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author | Lutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org> | 2002-04-11 22:43:52 +0400 |
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committer | Lutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org> | 2002-04-11 22:43:52 +0400 |
commit | e4fb49775b99f01000dd4a2ce2d89611e13e7b89 (patch) | |
tree | 1e50fc4f625012977575dca1dba2f22cf5532e1e /NEWS | |
parent | 381a146dc6e4c35e06546926fe7c48328aeb103d (diff) |
Synchronize with 0.9.7-stable.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
-rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 34 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -8,9 +8,41 @@ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.7: o New library section OCSP. - o Complete haul-over of the ASN.1 library section. + 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 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 Unifiy 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 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). + o SSL/TLS: allow more precise control of renegotiations and sessions. + o SSL/TLS: add callback to retrieve SSL/TLS messages. + + 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. Changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c: |