ASN1 parse fix and release file changes.

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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 0.9.7b 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.
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       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 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
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       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.