Allow verification of other types than DATA.

[openssl.git] / STATUS

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   OpenSSL STATUS                           Last modified at
-  ______________                           $Date: 2001/07/17 14:39:26 $
+  ______________                           $Date: 2001/12/21 03:23:15 $
 
   DEVELOPMENT STATE
 
     o  OpenSSL 0.9.7:  Under development...
+    o  OpenSSL 0.9.6c: Released on December  21st, 2001
     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
@@ -18,12 +19,12 @@
 
   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 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.
+    o 
 
   IN PROGRESS
 
@@ -48,6 +49,11 @@
 
   NEEDS PATCH
 
+    o  All 'openssl' subprograms taking '-des' and '-des3' options should
+       include AES support (0.9.7-dev)
+
+    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:
@@ -57,13 +63,9 @@
     o  Whenever strncpy is used, make sure the resulting string is NULL-terminated
        or an error is reported
 
-  OPEN ISSUES
+    o  "OpenSSL STATUS" is never up-to-date.
 
-    o  crypto/ex_data.c is not really thread-safe and so must be used
-       with care (e.g., extra locking where necessary, or don't call
-       CRYPTO_get_ex_new_index once multiple threads exist).
-       The current API is not suitable for everything that it pretends
-       to offer.
+  OPEN ISSUES
 
     o  The Makefile hierarchy and build mechanism is still not a round thing: