X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=STATUS;h=4939dde11957fa9f2d8ddb35295433013e448aa7;hp=eb13f2d8bb819f9abde2c67039bd3f70ae6f8db0;hb=822a4c1bdb475787a4b9dcf392e214f47db33e87;hpb=0c415ddd6723006765ec7c167742f05e981b2b32 diff --git a/STATUS b/STATUS index eb13f2d8bb..4939dde119 100644 --- a/STATUS +++ b/STATUS @@ -1,57 +1,84 @@ OpenSSL STATUS Last modified at - ______________ $Date: 2000/09/11 17:10:21 $ + ______________ $Date: 2002/04/25 07:52:07 $ DEVELOPMENT STATE - o OpenSSL 0.9.6: Under development (in release cycle)... - Proposed release date September 24, 2000 - 0.9.6-beta1 is available: - OpenBSD-x86 2.7 - failed (ftime/TIMEB) - hpux-parisc-cc 10.20 - passed - hpux-parisc-gcc 10.20 - passed - linux-elf - passed - o OpenSSL 0.9.5a: Released on April 1st, 2000 - o OpenSSL 0.9.5: Released on February 28th, 2000 - o OpenSSL 0.9.4: Released on August 09th, 1999 - o OpenSSL 0.9.3a: Released on May 29th, 1999 - o OpenSSL 0.9.3: Released on May 25th, 1999 - o OpenSSL 0.9.2b: Released on March 22th, 1999 - o OpenSSL 0.9.1c: Released on December 23th, 1998 + 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 + o OpenSSL 0.9.5a: Released on April 1st, 2000 + o OpenSSL 0.9.5: Released on February 28th, 2000 + o OpenSSL 0.9.4: Released on August 09th, 1999 + o OpenSSL 0.9.3a: Released on May 29th, 1999 + o OpenSSL 0.9.3: Released on May 25th, 1999 + o OpenSSL 0.9.2b: Released on March 22th, 1999 + o OpenSSL 0.9.1c: Released on December 23th, 1998 RELEASE SHOWSTOPPERS + 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 + linux-alpha+bwx-gcc doesn't work. Reported by + Sean O'Riordain + OpenBSD-sparc64 doesn't work. BN_mod_mul breaks. + + Needs checked on + [add platforms here] + + - BN_mod_mul verification fails for mips3-sgi-irix + unless configured with no-asm + AVAILABLE PATCHES - o CA.pl patch (Damien Miller) + o IN PROGRESS o Steve is currently working on (in no particular order): ASN1 code redesign, butchery, replacement. + OCSP EVP cipher enhancement. - Proper (or at least usable) certificate chain verification. + Enhanced certificate chain verification. Private key, certificate and CRL API and implementation. Developing and bugfixing PKCS#7 (S/MIME code). Various X509 issues: character sets, certificate request extensions. o Geoff and Richard are currently working on: ENGINE (the new code that gives hardware support among others). o Richard is currently working on: + UI (User Interface) UTIL (a new set of library functions to support some higher level functionality that is currently missing). - Dynamic thread-lock support. Shared library support for VMS. + Kerberos 5 authentication + Constification + OCSP NEEDS PATCH - o non-blocking socket on AIX - o $(PERL) in */Makefile.ssl - o "Sign the certificate?" - "n" creates empty certificate file + 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 + + o "OpenSSL STATUS" is never up-to-date. OPEN ISSUES - o internal_verify doesn't know about X509.v3 (basicConstraints - CA flag ...) + 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: @@ -77,22 +104,20 @@ which apparently is not flexible enough to generate libcrypto) + WISHES - o The perl/ stuff needs a major overhaul. Currently it's - totally obsolete. Either we clean it up and enhance it to be up-to-date - with the C code or we also could replace it with the really nice - Net::SSLeay package we can find under - http://www.neuronio.pt/SSLeay.pm.html. Ralf uses this package for a - longer time and it works fine and is a nice Perl module. Best would be - to convince the author to work for the OpenSSL project and create a - Net::OpenSSL or Crypt::OpenSSL package out of it and maintains it for - us. + o Add variants of DH_generate_parameters() and BN_generate_prime() [etc?] + where the callback function can request that the function be aborted. + [Gregory Stark , ] - Status: Ralf thinks we should both contact the author of Net::SSLeay - and look how much effort it is to bring Eric's perl/ stuff up - to date. - Paul +1 + o SRP in TLS. + [wished by: + Dj , Tom Wu , + Tom Holroyd ] - WISHES + See http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-tls-srp-00.txt + as well as http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~tjw/srp/. - o + Tom Holroyd tells us there is a SRP patch for OpenSSH at + http://members.tripod.com/professor_tom/archives/, that could + be useful.