X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=522b620f208ce68cf19cc68b1db523bb56164fcb;hp=d401a1522c048f16abf4925b7fda74effa4f4aa7;hb=7865b871c0307ad2d71a8f3dc066b7cfd0d99c4a;hpb=03e20a1a446c8dbb52c8fd4de5efe780fba25913 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d401a1522c..522b620f20 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -5,7 +5,62 @@ 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 SSLeay 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2: + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5: + + o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command + o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application + o Automation of 'req' application + o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows + o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs + o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions + o Options to allow passwords to be passed on command line or environment + o New public key PEM format and options to handle it + o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities + o Usable certificate chain verification + o Certificate purpose checking + o Certificate trust settings + o Support of authority information access extension + o Extensions in certificate requests + o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines + o Initial incomplete support for international character sets + o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD + o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function + o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC + o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other + RSA functionality + o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information + via a per-thread stack + o PRNG robustness improved + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4: + + o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used + by several software packages and are more secure than the standard + form + o PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation + o Password callbacks have a new void * argument for application data + o Avoid various memory leaks + o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O + must be handled by the application (BIO pair) + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3: + o Lots of enhancements and cleanups to the Configuration mechanism + o RSA OEAP related fixes + o Added `openssl ca -revoke' option for revoking a certificate + o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs + o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files + o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points + extension support + o Preliminary (experimental) S/MIME support + o Support for ASN.1 UTF8String and VisibleString + o Full integration of PKCS#12 code + o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions + o Option to disable selected ciphers + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b: + o Fixed a security hole related to session resumption + o Fixed RSA encryption routines for the p < q case + o "ALL" in cipher lists now means "everything except NULL ciphers" o Support for Triple-DES CBCM cipher o Support of Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP) for RSA o First support for new TLSv1 ciphers