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» libIDL
» Mozilla
» Stunnel
» VMSTar
» ZIP
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    » Kerberos
    » SSL
» tell us what you think!
» licensing

GnuPG for OpenVMS

GnuPG (GNU Privacy Guard) is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures. GnuPG includes an advanced key management facility.

GnuPG is a complete and free replacement for PGP. Because it does not use the patented IDEA algorithm, it can be used without any restrictions.

»  GnuPG for OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS VAX

GNV

»  Download GNV V1.4-10 (February 24, 2003)

GNV (GNU's Not VMS) is an open source, GNU-based, UNIX environment for OpenVMS that provides UNIX application developers, system managers, and users a UNIX-style environment on OpenVMS. This facilitates development and porting of UNIX software to OpenVMS. (GNU is a UNIX-like operating system that is free software.) GNV provides a UNIX-like shell (command-line interpreter) environment and a C Run-Time Library (CRTL) supplemental library to provide utilities typically found on UNIX systems. The shell used by GNV is Bash (Bourne-Again SHell), from GNU, using the POSIX.2 specification.

The GNV kit s a self-extracting file. When you download the kit, be sure that the filetype of the saved file is .PCSI-DCX-AXPEXE. Then expand the kit by entering the following command:

$ RUN DEC-AXPVMS-GNV-V0104-010-1.PCSI-DCX_AXPEXE

»  See GNVREADME_FIRST (text) or GNVREADME_FIRST (HTML) for more information.

Note: The GNVREADME_FIRST file dated July 2002 also applies to the current February 2003 release of GNV.

GTK+

GTK+ is an open source, free software library for creating graphical user interfaces.

»  GTK+ for OpenVMS Alpha

libIDL

The IDL Compiling Library (libIDL) for OpenVMS Alpha is an open source, free software library used for creating trees of CORBA Interface Definition Language (IDL) files. libIDL is part of the GNOME library set.

While libIDL is general purpose, libIDL was ported to OpenVMS to facilitate the building of Mozilla on OpenVMS and has only been used for this purpose.

More information about libIDL is available from http://andrewtv.org/libIDL/index.jsp.

»  libIDL for OpenVMS Alpha

Mozilla

Mozilla is an open-source web-browser designed for standards compliance, performance and portability. Mozilla is the code base used for Netscape 6.x and 7.

»  Mozilla for OpenVMS Alpha

Stunnel

»  Download Stunnel (August 30, 2002)

Stunnel allows you to encrypt arbitrary TCP/IP connections inside an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) connection from your OpenVMS system to another machine. Stunnel allows you to secure non-SSL aware applications (like Telnet, IMAP, RCP, and FTP authentication) by having Stunnel provide the encryption, so you do not have to change the original application. Both images and source code are provided.

The Stunnel kit is a compressed EXE file. To expand the Stunnel source kit, enter the following command:

$ RUN STUNNEL-3_22.EXE

At the Decompress into (file specification): prompt, press return. The system expands the file and names the decompressed file STUNNEL-3_22.BCK.

To restore the Stunnel backup saveset, enter the following commands:

$ CREATE/DIR disk:[directory]
$ BACKUP STUNNEL-3_22.BCK/SAVE disk:[directory...]*.*

For more information about Stunnel, see http://www.stunnel.org.

See STUNNEL_README_VMS.TXT for information about how to build, start up and shut down Stunnel in addition to the requirements for the application, and STUNNEL_README.TXT for information about restoring the Stunnel backup saveset.

VMStar

VMSTAR is a TAR reader/writer for VMS. It can read archives ("tarfiles") created by the Unix command "tar" and also create such archives. Tarfiles can be disk files or directly on tape.

»  Download VMSTar from the OpenVMS Freeware CD

ZIP

ZIP is a utility to compress multiple files into a single .ZIP archive. UnZip decompresses the files stored in a .ZIP archive, restoring them to their original state.

To use ZIP on OpenVMS, you need both ZIP and UNZIP. Download both from the OpenVMS Freeware CD.

»  Download ZIP
»  Download UNZIP

source code

Many of the Open Source tools come with source code.

CD Record

CD Record is a free software package used to provide support for writing Compact Disk media on OpenVMS.

The Open Source CD Record capability is provided on the Open Source Tools CD.

»  Download the full source kit used to create the CD Record images (Updated December 10, 2002)

To restore the CD Record backup saveset, enter the following commands:

$ CREATE/DIR disk:[directory]
$ BACKUP CDRECORD_SOURCES.BCK/SAVE disk:[directory...]*.*

See CDRECORD_README.TXT for information about CD RECORD on OpenVMS.

CDSA (common data security architecture)

The Common Data Security Architecture (CDSA) is a multiplatform, industry-standard security infrastructure. CDSA is part of the OpenVMS Alpha operating system.

»  Download the CDSA source code from the OpenVMS web site

For more information about CDSA on OpenVMS:
» Open Source Security for OpenVMS Alpha Volume 1: Common Data Security Architecture.

Kerberos

Kerberos for OpenVMS, based on MIT Kerberos V5, is included in OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-1.

Kerberos is a network authentication protocol designed to provide strong authentication for client/server applications by using secret-key cryptography.

»  Download the Kerberos source code from the Kerberos for OpenVMS web site

See Kerberos for OpenVMS Release Notes for more information.

hp SSL (secure sockets layer)

HP SSL is based on OpenSSL 0.9.6B. SSL is the open standard security protocol for the secure transfer of sensitive information over the Internet. SSL provides privacy through encryption, server authentication, and message integrity. Client authentication is available as an optional function.

A binary compilation of the OpenSSL 0.9.6B sources that have been ported to the OpenVMS operating system are available.

» Compaq SSL site
» source code kit
» OpenSSL.org for general information about OpenSSL

For more information about Compaq SSL for OpenVMS:
» Open Source Security for OpenVMS Alpha Volume 2: Compaq SSL for OpenVMS Alpha.

future directions of OpenVMS open source tools

Tell us what you think!

Please send email to OpenVMSSecurity@hp.com and tell us which open source products you would like to see part of future versions of OpenVMS.

licensing

These open source tools are provided as free software under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. You can redistribute them and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation Version 2.1 of the License.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License, located in the GNV kit directory, for more details.