Cryptography Processing for the Intel^® Integrated Performance Primitives v6.1 for Linux* OS
Release Notes

Contents

Overview
Package Contents
System Requirements
Installation
Resources for Additional Information
Technical Support and Feedback
License Definitions

Overview

The Cryptography Processing for the Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives v6.1  for Linux* OS  package is a stand-alone installation that contains the binaries and header files for the Cryptography Processing portion of the Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives v6.1 for Linux* OS  (which must be installed first).

Package Contents

• Provided Cryptography functionality includes:
  • Symmetric algorithms
  • Hash algorithms and data authentication
  • Public key algorithms
  • Diffe-Hellman algorithm support
  • Elliptic Curve Cryptography support
  • RC4, RSA-OAEP algorithms support
  • OFB mode has been added for existent ciphers DES, TDES, BF, TF, Rijndael-128/192/256

System Requirements

Please check the release note document under /doc directory for more details

Recommended documentation viewer: Adobe* Acrobat* Reader version 7.0 or later (provides better keyword search capabilities for viewing documentation in PDF format)

Installation

1. In order to install this package, the Intel^® IPP 6.1  for Linux* package must be installed first.
2. Use the tar command to extract the Cryptography Processing for the Intel^® IPP package in a directory to which you have write access.
3. Become the root user, needed to run the rpm command, and execute the install script in the directory where the tar file was extracted.

./install
4. The Intel^® software products already installed will be listed, followed by a menu of products to install which includes:
• Cryptography for Intel^® Integrated Performance Primitives Version 6.1 

Select a package to install. Before the installation begins, you will be asked to enter a temporary directory in which the contents of the self-extracting installation file will be placed before actual installation begins. After installation, the files will still be located in this temp directory and must be deleted manually. All necessary packages needed to use the product will also be installed. The recommended installation directory is /opt/intel/ipp/6.1.x.x.x

5. After installation, the packages installed will be redisplayed, followed by a redisplay of the install menu. Enter 'x' to exit the install script.

Intel^® IPP uses Macrovision's* FLEXlm* electronic licensing technology. License management should be transparent, but if you have any problems during installation, please make sure a current license file (*.lic) is located in the same directory as the install file. If you still have problems, please submit an issue to Intel^® Premier Support.  See the "Technical Support and Feedback" section of this document for details.

Resources for Additional Information

• For the latest product support information and errata, please visit Intel IPP Support Website.
• Extensive Intel IPP samples have been created to help demonstrate the use of Intel IPP and to help accelerate the development of your application, components, and audio/video/image/speech codecs. More information can be found at the Intel® IPP Sample Website.
• To get started using the library and to find information on building options, please refer to the Getting Started document included in this release.

Technical Support and Feedback

Self Help and User Forums

A rich repository of self-help product information such as getting started tips, known product issues, product errata, compatibility information and answers to frequently asked questions can be found at the Intel IPP Technical Support site. It's a great place to find answers quickly or to gain insight in using our products effectively.

The Intel IPP User Forum is the place to ask questions of and share information with other users of Intel® IPP.

Submitting Issues

Your feedback is very important to us. To receive technical support for the tools provided in this product,  technical information including FAQ's and product updates, you need to be registered at https://registrationcenter.intel.com with your given serial number of this product  to create an account at secure Intel® Premier Support  web site.

• If you are having trouble registering or are unable to access your Intel® Premier Support account, please contact us via this channel.

Note: If your distributor provides technical support for this product, please contact them for support rather than Intel.

License Definitions

The information in this manual is subject to change without notice and Intel Corporation assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this document or any software that may be provided in association with this document. This document and the software described in it are furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of the license. No license, express or implied, by estoppels or otherwise, to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document. The information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products and should not be construed as a commitment by Intel Corporation.

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Designers must not rely on the absence or characteristics of any features or instructions marked "reserved" or "undefined." Intel reserves these for future definition and shall have no responsibility whatsoever for conflicts or incompatibilities arising from future changes to them.

The software described in this document may contain software defects which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications. Current characterized software defects are available on request.

Note: The functions may contain parts of code that can be used for algorithms implementation. Implementations of these algorithms, or the algorithm based platforms may require complying with patents conditions.

Please be aware that RC5 Algorithm are patented by Rivest, Ronald L.; RSA* Data Security, Inc. US patent 5,724,428