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author | simon <simon@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-08-23 10:51:00 +0000 |
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committer | simon <simon@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-08-23 10:51:00 +0000 |
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diff --git a/crypto/openssl/NEWS b/crypto/openssl/NEWS deleted file mode 100644 index c808a76..0000000 --- a/crypto/openssl/NEWS +++ /dev/null @@ -1,462 +0,0 @@ - - NEWS - ==== - - This file gives a brief overview of the major changes between each OpenSSL - release. For more details please read the CHANGES file. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8d and OpenSSL 0.9.8e: - - o Various ciphersuite selection fixes. - o RFC3779 support. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8c and OpenSSL 0.9.8d: - - o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940) - o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343) - o Changes to ciphersuite selection algorithm - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8b and OpenSSL 0.9.8c: - - o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339 - o New cipher Camellia - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8a and OpenSSL 0.9.8b: - - o Cipher string fixes. - o Fixes for VC++ 2005. - o Updated ECC cipher suite support. - o New functions EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(). - o Zlib compression usage fixes. - o Built in dynamic engine compilation support on Win32. - o Fixes auto dynamic engine loading in Win32. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8 and OpenSSL 0.9.8a: - - o Fix potential SSL 2.0 rollback, CVE-2005-2969 - o Extended Windows CE support - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.8: - - o Major work on the BIGNUM library for higher efficiency and to - make operations more streamlined and less contradictory. This - is the result of a major audit of the BIGNUM library. - o Addition of BIGNUM functions for fields GF(2^m) and NIST - curves, to support the Elliptic Crypto functions. - o Major work on Elliptic Crypto; ECDH and ECDSA added, including - the use through EVP, X509 and ENGINE. - o New ASN.1 mini-compiler that's usable through the OpenSSL - configuration file. - o Added support for ASN.1 indefinite length constructed encoding. - o New PKCS#12 'medium level' API to manipulate PKCS#12 files. - o Complete rework of shared library construction and linking - programs with shared or static libraries, through a separate - Makefile.shared. - o Rework of the passing of parameters from one Makefile to another. - o Changed ENGINE framework to load dynamic engine modules - automatically from specifically given directories. - o New structure and ASN.1 functions for CertificatePair. - o Changed the ZLIB compression method to be stateful. - o Changed the key-generation and primality testing "progress" - mechanism to take a structure that contains the ticker - function and an argument. - o New engine module: GMP (performs private key exponentiation). - o New engine module: VIA PadLOck ACE extension in VIA C3 - Nehemiah processors. - o Added support for IPv6 addresses in certificate extensions. - See RFC 1884, section 2.2. - o Added support for certificate policy mappings, policy - constraints and name constraints. - o Added support for multi-valued AVAs in the OpenSSL - configuration file. - o Added support for multiple certificates with the same subject - in the 'openssl ca' index file. - o Make it possible to create self-signed certificates using - 'openssl ca -selfsign'. - o Make it possible to generate a serial number file with - 'openssl ca -create_serial'. - o New binary search functions with extended functionality. - o New BUF functions. - o New STORE structure and library to provide an interface to all - sorts of data repositories. Supports storage of public and - private keys, certificates, CRLs, numbers and arbitrary blobs. - This library is unfortunately unfinished and unused withing - OpenSSL. - o New control functions for the error stack. - o Changed the PKCS#7 library to support one-pass S/MIME - processing. - o Added the possibility to compile without old deprecated - functionality with the OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED macro or the - 'no-deprecated' argument to the config and Configure scripts. - o Constification of all ASN.1 conversion functions, and other - affected functions. - o Improved platform support for PowerPC. - o New FIPS 180-2 algorithms (SHA-224, -256, -384 and -512). - o New X509_VERIFY_PARAM structure to support parametrisation - of X.509 path validation. - o Major overhaul of RC4 performance on Intel P4, IA-64 and - AMD64. - o Changed the Configure script to have some algorithms disabled - by default. Those can be explicitely enabled with the new - argument form 'enable-xxx'. - o Change the default digest in 'openssl' commands from MD5 to - SHA-1. - o Added support for DTLS. - o New BIGNUM blinding. - o Added support for the RSA-PSS encryption scheme - o Added support for the RSA X.931 padding. - o Added support for BSD sockets on NetWare. - o Added support for files larger than 2GB. - o Added initial support for Win64. - o Added alternate pkg-config files. