In order to get a better understanding of how some parts of PolarSSL operate and to provide easy access to parts of the library, all source codes are browsable online from the Source Code page.

PolarSSL supports a number of different build platforms for UNIX and Windows environments. The instructions for using the build environments is available on the How to build PolarSSL page.

Almost all of the cryptographic and SSL/TLS related parts are based on public standards and other publicly available information. An overview of the used references is on the Reference documents page.