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diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnutls.scm b/gnu/packages/gnutls.scm index 766731e289..ce13d81dfb 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/gnutls.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/gnutls.scm @@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/libtasn1/") (synopsis "ASN.1 library") (description - "Libtasn1 is the ASN.1 library used by GnuTLS, GNU Shishi and some -other packages. The goal of this implementation is to be highly -portable, and only require an ANSI C89 platform.") + "Libtasn1 is a library implementing the ASN.1 notation. It is used for +transmitting machine-neutral encodings of data objects in computer +networking, allowing for formal validation of data according to some +specifications.") (license lgpl2.0+))) (define-public gnutls @@ -79,15 +80,8 @@ portable, and only require an ANSI C89 platform.") (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/") (synopsis "Transport layer security library") (description - "GnuTLS is a project that aims to develop a library which provides -a secure layer, over a reliable transport layer. Currently the GnuTLS -library implements the proposed standards by the IETF's TLS working -group. - -Quoting from the TLS protocol specification: - -\"The TLS protocol provides communications privacy over the -Internet. The protocol allows client/server applications to communicate -in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, or -message forgery.\"") + "GnuTLS is a secure communications library implementing the SSL, TLS +and DTLS protocols. It is provided in the form of a C library to the +protocols, as well as to parse and write X.5009, PKCS 12, OpenPGP and other +required structures.") (license lgpl2.1+))) |