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# mars-matrixssl
This repository is a **mars-nwe special-purpose fork** of MatrixSSL.
The fork intentionally keeps MatrixSSL native code mostly untouched and adds only a reduced OpenSSL-compatible surface needed by the mars-nwe consumers:
- `nwwebui` from `mars-smart` server-side TLS (`SSL_CTX_*`, `SSL_*`, error helpers).
- FLAIM/FTK client-side TLS and BIO calls used by `F_SSLIOStream`.
It does **not** resurrect the full historical MatrixSSL OpenSSL compatibility layer. The old `opensslApi.c` / `opensslSocket.c` implementation was used only as a reference for symbol names and is not restored. New compatibility code lives in `matrixssl/openssl_compat.c` with public shim headers under `openssl/`.
Build notes:
```sh
cmake -S . -B build -DMATRIXSSL_BUILD_OPENSSL_COMPAT=ON
cmake --build build
```
`MATRIXSSL_BUILD_OPENSSL_COMPAT` defaults to `ON` in this fork. Disable it with `-DMATRIXSSL_BUILD_OPENSSL_COMPAT=OFF` to build only the native MatrixSSL API.
Security note: this compatibility layer is intentionally small and mars-nwe-specific. It should not be presented as a general OpenSSL replacement. In particular, the FTK-facing X509/BIO helper surface is limited to the calls that code uses.
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![MatrixSSL Banner](http://www.matrixssl.org/assets/img/matrixssl_logo_transparent_md.png)
Lightweight Embedded SSL/TLS Implementation
*Official source repository of MatrixSSL*
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##Overview
MatrixSSL has been continuously maintained since 2002. It is the first open source small footprint SSL stack. Until recently, releases were tracked on http://freecode.com/projects/matrixssl
MatrixSSL is an embedded SSL and TLS implementation designed for small footprint IoT devices requiring low overhead per connection. It includes client and server support through TLS 1.3, mutual authentication, session resumption, and implementations of RSA, ECC, AES, SHA1, SHA-256, ChaCha20-Poly1305 and more. The source is well documented and contains portability layers for additional operating systems, cipher suites, and cryptography providers.
##Reporting Issues
Please email matrixssl@rambus.com.
Sensitive emails can be encrypted using the public key in this directory [pgp.asc](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matrixssl/matrixssl/master/pgp.asc), Key fingerprint = `C714 FAC4 3D95 3584 9926 25EB 4F08 F506 433F 9237`.
##Features
+ Small total footprint with crypto provider
+ SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 server and client support
+ Included crypto library - RSA, ECC, AES, 3DES, ARC4, SHA1, SHA256, MD5, ChaCha20-Poly1305
+ Assembly language optimizations for Intel, ARM and MIPS
+ Session re-keying and cipher renegotiation
+ Full support for session resumption/caching
+ Server Name Indication and Stateless Session Tickets
+ RFC7301 Application Protocol Negotiation
+ Server and client X.509 certificate chain authentication
+ Client authentication with an external security token
+ Parsing of X.509 .pem and ASN.1 DER certificate formats
+ PKCS#1.5, PKCS#5 PKCS#8 and PKCS#12 support for key formatting
+ RSASSA-PSS Signature Algorithm support
+ Certificate Revocation List (CRL) support
+ Fully cross platform, portable codebase; minimum use of system calls
+ Pluggable cipher suite interface
+ Pluggable crypto provider interface
+ Pluggable operating system and malloc interface
+ TCP/IP optional
+ Multithreading optional
+ Only a handful of external APIs, all non-blocking
+ Example client and server code included
+ Clean, heavily commented code in portable C
+ User and developer documentation