Source Code

Our doors are always open

mbed TLS is fully open-source. There are no hidden features, privileged applications or non-public management tools. Everything we have, we make open source and is accessible from our site.

Source repository

If you want to dive directly into the source, look below or go to our mbed TLS GitHub

Browsing the library source

Each cipher and hashing algorithm in mbed TLS (AES, MD5, SHA-1, etc.) is self-contained and can be easily reused as a standalone module.

Block and stream ciphers

AES source code
AES-GCM source code ( gcm.h gcm.c )
ARC4 source code ( arc4.h arc4.c )
Blowfish source code
Camellia source code
DES/3DES source code
XTEA source code ( xtea.h xtea.c )

Public-key cryptography

RSA source code
MPI (Bignum) source code ( bignum.h bignum.c )
Diffie-Hellman source code ( dhm.h dhm.c )
Elliptic Curve code ( ecp.h ecp.c )
Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman ( ecdh.h ecdh.c )
Elliptic Curve DSA (ECDSA) ( ecdsa.h ecdsa.c )
Public Key Parsing source code ( pk.h pkparse.c )

Random number generators

Entropy collector source code
CTR_DRBG source code
HAVEGE source code ( havege.h entropy.c )

Abstraction layers

Cipher layer source code ( cipher.h cipher.c )
Message Digest layer source code ( md.h md.c )
Public Key layer source code ( pk.h pk.c )
Threading layer source code ( threading.h threading.c )
Memory layer source code ( memory.h memory.c )

Hash functions

Cryptographic protocols

X.509 CRL parsing source code ( x509_crl.h x509_crl.c )
X.509 Certificate parsing code ( x509_crt.h x509_crt.c )
X.509 Certificate Request parsing ( x509_csr.h x509_csr.c )
SSL/TLS common source code ( ssl.h ssl_tls.c )
SSL/TLS client source code ( ssl.h ssl_cli.c )
SSL/TLS server source code ( ssl.h ssl_srv.c )
SSL Session Cache source ( ssl_cache.h ssl_cache.c )

Miscellaneous

ASN.1 parsing source code ( asn1.h asn1parse.c )
Base64 source code
Debugging functions ( debug.h debug.c )
Error message source code ( error.h error.c )
Networking functions ( net.h net.c )
OID database source code ( oid.h oid.c )
PadLock source code ( padlock.h padlock.c )
PBKDF2 source code
Timing source code ( timing.h timing.c )

CA Functionality

ASN.1 writing source code ( asn1write.h asn1write.c )
Public Key writing source code ( pk.h pkwrite.c )
X.509 Certificate writing code ( x509_crt.h x509_crt.c )
X.509 Certificate Request writing ( x509_csr.h x509_csr.c )

Browsing the example source

mbed TLS also comes with a set of example programs to show basic ways to use the library and perform standard operations and functionalities. These examples may help you get started with using mbed TLS:

Block and stream ciphers

AES-256 file encryption ( aescrypt2.c )
Generic cipher layer example ( crypt_and_hash.c )

Public-key cryptography

Key generation application ( gen_key.c )
RSA key reader / viewer ( key_app.c )
RSA key value printing ( key_app_writer.c )
Decrypt via PK layer demonstration ( pk_decrypt.c )
Encrypt via PK layer demonstration ( pk_encrypt.c )
Sign via PK layer demonstration ( pk_sign.c )
Verify via PK layer demonstration ( pk_verify.c )
MPI demonstration ( mpi_demo.c )
RSA key generation ( rsa_genkey.c )
RSA signature creation ( rsa_sign.c )
RSA signature verification ( rsa_verify.c )
RSASSA-PSS signature creation ( rsa_sign_pss.c )
RSASSA-PSS signature verify ( rsa_verify_pss.c )
RSA simple data encryption ( rsa_encrypt.c )
RSA simple data decryption ( rsa_decrypt.c )
Diffie-Hellman prime generation ( dh_genprime.c )
RSA/Diffie-Hellman client ( dh_client.c )
RSA/Diffie-Hellman server ( dh_server.c )

Random generation

Generate entropy file ( gen_entropy.c )
Generate with CTR_DRBG ( gen_random_ctr_drbg.c )
Generate with HAVEGE ( gen_random_havege.c )

Utility

Errorcode to string conversion ( strerror.c )
PEM to DER conversion utility ( pem2der.c )

Hash functions

Generic digest layer example ( generic_sum.c )
MD5 of "Hello, world" ( hello.c )

Cryptographic protocols

Simple SSL/TLS client ( ssl_client1.c )
Advanced SSL/TLS client ( ssl_client2.c )
SSL/TLS forked server program ( ssl_fork_server.c )
SMTP client (STARTTLS and TLS) ( ssl_mail_client.c )
SSL/TLS server program ( ssl_server.c )
Advanced SSL/TLS server program ( ssl_server2.c )

X.509

X.509 Certificate printing (file/server) ( cert_app.c )
X.509 CRL printing (file) ( crl_app.c )
X.509 Certificate Request (CSR) printing (file) ( req_app.c )
X.509 Certificate Request writing ( cert_req.c )
X.509 Certificate creation / writing ( cert_write.c )

Miscellaneous

Crypto benchmark ( benchmark.c )
Self-test program ( selftest.c )
SSL/TLS testing program ( ssl_test.c )

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Source Code

Our doors are always open

Source repository

Browsing the library source

Block and stream ciphers

Public-key cryptography

Random number generators

Abstraction layers

Hash functions

Cryptographic protocols

Miscellaneous

CA Functionality

Browsing the example source

Block and stream ciphers

Public-key cryptography

Random generation

Utility

Hash functions

Cryptographic protocols

X.509

Miscellaneous

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