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7k and OpenSSL 0.9.7l: - - o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940) - o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343) - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7j and OpenSSL 0.9.7k: - - o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339 - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7i and OpenSSL 0.9.7j: - - o Visual C++ 2005 fixes. - o Update Windows build system for FIPS. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7h and OpenSSL 0.9.7i: - - o Give EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE it's old value, except for a FIPS build. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.7h: - - o Fix SSL 2.0 Rollback, CVE-2005-2969 - o Allow use of fixed-length exponent on DSA signing - o Default fixed-window RSA, DSA, DH private-key operations - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7f and OpenSSL 0.9.7g: - - o More compilation issues fixed. - o Adaptation to more modern Kerberos API. - o Enhanced or corrected configuration for Solaris64, Mingw and Cygwin. - o Enhanced x86_64 assembler BIGNUM module. - o More constification. - o Added processing of proxy certificates (RFC 3820). - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7e and OpenSSL 0.9.7f: - - o Several compilation issues fixed. - o Many memory allocation failure checks added. - o Improved comparison of X509 Name type. - o Mandatory basic checks on certificates. - o Performance improvements. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7d and OpenSSL 0.9.7e: - - o Fix race condition in CRL checking code. - o Fixes to PKCS#7 (S/MIME) code. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7c and OpenSSL 0.9.7d: - - o Security: Fix Kerberos ciphersuite SSL/TLS handshaking bug - o Security: Fix null-pointer assignment in do_change_cipher_spec() - o Allow multiple active certificates with same subject in CA index - o Multiple X509 verification fixes - o Speed up HMAC and other operations - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7b and OpenSSL 0.9.7c: - - o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs. - o New -ignore_err option to OCSP utility. - o Various interop and bug fixes in S/MIME code. - o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7a and OpenSSL 0.9.7b: - - o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of - Bleichbacher's attack - o Security: make RSA blinding default. - o Configuration: Irix fixes, AIX fixes, better mingw support. - o Support for new platforms: linux-ia64-ecc. - o Build: shared library support fixes. - o ASN.1: treat domainComponent correctly. - o Documentation: fixes and additions. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7 and OpenSSL 0.9.7a: - - o Security: Important security related bugfixes. - o Enhanced compatibility with MIT Kerberos. - o Can be built without the ENGINE framework. - o IA32 assembler enhancements. - o Support for new platforms: FreeBSD/IA64 and FreeBSD/Sparc64. - o Configuration: the no-err option now works properly. - o SSL/TLS: now handles manual certificate chain building. - o SSL/TLS: certain session ID malfunctions corrected. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.7: - - o New library section OCSP. - o Complete rewrite of ASN1 code. - o CRL checking in verify code and openssl utility. - o Extension copying in 'ca' utility. - o Flexible display options in 'ca' utility. - o Provisional support for international characters with UTF8. - o Support for external crypto devices ('engine') is no longer - a separate distribution. - o New elliptic curve library section. - o New AES (Rijndael) library section. - o Support for new platforms: Windows CE, Tandem OSS, A/UX, AIX 64-bit, - Linux x86_64, Linux 64-bit on Sparc v9 - o Extended support for some platforms: VxWorks - o Enhanced support for shared libraries. - o Now only builds PIC code when shared library support is requested. - o Support for pkg-config. - o Lots of new manuals. - o Makes symbolic links to or copies of manuals to cover all described - functions. - o Change DES API to clean up the namespace (some applications link also - against libdes providing similar functions having the same name). - Provide macros for backward compatibility (will be removed in the - future). - o Unify handling of cryptographic algorithms (software and engine) - to be available via EVP routines for asymmetric and symmetric ciphers. - o NCONF: new configuration handling routines. - o Change API to use more 'const' modifiers to improve error checking - and help optimizers. - o Finally remove references