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    Announcement:
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      The OpenCA Team announce the availability of the first version of the LibPKI
      library:

	Current Version: v0.1.1 (Initial Code)


    Project Overview:
    =================

      The LibPKI Project is aimed to provide an easy-to-use PKI library for PKI enabled
      application development. The library provides the developer with all the needed
      functionality to manage Public Key Certificates, from generation to validation.
      The LibPKI Project enables developers with the possibility to implement complex
      cryptographic operations with a few simple function calls by implementing an
      high-level cryptographic API.

      The library constitutes the core of the OpenCA-NG Project, anyway we provide it
      as a separate package in order to encourage applications developers to use it in
      their packages.

      Currently support for OpenSSL and KMF libraries is provided as low-level crypto
      provider.


    Project Status:
    ===============

      o [23 Mar 2007] First initial code available for download (libpki v0.1.1)


    Current Project developers' Tasks:
    ==================================

      Massimiliano Pala is currently working on:
      - Adding support for PKI_TOKEN interface;
      - Adding XML support for certificate/request profiles;
      - Adding support for XML configuration support;


    Open Issues:
    ============

      o Many, the code is stable but needs extensio


    Wishes:
    =======

     o Let us know (!)


    References:
    ===========

    The OpenCA Project main website can be found at

         http://www.openca.org/

    You can find all current versions and available documentation there. You
    can also download any part of the software or documentation also at the
    official ftp site:

	http://www.openca.org/projects/libpki
	http://ftp.openca.org/libpki

    or from one of the official mirrors:

	http://www.openca.org/mirrors.shtml

    Thanks
    ======

    Thank you for supporting the Open Source community by using/contributing to/
    reporting bugs/cheering this project! Now go ahead and actively contribute to
    make the world a better place!


                                                       - The OpenCA Team -