X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=CHANGES;h=20a8b5459e60247d84e63961ce8a754750eca245;hb=42ba5d2329a2705d45417db3dd374c677eb47e05;hp=a347efc14baaf0bcc71d45ff900c91c06e28d2d0;hpb=6951c23afd4e7951451a4d90023111a06e86589f;p=openssl.git diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES index a347efc14b..20a8b5459e 100644 --- a/CHANGES +++ b/CHANGES @@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ Changes between 0.9.7e and 0.9.8 [xx XXX xxxx] + *) Change ./Configure so that certain algorithms can be disabled by default. + The new counterpiece to "no-xxx" is "enable-xxx". + + The patented RC5 and MDC2 algorithms will now be disabled unless + "enable-rc5" and "enable-mdc2", respectively, are specified. + + (IDEA remains enabled despite being patented. This is because IDEA + is frequently required for interoperability, and there is no license + fee for non-commercial use. As before, "no-idea" can be used to + avoid this algorithm.) + + [Bodo Moeller] + *) Add processing of proxy certificates (see RFC 3820). This work was sponsored by KTH (The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm) and EGEE (Enabling Grids for E-science in Europe). @@ -748,7 +761,48 @@ differing sizes. [Richard Levitte] - Changes between 0.9.7e and 0.9.7f [XX xxx XXXX] + Changes between 0.9.7f and 0.9.7g [XX xxx xxxx] + + *) Undo Cygwin change. + [Ulf Möller] + + Changes between 0.9.7e and 0.9.7f [22 Mar 2005] + + *) Use (SSL_RANDOM_VALUE - 4) bytes of pseudo random data when generating + server and client random values. Previously + (SSL_RANDOM_VALUE - sizeof(time_t)) would be used which would result in + less random data when sizeof(time_t) > 4 (some 64 bit platforms). + + This change has negligible security impact because: + + 1. Server and client random values still have 24 bytes of pseudo random + data. + + 2. Server and client random values are sent in the clear in the initial + handshake. + + 3. The master secret is derived using the premaster secret (48 bytes in + size for static RSA ciphersuites) as well as client server and random + values. + + The OpenSSL team would like to thank the UK NISCC for bringing this issue + to our attention. + + [Stephen Henson, reported by UK NISCC] + + *) Use Windows randomness collection on Cygwin. + [Ulf Möller] + + *) Fix hang in EGD/PRNGD query when communication socket is closed + prematurely by EGD/PRNGD. + [Darren Tucker via Lutz Jänicke, resolves #1014] + + *) Prompt for pass phrases when appropriate for PKCS12 input format. + [Steve Henson] + + *) Back-port of selected performance improvements from development + branch, as well as improved support for PowerPC platforms. + [Andy Polyakov] *) Add lots of checks for memory allocation failure, error codes to indicate failure and freeing up memory if a failure occurs.