to RSAref. - o Reworked parts of the BIGNUM code. - o Support for new engines: Broadcom ubsec, Accelerated Encryption - Processing, IBM 4758. - o A few new engines added in the demos area. - o Extended and corrected OID (object identifier) table. - o PRNG: query at more locations for a random device, automatic query for - EGD style random sources at several locations. - o SSL/TLS: allow optional cipher choice according to server's preference. - o SSL/TLS: allow server to explicitly set new session ids. - o SSL/TLS: support Kerberos cipher suites (RFC2712). - Only supports MIT Kerberos for now. - o SSL/TLS: allow more precise control of renegotiations and sessions. - o SSL/TLS: add callback to retrieve SSL/TLS messages. - o SSL/TLS: support AES cipher suites (RFC3268). - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6j and OpenSSL 0.9.6k: - - o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs. - o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6i and OpenSSL 0.9.6j: - - o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of - Bleichbacher's attack - o Security: make RSA blinding default. - o Build: shared library support fixes. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6h and OpenSSL 0.9.6i: - - o Important security related bugfixes. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6g and OpenSSL 0.9.6h: - - o New configuration targets for Tandem OSS and A/UX. - o New OIDs for Microsoft attributes. - o Better handling of SSL session caching. - o Better comparison of distinguished names. - o Better handling of shared libraries in a mixed GNU/non-GNU environment. - o Support assembler code with Borland C. - o Fixes for length problems. - o Fixes for uninitialised variables. - o Fixes for memory leaks, some unusual crashes and some race conditions. - o Fixes for smaller building problems. - o Updates of manuals, FAQ and other instructive documents. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6f and OpenSSL 0.9.6g: - - o Important building fixes on Unix. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6e and OpenSSL 0.9.6f: - - o Various important bugfixes. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6d and OpenSSL 0.9.6e: - - o Important security related bugfixes. - o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6c and OpenSSL 0.9.6d: - - o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes. - o Fix DH parameter generation for 'non-standard' generators. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c: - - o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes. - o BIGNUM library fixes. - o RSA OAEP and random number generation fixes. - o Object identifiers corrected and added. - o Add assembler BN routines for IA64. - o Add support for OS/390 Unix, UnixWare with gcc, OpenUNIX 8, - MIPS Linux; shared library support for Irix, HP-UX. - o Add crypto accelerator support for AEP, Baltimore SureWare, - Broadcom and Cryptographic Appliance's keyserver - [in 0.9.6c-engine release]. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6a and OpenSSL 0.9.6b: - - o Security fix: PRNG improvements. - o Security fix: RSA OAEP check. - o Security fix: Reinsert and fix countermeasure to Bleichbacher's - attack. - o MIPS bug fix in BIGNUM. - o Bug fix in "openssl enc". - o Bug fix in X.509 printing routine. - o Bug fix in DSA verification routine and DSA S/MIME verification. - o Bug fix to make PRNG thread-safe. - o Bug fix in RAND_file_name(). - o Bug fix in compatibility mode trust settings. - o Bug fix in blowfish EVP. - o Increase default size for BIO buffering filter. - o Compatibility fixes in some scripts. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.6a: - - o Security fix: change behavior of OpenSSL to avoid using - environment variables when running as root. - o Security fix: check the result of RSA-CRT to reduce the - possibility of deducing the private key from an incorrectly - calculated signature. - o Security fix: prevent Bleichenbacher's DSA attack. - o Security fix: Zero the premaster secret after deriving the - master secret in DH ciphersuites. - o Reimplement SSL_peek(), which had various problems. - o Compatibility fix: the function des_encrypt() renamed to - des_encrypt1() to avoid clashes with some Unixen libc. - o Bug fixes for Win32, HP/UX and Irix. - o Bug fixes in BIGNUM, SSL, PKCS#7, PKCS#12, X.509, CONF and - memory checking routines. - o Bug fixes for RSA operations in threaded environments. - o Bug fixes in misc. openssl applications. - o Remove a few potential memory leaks. - o Add tighter checks of BIGNUM routines. - o Shared library support has been reworked for generality. - o More documentation. - o New function BN_rand_range(). - o Add "-rand" option to openssl s_client and s_server. