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SILC Toolkit Reference Manual
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SILC Toolkit Reference Manual
SILC Crypto Library
    Introduction to SILC RNG
    SILC RNG Interface
    SILC Cipher API
    SILC PKCS API
    SILC Public Key API
    SILC PKCS #1 API
    SILC Hash Interface
    SILC HMAC Interface
SILC Core Library
    SILC Authentication Interface
    SILC Message Interface
    SILC Channel Interface
    SILC Command Interface
    SILC Notify Interface
    SILC Status Types
    SILC Modes
    SILC ID Interface
    SILC Argument Interface
    SILC Attributes Interface
    Packet Engine Interface
    SILC Public Key Payload Interface
SILC Key Exchange Library
    SILC SKE Interface
    SILC Connection Authentication Interface
SILC VCard Library
    SILC VCard Interface
SILC Math Library
    SILC MP Interface
    SILC Math Interface
SILC Client Library
    Using SILC Client Library Tutorial
    Arguments for command_reply Client Operation
    SilcStatus Error Arguments in command_reply Client Operation
    Arguments for notify Client Operation
    Unicode and UTF-8 Strings in Client Library
    Client Library Interface Reference
    Client Entry Interface Reference
SILC ASN.1 Library
    SILC ASN.1 Interface
    SILC BER interface
SILC HTTP Library
    SILC HTTP Server Interface
    SILC HTTP PHP Translator
SILC Utility Library
    Basic Types and Definitions
    Data Buffer Interface
    Data Buffer Format Interface
    Hash Table Interface
    Memory Allocation Interface
    Data Stack (memory pool) Interface
    Finite State Machine Interface
    Thread Interface
    Mutual Exclusion Lock Interface
    Condition Variable Interface
    Atomic Operations Interface
    Network (TCP and UDP) Interface
    Scheduler Interface
    Asynchronous Operation Interface
    Abstract Stream Interface
    Socket Stream Interface
    File Descriptor Stream Interface
    File Utility Functions
    String Utility Interface
    Snprintf Interface
    UTF-8 String Interface
    Stringprep Interface
    Utility Functions
    List Interface
    Dynamic List Interface
    MIME Interface
    Time Utility Functions
    Logging Interface
    Config File Interface
SILC Key Repository Library
    SILC SKR Interface
SILC Application Utility Library
    SILC Application Utilities
    SILC ID Cache Interface
SILC SFTP Library
    SILC SFTP Interface
    SFTP Filesystems Interface

Resource Links
SILC Project Website
SILC Protocol Documentation
SILC White Paper
SILC FAQs





Introduction to the Manual
 
This document is designed to help you understand how the reference manual is organized, how it can be used efficiently, and how to find the information you need.
 
 
Target Audience
 
This Toolkit reference manual is targeted at application developers who would like to add SILC support into their application, and to create new SILC based applications. It is especially aimed at C and C++ programmers, who would like to create SILC client applications, either based on command line interface (CLI) or on graphical user interface (GUI).
 
 
Overview
 
The SILC Toolkit Reference Manual has collected the essential information needed by application developers. The following guide and reference information is included in this manual:
 
  • Describing the documentation conventions
  • Describing the Toolkit design
  • Describing the SILC Protocol
  • Describing the programming conventions and idioms
  • Documenting the set of public APIs available for programmers
  • Describing the usage of various libraries
     
    You can download the latest SILC Toolkit from the SILC Project Website, which includes the latest version of the reference manual. The Toolkit package includes the full sources of the Toolkit, and includes several example applications and piece of example codes.
     
     
    Using the Reference Manual
     
    The API references are ogranized by libraries. Each library will include list of interfaces it provides. Each of the interface in the library provides list of public API items. Each of the item in the list is a hyper link that opens the detailed page describing the API item. All API references are automatically generated from the sources and they have a clear structural layout. The references can provide cross links to other references inside the specific interface or the specific library.
     
    The list of the library interface items can also include links to guides that describe the use of a specific library or interface. These are intended as HOWTOs for programmers describing all aspects of the library or interface. They make the application development easier by also providing small examples.
     
    All interfaces provided by the reference manual are public, and it does not describe any internal or undocumented interfaces. Since the reference manual is automatically generated, it is constantly evolving. It also may omit some of the interfaces or libraries, that have not yet been documented in the sources.
     
     
    Document Layout
     
    The document layout provides quick links to libraries, interfaces and specific API items by including list of links in the left and/or right side of the page in the web browser. These links can be used to directly access the specific library, interface or API item. The link lists may include other links to guides, and reference links to outside the reference manual as well.
     
     
    Reference Conventions
     
    The structural layout of a API item describes the following information about the item:
     
  • Type. Types that can appear are Variable, Structure, Function. A name that appears without type is constant, usually #define, enum or typedef. Usually the source code of the constants are appended to the reference.
     
  • Name. Describes the name of the item. All functions start with silc_ prefix, macros start with SILC_ prefix, and type names and structures start with Silc prefix.
     
  • Synopsis. Functions also describe the synopsis of the function.
     
  • Description. Each of the item is described in detail of what the item does and how it can be used.
     
  • Notes. Optionally the item may describe additional notes to the detailed description. These usually describe various exeptions or other important notes that the programmer should be aware of.
     
  • Example. Optionally the item may include a piece of source code that give short example of how the item may be used.
     
  • See Also. Optionally the item may include list of links to other items, or some other references that relate to the described item.
     
  • Source. Optionally the item may include the actual source code from the header file where the documentation was automatically generated.
     
    Note that some of these informations are optional and not all API items include all of these informations.
     
     
    Reference Example
     
    Please refer to this link for short example of the API item reference layout: SILC Example API.








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