STATUS

   1
   2   OpenSSL STATUS                           Last modified at
   3   ______________                           $Date: 2000/09/21 20:09:16 $
   4
   5   DEVELOPMENT STATE
   6
   7     o  OpenSSL 0.9.6:  Under development (in release cycle)...
   8                        Proposed release date September 24, 2000
   9                        0.9.6-beta1 is available:
  10                         OpenBSD-x86 2.7                 - failed
  11                                 ftime not supported [FIXED]
  12                         hpux-parisc-cc 10.20            - passed
  13                         hpux-parisc-gcc 10.20           - passed
  14                         hpux-parisc-gcc 11.00           - passed
  15                         hpux-gcc                        - passed
  16                         hpux-brokengcc                  - failed
  17                                 BN_sqr fails in test
  18                         linux-elf                       - passed
  19                         linux-sparcv7                   - passed
  20                         linux-ppc                       - passed
  21                         Solaris [engine]                - failed
  22                                 speed cswift gives odd errors [FIXED]
  23                         solaris-sparcv8-gcc             - passed
  24                         solaris-sparcv9-gcc             - passed
  25                         solaris-sparcv9-cc              - passed
  26                         solaris64-sparcv9-cc            - passed
  27                         sco5-gcc                        - passed
  28                         sco5-cc                         - passed
  29                         FreeBSD                         - passed
  30                         Win32 VC++                      - failed
  31                                 PCURSORINFO not defined unless Win2000 [FIXED]
  32                                 RAND_poll() problem on Win2000 [FIXED]
  33                                 DSO method always DSO_METHOD_null [FIXED]
  34                         CygWin32                        - test failed
  35                         MingW32                         - failed
  36                                 thelp32.h
  37                         aix-gcc (AIX 4.3.2)             - passed
  38                         VMS/Alpha                       - failed
  39                                 Some things were missing [FIXED]
  40                        0.9.6-beta2 is available:
  41                         linux/openbsd (all platforms?)          - mod_exp bug
  42                         sunos-gcc                               - passed
  43                         aix-gcc                                 - passed
  44                         Win32 w/ VC6 or Mingw32                 - failed
  45                                 RAND_poll(), a few uninitialised vars [FIXED]
  46                                 RAND_poll() should used LoadLibrary instead of
  47                                         GetModuleHandle [FIXED]
  48                                 Major compilation problem with VC6 on NT.
  49                                         [FIXED]
  50                                 Mingw32 says "175: parse error before `DWORD'"
  51                                         [FIXED?]
  52                         Win32 w/ CygWin                         - success?
  53                         VMS/Alpha 7.1 (CPQ C 5.6-003, TCP/IP 5.0) - success
  54                                 Just a small warning in dso_vms.c [FIXED]
  55                         VMS/Alpha 7.2-1 (CPQ 5.6-003, TCP/IP 5.0A) - success
  56                         VMS/VAX 7.2-1 (CPQ 5.2-003, TCP/IP 5.0) - success
  57                         hpux-parisc-cc (HP-UX B.11.00)          - success
  58                         hpux-parisc2-cc (11.00)                 - success
  59                         hpux64-parisc2-cc (11.00)               - success
  60                         hpux-parisc1_1-cc (11.00)               - success
  61                         hpux-parisc-cc (10.20 w/ -ldld)         - success
  62                         hpux-parisc-gcc (10.20 w/ -ldld)        - success
  63                         hpux-parisc-cc [engine] (10.20 w/ -ldld)- success
  64                         hpux-parisc-gcc [endine] (10.20 w/ -ldld)- success
  65                                 All hpux 10.20 targets succeeded provided -ldl
  66                                         has been changed to -ldld.
