new items for 0.9.7

[openssl.git] / STATUS

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
   OpenSSL STATUS                           Last modified at
-  ______________                           $Date: 2002/03/06 06:25:31 $
+  ______________                           $Date: 2002/04/25 07:52:07 $
 
   DEVELOPMENT STATE
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
     o BIGNUM library failures on 64-bit platforms (0.9.7-dev):
       - BN_mod_mul verificiation (bc) fails for solaris64-sparcv9-cc
+        and other 64-bit platforms
 
        Checked on                      Result
        alpha-cc (Tru64 version 4.0)    works
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@
        Needs checked on
        [add platforms here]
 
+      - BN_mod_mul verification fails for mips3-sgi-irix
+        unless configured with no-asm
+
   AVAILABLE PATCHES
 
     o 
@@ -58,9 +62,14 @@
 
   NEEDS PATCH
 
-    o  An (optional) countermeasure against the predictable-IV CBC
-       weakness in SSL/TLS should be added; see
-       http://www.openssl.org/~bodo/tls-cbc.txt
+    o  parameters should be omitted (not NULL) with id-dsa-with-sha1 OID
+       in X.509 signatures
+
+    o  inappropriate AlgorithmIdentifier used in S/MIME signatures
+       (key type instead of signature algorithm)
+
+    o  AES ciphersuites are not (yet) official and should not be enabled
+       unless explicitly requested
 
     o  apps/ca.c: "Sign the certificate?" - "n" creates empty certificate file
 
@@ -68,6 +77,9 @@
 
   OPEN ISSUES
 
+    o  Do we want the EVP API changes in 0.9.7?
+       Can compatibility be improved?
+
     o  The Makefile hierarchy and build mechanism is still not a round thing:
 
        1. The config vs. Configure scripts