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Modified Files: README Log Message: Adding comment on thesis.pdf.

Date: Sun Oct 2 10:48:02 2005 Author: tskogan

Index: obol/doc/README diff -u obol/doc/README:1.1.1.1 obol/doc/README:1.2 --- obol/doc/README:1.1.1.1 Tue Nov 23 22:43:31 2004 +++ obol/doc/README Sun Oct 2 10:48:02 2005 @@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ INTRODUCTION +Obol is a special purpose programming language for implementing security +protocols of the kind used in SSL, SSH and Kerberos. This module implements +Obol. The implementation consists of a combined runtime and interpreter, +hereafter called Lobo. It is distributed under a MIT-style license (see the +LICENSE file).

-Obol is a special purpose programming language for implementing security protocols of the kind used in SSL, SSH and Kerberos. This module implements Obol. The implementation consists of a combined runtime and interpreter, hereafter called Lobo. It is distributed under a MIT-style license (see the LICENSE file). - -The implementation depends on the Crypticl library, a cryptographic library written in Common Lisp. +The implementation depends on the Crypticl library, a cryptographic library +written in Common Lisp.

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INSTALL -The library can be loaded by loading the file "load.lisp". This file will load the library and run unit tests. It requires the crypticl library to be available. Change the path in "load.lisp" to point to the location of the crypto library. - -Lobo has been tested on Allegro 6.2 running on Windows XP. The code requires Allegro and will not run on other Common Lisp distributions due to the use of Allegro specific sockets and synchronization mechanisms (locks). To load and test the system: +The library can be loaded by loading the file "load.lisp". This file will load + the library and run unit tests. It requires the crypticl library to be +available. Change the path in "load.lisp" to point to the location of the +crypto library. + +Lobo has been tested on Allegro 6.2 running on Windows XP. The code requires +Allegro and will not run on other Common Lisp distributions due to the use of +Allegro specific sockets and synchronization mechanisms (locks). To load and +test the system:

cl-user(1): (load "load.lisp") cl-user(2): (in-package lobo) @@ -26,7 +36,8 @@

DOCUMENTATION -See the user guide in the file USERGUIDE. +Obol and the ideas behind the language are described in a master thesis in the +file thesis.pdf. FOr examples of Obol code look in the prog directory.

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