  67                         solaris-sparcv9-gcc (2.6/ultra5)        - success
  68                         [ solaris-sparcv9-cc (SunOS 5.7 SC3.0)  - failed      ]
  69                         [       Complaints about a number of -x parameters to ]
  70                         [               the compiler and failed to compile an ]
  71                         [               assembler file.  Maybe a too old      ]
  72                         [               compiler? (Yes, apparently:)          ]
  73                         solaris-sparcv9-cc (SunOS 5.6 SC4.2)    - success
  74                         FreeBSD (2.2.5-RELEASE)                 - success
  75                         alpha-cc [engine] (OSF1 5.0A)           - success
  76                         irix-mips3-cc [engine] (Irix 6.2)       - success
  77                                 One has to do the same as for OpenBSD in
  78                                         speed.c [FIXED]
  79                         aix-cc (3.2.5, cc 1.3.0.44)             - success
  80                         aix-gcc (3.2.5, gcc 2.8.1)              - success
  81                                 Both first failed to compiled due to ftime().
  82                                         [FIXED]
  83                         alpha-cc (V4.0E)                        - success
  84                         alpha-gcc (V4.0E, gcc 2.8.1)            - success
  85                         ultrix-cc (V4.5)                        - success
  86                         ultrix-gcc (V4.5, gcc 2.8.1)            - success
  87                        0.9.6-beta3 is available:
  88                         aix-cc (4.3)                            - success
  89                         aix-cc [engine] (4.3)                   - success
  90                         linux-elf (RedHat 5.2, gcc 2.7.2.3)     - success
  91                         linux-elf (RedHat 6.2)                  - success
  92                         linux-elf [engine] (RedHat 6.2)         - success
  93                         solaris-sparcv9-gcc (5.7, gcc 2.95.2)   - success
  94                         solaris-sparcv9-gcc (5.6, gcc 2.95.2)   - success
  95                         solaris-sparcv9-cc (5.6, SunWS C 4.2)   - success
  96                         solaris-sparcv9-cc [engine] (5.6, SunWS C 4.2)- success
  97                         VC-WIN32 (NT4 SP6, VC6 SP2)             - success
  98                         VC-WIN32 (NT4 SP6, Cygwin)              - success
  99                                 The files used for testing must have CR/LF
 100                                         as line endings.
 101                         VC-WIN32 (NT4 SP6, Mingw32)             - failed
 102                                 mingw32a.mak contains a few lines that
 103                                         generate an error.
 104                         VC-NT static libs (NT4 SP6, VC6 SP4)    - failed
 105                                 Complains about unresolved external symbol
 106                                         __imp__RegQueryValueEx.  This only
 107                                         happens when building the static
 108                                         libraries.  Tests pass as soon as
 109                                         you make sure advapi32.lib gets
 110                                         linked in. [FIXED]
 111                         VC-NT dynamic libs (NT4 SP6, VC6 SP4)   - success
 112                         VC-WIN32 (W2K Pro SP1, VC6 SP3, PSDK Jul2000)- success
 113                         hpux-parisc-gcc (B.10.20, gcc 2.95.2)   - success
 114                         hpux-parisc-cc (B.10.20, cc A.10.32.30) - success
 115                         hpux-parisc-gcc [engine] (B.10.20, gcc 2.95.2)- success
 116                         hpux-parisc-cc [engine] (B.10.20, cc A.10.32.30)- success
 117                         hpux-parisc2-cc (B.11.11)               - success
 118                         hpux64-parisc2-cc (B.11.11)             - success
 119                                 Kevin Steves also mentions that "All the new
 120                                 targets look good on my end with hp-ux 11.0."
 121                         FreeBSD (2.2.5)                         - failed
 122                                 Only having USE_TOD made speed.c issue an
 123                                         error. [FIXED]
 124                         FreeBSD-alpha (4.1, gcc 2.95.2)         - success
 125                                 The USE_TOD fix needed to be applied.
 126                                 There were warnings about -O3 triggering
 127                                         known optimizer bugs on that
 128                                         platform.
