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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 Argument Interface SILC Attributes Interface Packet Protocol Interface SILC Public Key Payload Interface SILC Utility Library Basic Types and Definitions Data Buffer Interface Data Buffer Format Interface Hash Table Interface Memory Allocation Interface Data Stack (memory pool) Interface Finite State Machine Interface Thread Interface Mutual Exclusion Lock Interface Condition Variable Interface Atomic Operations Interface Network (TCP and UDP) Interface Scheduler Interface Asynchronous Operation Interface Abstract Stream Interface Socket Stream Interface File Descriptor Stream Interface File Utility Functions String Utility Interface Snprintf Interface UTF-8 String Interface Stringprep Interface Utility Functions List Interface Dynamic List Interface MIME Interface Time Utility Functions Logging Interface Config File Interface SILC Key Repository Library SILC SKR Interface SILC ASN.1 Library SILC ASN.1 Interface SILC BER interface SILC Client Library Using SILC Client Library Tutorial Arguments for command_reply Client Operation SilcStatus Error Arguments in command_reply Client Operation Arguments for notify Client Operation Unicode and UTF-8 Strings in Client Library Client Library Interface Reference Client Entry Interface Reference SILC Key Exchange Library SILC SKE Interface SILC Connection Authentication Interface SILC VCard Library SILC VCard Interface SILC SFTP Library SILC SFTP Interface SFTP Filesystems Interface SILC HTTP Library SILC HTTP Server Interface SILC HTTP PHP Translator SILC Crypto Library Introduction to SILC RNG SILC RNG Interface SILC Cipher API SILC PKCS API SILC Public Key API SILC PKCS #1 API SILC Hash Interface SILC HMAC Interface SILC Application Utility Library SILC Application Utilities SILC ID Cache Interface SILC Math Library SILC MP Interface SILC Math Interface Resource Links SILC Project Website SILC Protocol Documentation SILC White Paper SILC FAQs
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 Symbian 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. 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. Symbian Implementation Symbian support in SILC Toolkit is still experimental. By default all feature and components delivered with SILC Toolkit are supported on Symbian. However, there are some certain issues with the Symbian version of the SILC Toolkit The function `silc_schedule` on Symbian will return immediately, instead of blocking the calling thread/process as on other platforms. On symbian the function is equivalent to `silc_schedule_one`, and that function should be used instead. The design of SilcSchedule on Symbian enables efficient data I/O even when `silc_schedule_one` is called from a timer task. The data I/O is scheduled separately by the Symbian Active Scheduler and the SilcSchedule will merely schedule timeouts.

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