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   Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.7:
 
       o New library section OCSP.
-      o Complete haul-over of the ASN.1 library section.
+      o Complete rewrite of ASN1 code.
+      o CRL checking in verify code and openssl utility.
+      o Extension copying in 'ca' utility.
+      o Flexible display options in 'ca' utility.
+      o Provisional support for international characters with UTF8.
+      o Support for external crypto devices ('engine') is no longer
+        a separate distribution.
+      o New elliptic curve library section.
+      o New AES (Rijndael) library section.
+      o Change DES API to clean up the namespace (some applications link also
+        against libdes providing similar functions having the same name).
+        Provide macros for backward compatibility (will be removed in the
+        future).
+      o Unifiy handling of cryptographic algorithms (software and
+        engine) to be available via EVP routines for asymmetric and
+        symmetric ciphers.
+      o NCONF: new configuration handling routines.
+      o Change API to use more 'const' modifiers to improve error checking
+        and help optimizers.
+      o Finally remove references to RSAref.
+      o Reworked parts of the BIGNUM code.
+      o Support for new engines: Broadcom ubsec, Accelerated Encryption
+        Processing, IBM 4758.
+      o PRNG: query at more locations for a random device, automatic query for
+        EGD style random sources at several locations.
+      o SSL/TLS: allow optional cipher choice according to server's preference.
+      o SSL/TLS: allow server to explicitly set new session ids.
+      o SSL/TLS: support Kerberos cipher suites (RFC2712).
+      o SSL/TLS: allow more precise control of renegotiations and sessions.
+      o SSL/TLS: add callback to retrieve SSL/TLS messages.
+      o SSL/TLS: add draft AES ciphersuites (disabled unless explicitly requested).
+
+  Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6c and OpenSSL 0.9.6d:
+
+      o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
+      o Fix DH parameter generation for 'non-standard' generators.
+
+  Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c:
+
+      o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
+      o BIGNUM library fixes.
+      o RSA OAEP and random number generation fixes.
+      o Object identifiers corrected and added.
+      o Add assembler BN routines for IA64.
+      o Add support for OS/390 Unix, UnixWare with gcc, OpenUNIX 8,
+        MIPS Linux; shared library support for Irix, HP-UX.
+      o Add crypto accelerator support for AEP, Baltimore SureWare,
+        Broadcom and Cryptographic Appliance's keyserver
+        [in 0.9.6c-engine release].
+
+  Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6a and OpenSSL 0.9.6b:
+
+      o Security fix: PRNG improvements.
+      o Security fix: RSA OAEP check.
+      o Security fix: Reinsert and fix countermeasure to Bleichbacher's
+        attack.
+      o MIPS bug fix in BIGNUM.
+      o Bug fix in "openssl enc".
+      o Bug fix in X.509 printing routine.
+      o Bug fix in DSA verification routine and DSA S/MIME verification.
+      o Bug fix to make PRNG thread-safe.
+      o Bug fix in RAND_file_name().
+      o Bug fix in compatibility mode trust settings.
+      o Bug fix in blowfish EVP.
+      o Increase default size for BIO buffering filter.
+      o Compatibility fixes in some scripts.
 
   Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.6a:
 
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       o Security fix: prevent Bleichenbacher's DSA attack.
       o Security fix: Zero the premaster secret after deriving the
         master secret in DH ciphersuites.
+      o Reimplement SSL_peek(), which had various problems.
+      o Compatibility fix: the function des_encrypt() renamed to
+        des_encrypt1() to avoid clashes with some Unixen libc.
       o Bug fixes for Win32, HP/UX and Irix.
       o Bug fixes in BIGNUM, SSL, PKCS#7, PKCS#12, X.509, CONF and
         memory checking routines.
@@ -29,7 +97,7 @@
       o Add tighter checks of BIGNUM routines.
       o Shared library support has been reworked for generality.
       o More documentation.
-      o New function BN_rand_range()
+      o New function BN_rand_range().
       o Add "-rand" option to openssl s_client and s_server.
 
   Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6:
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       o New 'rsautl' application, low level RSA utility.
       o MD4 now included.
       o Bugfix for SSL rollback padding check.
-      o Support for external crypto devices.
+      o Support for external crypto devices [1].
       o Enhanced EVP interface.
 
+    [1] The support for external crypto devices is currently a separate
+        distribution.  See the file README.ENGINE.
+
   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