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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 0.9.5 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
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