Crypt::OpenSSL::Bignum is an XS perl module designed to provide basic access to the OpenSSL multiprecision integer arithmetic libraries. Presently, many though not all of the arithmetic operations that OpenSSL provides are exposed to perl. In addition, this module can be used to provide access to bignum values produced by other OpenSSL modules, such as key parameters from Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA. This module requires that the OpenSSL libraries and header files be installed. Crypt::OpenSSL::Bignum is currently under active development, and the many of the arithmetic APIs may change. However, the author is committed to greater stability of the following methods: new_from_bin, new_from_hex, new_from_decimal to_bin, to_hex, to_decimal pointer_copy, bless_pointer The module is being developed on sourceforge; if you find something you like or hate, please come to http://perl-openssl.sf.net/ for discussion and the latest in the cvs repository. Copyright (c) 2003 Ian Robertson. Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.