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@@ -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+)))