X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=c3002ca0fbd6a7c8ed5d7340f36c3b666570e976;hp=f0282ebb87558f8b6f08ca1d6b74c4323f08b0e9;hb=73ba116e963e74e3a6ed4eb8096561fbc4e4ec65;hpb=299024498004473a58e780cdf8ec83e85a04f807 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f0282ebb87..c3002ca0fb 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -5,6 +5,185 @@ 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 0.9.8f and OpenSSL 0.9.8g: + + o Fixes for bugs introduced with 0.9.8f. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8e and OpenSSL 0.9.8f: + + o Add gcc 4.2 support. + o Add support for AES and SSE2 assembly lanugauge optimization + for VC++ build. + o Support for RFC4507bis and server name extensions if explicitly + selected at compile time. + o DTLS improvements. + o RFC4507bis support. + o TLS Extensions support. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8d and OpenSSL 0.9.8e: + + o Various ciphersuite selection fixes. + o RFC3779 support. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8c and OpenSSL 0.9.8d: + + o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940) + o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343) + o Changes to ciphersuite selection algorithm + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8b and OpenSSL 0.9.8c: + + o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339 + o New cipher Camellia + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8a and OpenSSL 0.9.8b: + + o Cipher string fixes. + o Fixes for VC++ 2005. + o Updated ECC cipher suite support. + o New functions EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(). + o Zlib compression usage fixes. + o Built in dynamic engine compilation support on Win32. + o Fixes auto dynamic engine loading in Win32. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8 and OpenSSL 0.9.8a: + + o Fix potential SSL 2.0 rollback, CVE-2005-2969 + o Extended Windows CE support + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.8: + + o Major work on the BIGNUM library for higher efficiency and to + make operations more streamlined and less contradictory. This + is the result of a major audit of the BIGNUM library. + o Addition of BIGNUM functions for fields GF(2^m) and NIST + curves, to support the Elliptic Crypto functions. + o Major work on Elliptic Crypto; ECDH and ECDSA added, including + the use through EVP, X509 and ENGINE. + o New ASN.1 mini-compiler that's usable through the OpenSSL + configuration file. + o Added support for ASN.1 indefinite length constructed encoding. + o New PKCS#12 'medium level' API to manipulate PKCS#12 files. + o Complete rework of shared library construction and linking + programs with shared or static libraries, through a separate + Makefile.shared. + o Rework of the passing of parameters from one Makefile to another. + o Changed ENGINE framework to load dynamic engine modules + automatically from specifically given directories. + o New structure and ASN.1 functions for CertificatePair. + o Changed the ZLIB compression method to be stateful. + o Changed the key-generation and primality testing "progress" + mechanism to take a structure that contains the ticker + function and an argument. + o New engine module: GMP (performs private key exponentiation). + o New engine module: VIA PadLOck ACE extension in VIA C3 + Nehemiah processors. + o Added support for IPv6 addresses in certificate extensions. + See RFC 1884, section 2.2. + o Added support for certificate policy mappings, policy + constraints and name constraints. + o Added support for multi-valued AVAs in the OpenSSL + configuration file. + o Added support for multiple certificates with the same subject + in the 'openssl ca' index file. + o Make it possible to create self-signed certificates using + 'openssl ca -selfsign'. + o Make it possible to generate a serial number file with + 'openssl ca -create_serial'. + o New binary search functions with extended functionality. + o New BUF functions. + o New STORE structure and library to provide an interface to all + sorts of data repositories. Supports storage of public and + private keys, certificates, CRLs, numbers and arbitrary blobs. + This library is unfortunately unfinished and unused withing + OpenSSL. + o New control functions for the error stack. + o Changed the PKCS#7 library to support one-pass S/MIME + processing. + o Added the possibility to compile without old deprecated + functionality with the OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED macro or the + 'no-deprecated' argument to the config and Configure scripts. + o Constification of all ASN.1 conversion functions, and other + affected functions. + o Improved platform support for PowerPC. + o New FIPS 180-2 algorithms (SHA-224, -256, -384 and -512). + o New X509_VERIFY_PARAM structure to support parametrisation + of X.509 path validation. + o Major overhaul of RC4 performance on Intel P4, IA-64 and + AMD64. + o Changed the Configure script to have some algorithms disabled + by default. Those can be explicitely enabled with the new + argument form 'enable-xxx'. + o Change the default digest in 'openssl' commands from MD5 to + SHA-1. + o Added support for DTLS. + o New BIGNUM blinding. + o Added support for the RSA-PSS encryption scheme + o Added support for the RSA X.931 padding. + o Added support for BSD sockets on NetWare. + o Added support for files larger than 2GB. + o Added initial support for Win64. + o Added alternate pkg-config files. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.7m: + + o FIPS 1.1.1 module linking. + o Various ciphersuite selection fixes. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7k and OpenSSL 0.9.7l: + + o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940) + o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343) + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7j and OpenSSL 0.9.7k: + + o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339 + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7i and OpenSSL 0.9.7j: + + o Visual C++ 2005 fixes. + o Update Windows build system for FIPS. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7h and OpenSSL 0.9.7i: + + o Give EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE it's old value, except for a FIPS build. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.7h: + + o Fix SSL 2.0 Rollback, CVE-2005-2969 + o Allow use of fixed-length exponent on DSA signing + o Default fixed-window RSA, DSA, DH private-key operations + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7f and OpenSSL 0.9.7g: + + o More compilation issues fixed. + o Adaptation to more modern Kerberos API. + o Enhanced or corrected configuration for Solaris64, Mingw and Cygwin. + o Enhanced x86_64 assembler BIGNUM module. + o More constification. + o Added processing of proxy certificates (RFC 3820). + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7e and OpenSSL 0.9.7f: + + o Several compilation issues fixed. + o Many memory allocation failure checks added. + o Improved comparison of X509 Name type. + o Mandatory basic checks on certificates. + o Performance improvements. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7d and OpenSSL 0.9.7e: + + o Fix race condition in CRL checking code. + o Fixes to PKCS#7 (S/MIME) code. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7c and OpenSSL 0.9.7d: + + o Security: Fix Kerberos ciphersuite SSL/TLS handshaking bug + o Security: Fix null-pointer assignment in do_change_cipher_spec() + o Allow multiple active certificates with same subject in CA index + o Multiple X509 verification fixes + o Speed up HMAC and other operations + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7b and OpenSSL 0.9.7c: o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.