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11 Internal Architecture of GnuTLS ¶

This chapter is to give a brief description of the way GnuTLS works. The focus is to give an idea to potential developers and those who want to know what happens inside the black box.

• The TLS Protocol
• TLS Handshake Protocol
• TLS Authentication Methods
• TLS Extension Handling
• Cryptographic Backend
• Random Number Generators
• FIPS140-2 mode