming language. It was renamed Botan in 2002.[2]

In 2007, the German Federal Office for Information Security contracted FlexSecure GmbH to add an implementation of Card Verifiable Certificates for ePassports to Botan; the modified version of Botan was released under the name InSiTo.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Botan: Release Notes". Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  2. ^ See entry for 2002-08-10 in "Botan release notes". Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  3. ^ "InSiTo website". Retrieved 2008-09-18.