aws-c-auth

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "## AWS C Auth\n\nC99 library implementation of AWS client-side authentication: standard credentials providers and signing.\n\nFrom a cryptographic perspective, only functions with the suffix \"_constant_time\" should be considered constant\ntime.\n\n## License\n\nThis library is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.\n\n## Usage\n\n### Building\n\nCMake 3.9+ is required to build.\n\n`\u003cinstall-path\u003e` must be an absolute path in the following instructions.\n\n#### Linux-Only Dependencies\n\nIf you are building on Linux, you will need to build aws-lc and s2n-tls first.\n\n```\ngit clone git@github.com:awslabs/aws-lc.git\ncmake -S aws-lc -B aws-lc/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\u003cinstall-path\u003e\ncmake --build aws-lc/build --target install\n\ngit clone git@github.com:aws/s2n-tls.git\ncmake -S s2n-tls -B s2n-tls/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\u003cinstall-path\u003e -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=\u003cinstall-path\u003e\ncmake --build s2n-tls/build --target install\n```\n\n#### Building aws-c-auth and Remaining Dependencies\n\n```\ngit clone git@github.com:awslabs/aws-c-common.git\ncmake -S aws-c-common -B aws-c-common/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\u003cinstall-path\u003e\ncmake --build aws-c-common/build --target install\n\ngit clone git@github.com:awslabs/aws-c-cal.git\ncmake -S aws-c-cal -B aws-c-cal/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\u003cinstall-path\u003e -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=\u003cinstall-path\u003e\ncmake --build aws-c-cal/build --target install\n\ngit clone git@github.com:awslabs/aws-c-io.git\ncmake -S aws-c-io -B aws-c-io/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\u003cinstall-path\u003e -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=\u003cinstall-path\u003e\ncmake --build aws-c-io/build --target install\n\ngit clone git@github.com:awslabs/aws-c-compression.git\ncmake -S aws-c-compression -B aws-c-compression/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\u003cinstall-path\u003e -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=\u003cinstall-path\u003e\ncmake --build aws-c-compression/build --target install\n\ngit clone git@github.com:awslabs/aws-c-http.git\ncmake -S aws-c-http -B aws-c-http/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\u003cinstall-path\u003e -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=\u003cinstall-path\u003e\ncmake --build aws-c-http/build --target i",
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  "why_use_this": "This is a build/runtime dependency for AWS SDK projects written in C/C++. It provides credential chain resolution and SigV4 request signing without pulling in larger SDK dependencies. Used primarily by aws-cli-v2 and other AWS tooling built on the C SDK."
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