OpenSSL STATUS Last modified at
- ______________ $Date: 2000/09/13 11:35:54 $
+ ______________ $Date: 2001/09/25 11:01:14 $
DEVELOPMENT STATE
- o OpenSSL 0.9.6: Under development (in release cycle)...
- Proposed release date September 24, 2000
- 0.9.6-beta1 is available:
- OpenBSD-x86 2.7 - failed
- ftime not supported [FIXED]
- hpux-parisc-cc 10.20 - passed
- hpux-parisc-gcc 10.20 - passed
- hpux-gcc - passed
- hpux-brokengcc - failed
- BN_sqr fails in test
- linux-elf - passed
- linux-sparcv7 - passed
- linux-ppc - passed
- Solaris [engine] - failed
- speed cswift gives odd errors [FIXED]
- solaris-sparcv8-gcc - passed
- solaris-sparcv9-gcc - passed
- solaris-sparcv9-cc - passed
- solaris64-sparcv9-cc - passed
- sco5-gcc - passed
- sco5-cc - passed
- FreeBSD - passed
- Win32 VC++ - failed
- PCURSORINFO not defined unless Win2000 [FIXED]
- RAND_poll() problem on Win2000 [FIXED]
- DSO method always DSO_METHOD_null [FIXED]
- CygWin32 - test failed
- MingW32 - failed
- thelp32.h
- aix-gcc (AIX 4.3.2) - passed
- o OpenSSL 0.9.5a: Released on April 1st, 2000
- o OpenSSL 0.9.5: Released on February 28th, 2000
- o OpenSSL 0.9.4: Released on August 09th, 1999
- o OpenSSL 0.9.3a: Released on May 29th, 1999
- o OpenSSL 0.9.3: Released on May 25th, 1999
- o OpenSSL 0.9.2b: Released on March 22th, 1999
- o OpenSSL 0.9.1c: Released on December 23th, 1998
+ o OpenSSL 0.9.7: Under development...
+ o OpenSSL 0.9.6b: Released on July 9th, 2001
+ o OpenSSL 0.9.6a: Released on April 5th, 2001
+ o OpenSSL 0.9.6: Released on September 24th, 2000
+ o OpenSSL 0.9.5a: Released on April 1st, 2000
+ o OpenSSL 0.9.5: Released on February 28th, 2000
+ o OpenSSL 0.9.4: Released on August 09th, 1999
+ o OpenSSL 0.9.3a: Released on May 29th, 1999
+ o OpenSSL 0.9.3: Released on May 25th, 1999
+ o OpenSSL 0.9.2b: Released on March 22th, 1999
+ o OpenSSL 0.9.1c: Released on December 23th, 1998
RELEASE SHOWSTOPPERS
+ o BIGNUM library failures on 64-bit platforms (0.9.7-dev):
+ - BN_mod_mul verificiation (bc) fails for solaris64-sparcv9-cc
+
AVAILABLE PATCHES
- o CA.pl patch (Damien Miller)
+ o IA-64 (a.k.a. Intel Itanium) public-key operation performance
+ patch for Linux is available for download at
+ http://www.openssl.org/~appro/096b.linux-ia64.diff. As URL
+ suggests the patch is relative to OpenSSL 0.9.6b.
IN PROGRESS
o Steve is currently working on (in no particular order):
ASN1 code redesign, butchery, replacement.
+ OCSP
EVP cipher enhancement.
- Proper (or at least usable) certificate chain verification.
+ Enhanced certificate chain verification.
Private key, certificate and CRL API and implementation.
Developing and bugfixing PKCS#7 (S/MIME code).
Various X509 issues: character sets, certificate request extensions.
o Geoff and Richard are currently working on:
ENGINE (the new code that gives hardware support among others).
o Richard is currently working on:
+ UI (User Interface)
UTIL (a new set of library functions to support some higher level
functionality that is currently missing).
- Dynamic thread-lock support.
Shared library support for VMS.
+ Kerberos 5 authentication
+ Constification
+ OCSP
NEEDS PATCH
- o non-blocking socket on AIX
- o $(PERL) in */Makefile.ssl
- o "Sign the certificate?" - "n" creates empty certificate file
+ o All 'openssl' subprograms taking '-des' and '-des3' options should
+ include AES support (0.9.7-dev)
- OPEN ISSUES
+ o 'openssl speed' should include AES support (0.9.7-dev)
+
+ o apps/ca.c: "Sign the certificate?" - "n" creates empty certificate file
+
+ o OpenSSL_0_9_6-stable:
+ #include <openssl/e_os.h> in exported header files is illegal since
+ e_os.h is suitable only for library-internal use.
+
+ o Whenever strncpy is used, make sure the resulting string is NULL-terminated
+ or an error is reported
- o internal_verify doesn't know about X509.v3 (basicConstraints
- CA flag ...)
+ o "OpenSSL STATUS" is never up-to-date.
+
+ OPEN ISSUES
o The Makefile hierarchy and build mechanism is still not a round thing:
WISHES
- o
+ o SRP in TLS.
+ [wished by:
+ Dj <derek@yo.net>, Tom Wu <tom@arcot.com>,
+ Tom Holroyd <tomh@po.crl.go.jp>]
+
+ See http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-tls-srp-00.txt
+ as well as http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~tjw/srp/.
+
+ Tom Holroyd tells us there is a SRP patch for OpenSSH at
+ http://members.tripod.com/professor_tom/archives/, that could
+ be useful.