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SILC Toolkit Reference Manual SILC Core Library SILC Authentication Interface SILC Message Interface SILC Channel Interface SILC Command Interface SILC Notify Interface SILC Status Types SILC Modes SILC ID Interface SILC ID Cache Interface SILC Argument Interface SILC Attributes Interface Packet Protocol Interface SILC Math Library SILC MP Interface SILC Math Interface SILC SFTP Library SILC SFTP Interface SFTP Filesystems Interface SILC Utility Library Basic SILC Types SILC Buffer Interface SILC Buffer Format Interface SILC Hash Table Interface SILC Logging Interface SILC Memory Interface SILC Mutex Interface SILC Thread Interface SILC Network Interface SILC Schedule Interface SILC Socket Interface SILC Protocol Interface SILC Config Interface SILC File Util Interface SILC String Util Interface SILC Util Interface SILC List Interface SILC Dynamic List Interface SILC VCard Interface SILC Application Utilities SILC Key Exchange Library SILC SKE Interface SKE Status Types SKE Diffie Hellman Groups SKE Payloads SILC Client Library Using SILC Client Library Tutorial Arguments for command_reply Client Operation Arguments for notify Client Operation Client Library Interface Reference SILC Crypto Library Introduction to SILC RNG SILC RNG Interface SILC Cipher API SILC PKCS API SILC Hash Interface SILC HMAC Interface Resource Links SILC Project Website SILC Protocol Documentation SILC White Paper SILC FAQ
Platform Implementations This document describes the implementation issues with different platforms that the SILC Toolkit support. Some of the supported platforms does not support all the features delivered with the Toolkit or they may behave differently from other platforms. This document descibres these differences between platforms. Unix & Linux Implementation Windows Implementation Mac OS X Implementation Supported Platforms SILC Toolkit supports by default all Unix and Linux platforms, Windows platforms from Windows 98 and newer, and Mac OS X. In the future there is also plans to add support for other platforms such as Symbian OS (EPOC). Unix Implementation All features and components delivered with the SILC Toolkit work on all Unix and Linux platforms. There are no special Unix platform related implementation issues with current version of SILC Toolkit. Windows Implementation By default all features and components delivered with SILC Toolkit are supported on Windows. However, there are some certain issues with the Windows version of the SILC Toolkit. Toolkit users should not use `silc_client_run` function to execute the Client Library. Instead the `silc_client_run_one` should be used, for example as an timer task and the Windows application's own message loop should be used as the main message loop. The function `silc_net_create_connection_async` is not actually asynchronous on Windows, but synchronous and it will block the process while the connection is created. This means also that the function `silc_client_connect_to_server` is not asynchronous but synchronous. Mac OS X Implementation All features and components delivered with the SILC Toolkit work on Mac OS X platform. There are no special Mac OS X platform related implementation issues with current version of SILC Toolkit.

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