 129                         OpenBSD-x86 (2.7, gcc 2.95.2)           - success
 130                         alpha-cc (OSF1 V4.0)                    - success
 131                         solaris-x86-gcc (5.8, gcc 2.95.2)       - success
 132     o  OpenSSL 0.9.5a: Released on April     1st, 2000
 133     o  OpenSSL 0.9.5:  Released on February 28th, 2000
 134     o  OpenSSL 0.9.4:  Released on August   09th, 1999
 135     o  OpenSSL 0.9.3a: Released on May      29th, 1999
 136     o  OpenSSL 0.9.3:  Released on May      25th, 1999
 137     o  OpenSSL 0.9.2b: Released on March    22th, 1999
 138     o  OpenSSL 0.9.1c: Released on December 23th, 1998
 139
 140   RELEASE SHOWSTOPPERS
 141
 142   AVAILABLE PATCHES
 143
 144     o CA.pl patch (Damien Miller)
 145
 146   IN PROGRESS
 147
 148     o Steve is currently working on (in no particular order):
 149         ASN1 code redesign, butchery, replacement.
 150         EVP cipher enhancement.
 151         Proper (or at least usable) certificate chain verification.
 152         Private key, certificate and CRL API and implementation.
 153         Developing and bugfixing PKCS#7 (S/MIME code).
 154         Various X509 issues: character sets, certificate request extensions.
 155     o Geoff and Richard are currently working on:
 156         ENGINE (the new code that gives hardware support among others).
 157     o Richard is currently working on:
 158         UTIL (a new set of library functions to support some higher level
 159               functionality that is currently missing).
 160         Dynamic thread-lock support.
 161         Shared library support for VMS.
 162
 163   NEEDS PATCH
 164
 165     o  non-blocking socket on AIX
 166     o  $(PERL) in */Makefile.ssl
 167     o  "Sign the certificate?" - "n" creates empty certificate file
 168
 169   OPEN ISSUES
 170
 171     o internal_verify doesn't know about X509.v3 (basicConstraints
 172       CA flag ...)
 173
 174     o  The Makefile hierarchy and build mechanism is still not a round thing:
 175
 176        1. The config vs. Configure scripts
 177           It's the same nasty situation as for Apache with APACI vs.
 178           src/Configure. It confuses.
 179           Suggestion: Merge Configure and config into a single configure
 180                       script with a Autoconf style interface ;-) and remove
 181                       Configure and config. Or even let us use GNU Autoconf
 182                       itself. Then we can avoid a lot of those platform checks
 183                       which are currently in Configure.
 184
 185     o  Support for Shared Libraries has to be added at least
 186        for the major Unix platforms. The details we can rip from the stuff
 187        Ralf has done for the Apache src/Configure script. Ben wants the
 188        solution to be really simple.
 189
 190        Status: Ralf will look how we can easily incorporate the
 191                compiler PIC and linker DSO flags from Apache
 192                into the OpenSSL Configure script.
 193
 194                Ulf: +1 for using GNU autoconf and libtool (but not automake,
 195                     which apparently is not flexible enough to generate
 196                     libcrypto)
 197
 198
 199     o  The perl/ stuff needs a major overhaul. Currently it's
 200        totally obsolete. Either we clean it up and enhance it to be up-to-date
 201        with the C code or we also could replace it with the really nice
 202        Net::SSLeay package we can find under
 203        http://www.neuronio.pt/SSLeay.pm.html.  Ralf uses this package for a
 204        longer time and it works fine and is a nice Perl module. Best would be
 205        to convince the author to work for the OpenSSL project and create a
 206        Net::OpenSSL or Crypt::OpenSSL package out of it and maintains it for
 207        us.
 208
 209        Status: Ralf thinks we should both contact the author of Net::SSLeay
 210                and look how much effort it is to bring Eric's perl/ stuff up
 211                to date.
 212                Paul +1
 213
 214   WISHES
 215
 216     o