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6: - - o Some documentation for BIO and SSL libraries. - o Enhanced chain verification using key identifiers. - o New sign and verify options to 'dgst' application. - o Support for DER and PEM encoded messages in 'smime' application. - o New 'rsautl' application, low level RSA utility. - o MD4 now included. - o Bugfix for SSL rollback padding check. - o Support for external crypto devices [1]. - o Enhanced EVP interface. - - [1] The support for external crypto devices is currently a separate - distribution. See the file README.ENGINE. - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5 and OpenSSL 0.9.5a: - - o Bug fixes for Win32, SuSE Linux, NeXTSTEP and FreeBSD 2.2.8 - o Shared library support for HPUX and Solaris-gcc - o Support of Linux/IA64 - o Assembler support for Mingw32 - o New 'rand' application - o New way to check for existence of algorithms from scripts - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5: - - o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command - o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application - o Automation of 'req' application - o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows - o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs - o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions - o Options to allow passwords to be obtained from various sources - o New public key PEM format and options to handle it - o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities - o Usable certificate chain verification - o Certificate purpose checking - o Certificate trust settings - o Support of authority information access extension - o Extensions in certificate requests - o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines - o Initial (incomplete) support for international character sets - o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD - o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function - o TLS/SSL protocol bugfixes: Accept TLS 'client hello' in SSL 3.0 - record; allow fragmentation and interleaving of handshake and other - data - o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC - o Work around for Netscape client certificate hang bug - o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other - RSA functionality - o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information - via a per-thread stack - o PRNG robustness improved - o EGD support - o BIGNUM library bug fixes - o Faster DSA parameter generation - o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux - o Experimental MacOS support - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4: - - o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used - by several software packages and are more secure than the standard - form - o PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation - o Password callbacks have a new void * argument for application data - o Avoid various memory leaks - o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O - must be handled by the application (BIO pair) - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3: - o Lots of enhancements and cleanups to the Configuration mechanism - o RSA OEAP related fixes - o Added `openssl ca -revoke' option for revoking a certificate - o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs - o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files - o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points - extension support - o Preliminary (experimental) S/MIME support - o Support for ASN.1 UTF8String and VisibleString - o Full integration of PKCS#12 code - o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions - o Option to disable selected ciphers - - Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b: - o Fixed a security hole related to session resumption - o Fixed RSA encryption routines for the p < q case - o "ALL" in cipher lists now means "everything except NULL ciphers" - o Support for Triple-DES CBCM cipher - o Support of Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP) for RSA - o First support for new TLSv1 ciphers - o Added a few new BIOs (syslog BIO, reliable BIO) - o Extended support for DSA certificate/keys. - o Extended support for Certificate Signing Requests (CSR) - o Initial support for X.509v3 extensions - o Extended support for compression inside the SSL record layer - o Overhauled Win32 builds - o Cleanups and fixes to the Big Number (BN) library - o Support for ASN.1 GeneralizedTime - o Splitted ASN.1 SETs from SEQUENCEs - o ASN1 and PEM support for Netscape Certificate Sequences - o Overhauled Perl interface - o Lots of source tree cleanups. - o Lots of memory leak fixes. - o Lots of bug fixes. - - Major changes between SSLeay 0.9.0b and OpenSSL 0.9.1c: - o Integration of the popular NO_RSA/NO_DSA patches - o Initial support for compression inside the SSL record layer - o Added BIO proxy and filtering functionality - o Extended Big Number (BN) library - o Added RIPE MD160 message digest - o Addeed support for RC2/64bit cipher - o Extended ASN.1 parser routines - o Adjustations of the source tree for CVS - o Support for various new platforms - |