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   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 0.9.5 and OpenSSL 0.9.5a:
+
+      o Bug fixes for Win32, SuSE Linux, NeXTSTEP and FreeBSD 2.2.8 
+      o Shared library support for HPUX and Solaris-gcc
+      o Support of Linux/IA64
+      o Assembler support for Mingw32
+      o New 'rand' application
+      o New way to check for existence of algorithms from scripts
+
+  Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5:
+
+      o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command
+      o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application
+      o Automation of 'req' application
+      o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows
+      o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs
+      o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions
+      o Options to allow passwords to be obtained from various sources
+      o New public key PEM format and options to handle it
+      o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities
+      o Usable certificate chain verification
+      o Certificate purpose checking
+      o Certificate trust settings
+      o Support of authority information access extension
+      o Extensions in certificate requests
+      o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines
+      o Initial (incomplete) support for international character sets
+      o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD
+      o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function
+      o TLS/SSL protocol bugfixes: Accept TLS 'client hello' in SSL 3.0
+        record; allow fragmentation and interleaving of handshake and other
+        data
+      o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC
+      o Work around for Netscape client certificate hang bug
+      o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other
+        RSA functionality
+      o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information
+        via a per-thread stack
+      o PRNG robustness improved
+      o EGD support
+      o BIGNUM library bug fixes
+      o Faster DSA parameter generation
+      o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux
+      o Experimental MacOS support
+
+  Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4:
+
+      o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used
+        by several software packages and are more secure than the standard
+        form
+      o PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation
+      o Password callbacks have a new void * argument for application data
+      o Avoid various memory leaks
+      o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O
+        must be handled by the application (BIO pair)
+
   Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3:
       o Lots of enhancements and cleanups to the Configuration mechanism
       o RSA OEAP related fixes
-      o Support for PKCS#5 v2.0 ASN1 PBES2 structures
       o Added `openssl ca -revoke' option for revoking a certificate
       o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs
       o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files
-      o Support for Thawte SXNet extensions
-      o Full integration of PKCS#12 support
+      o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points
+        extension support
+      o Preliminary (experimental) S/MIME support
+      o Support for ASN.1 UTF8String and VisibleString
+      o Full integration of PKCS#12 code
       o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions
+      o Option to disable selected ciphers
 
   Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b:
       o Fixed a security hole related to session resumption