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diff --git a/crypto/openssl/NEWS b/crypto/openssl/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c152b71 --- /dev/null +++ b/crypto/openssl/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ + + 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 0.9.3 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 + |
