# Openssl [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ruby/openssl.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ruby/openssl) OpenSSL provides SSL, TLS and general purpose cryptography. It wraps the OpenSSL library. ## Installation Add this line to your application's Gemfile: ```ruby gem 'openssl' ``` And then execute: $ bundle Or install it yourself as: $ gem install openssl ## Usage See the documentation on OpenSSL for more usage, and the official [openssl library](http://www.openssl.org/). ## Contributing 1. Fork it ( https://github.com/ruby/openssl/fork ) 2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`) 3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`) 4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`) 5. Create a new Pull Request ## Updating from source ``` ~/code/openssl => cp ../ruby/ext/openssl/*.{c,h,rb} ext/openssl/. ~/code/openssl => cp -R ../ruby/ext/openssl/lib/ lib/ ```