X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=d5f8a5ae784990704cb2f8fb61251069de02031c;hp=5482e9e584f293d44f011b151e32c52bb4b5e0b5;hb=593222afe1611ddaf2641959357cd7f2538a5644;hpb=61118caa86ecf8acba2c6d17caabeed9022acf9d diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5482e9e584..d5f8a5ae78 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -5,6 +5,68 @@ 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 0.9.8k and OpenSSL 1.0: + + + o RFC3280 path validation: sufficient to process PKITS tests. + o Integrated support for PVK files and keyblobs. + o Change default private key format to PKCS#8. + o CMS support: able to process all examples in RFC4134 + o Streaming ASN1 encode support for PKCS#7 and CMS. + o Multiple signer and signer add support for PKCS#7 and CMS. + o ASN1 printing support. + o Whirlpool hash algorithm added. + o RFC3161 time stamp support. + o New generalised public key API supporting ENGINE based algorithms. + o New generalised public key API utilities. + o New ENGINE supporting GOST algorithms. + o SSL/TLS GOST ciphersuite support. + o PKCS#7 and CMS GOST support. + o RFC4279 PSK ciphersuite support. + o Supported points format extension for ECC ciphersuites. + o ecdsa-with-SHA224/256/384/512 signature types. + o dsa-with-SHA224 and dsa-with-SHA256 signature types. + o Opaque PRF Input TLS extension support. + o Updated time routines to avoid OS limitations. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8j and OpenSSL 0.9.8k: + + o Fix various build issues. + o Fix security issues (CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591, CVE-2009-0789) + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8i and OpenSSL 0.9.8j: + + o Fix security issue (CVE-2008-5077) + o Merge FIPS 140-2 branch code. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8g and OpenSSL 0.9.8h: + + o CryptoAPI ENGINE support. + o Various precautionary measures. + o Fix for bugs affecting certificate request creation. + o Support for local machine keyset attribute in PKCS#12 files. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8f and OpenSSL 0.9.8g: + + o Backport of CMS functionality to 0.9.8. + 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) @@ -105,6 +167,11 @@ 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)