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authorNikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org>2011-07-21 15:08:55 +0300
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@@ -9,18 +9,17 @@ Even if @acronym{GnuTLS} is a typical library software, it operates
over several security and cryptographic protocols which require the
programmer to make careful and correct usage of them. Otherwise it
is likely to only obtain a false sense of security.
-The terms of Security and
-network security terms are very general even if restricted to computer
-software, and cannot be offered by a single cryptographic
+The term of security is very broad even if restricted to computer
+software, and cannot be confined to a single cryptographic
library. For that reason, do not consider any program secure just
because it uses @acronym{GnuTLS}; there are several ways to compromise
a program or a communication line and @acronym{GnuTLS} only helps with
some of them.
Although this document tries to be self contained, basic network
-programming and PKI knowlegde is assumed in most of it. A good
-introduction to networking can be found in @xcite{STEVENS} and for
-Public Key Infrastructure in @xcite{GUTPKI}.
+programming and public key infrastructure (PKI) knowledge is assumed
+in most of it. A good introduction to networking can be found
+in @xcite{STEVENS} and for public key infrastructure in @xcite{GUTPKI}.
Updated versions of the @acronym{GnuTLS} software and this document
will be available from @url{http://www.gnutls.org/} and