OpenSSL STATUS Last modified at
- ______________ $Date: 1999/03/10 14:53:54 $
+ ______________ $Date: 2000/09/22 06:15:10 $
DEVELOPMENT STATE
- o OpenSSL 0.9.2: Freezed!
- - No more feature commits, please.
- - Commit bugfixes and cleanups only, please.
- - Already successfully tested platform:
- o FreeBSD 2.2.7 Ben Laurie OK
- o FreeBSD 3.1 Ralf S. Engelschall OK
- o Solaris 2.6 Ralf S. Engelschall ctype warns, test fails in test_ssl
- o Linux RH 5.1 Steve Henson OK
- o Linux 2.0 RH 5.2 Ralf S. Engelschall OK
- o Linux 2.2 RH 5.2 Peter 'Luna' Altberg OK
- o WinNT VC++ 6.0 Peter 'Luna' Altberg troubles - see openssl-dev
-
- Proposed release time: Monday, March 15th 1999
-
+ 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 not supported [FIXED]
+ hpux-parisc-cc 10.20 - passed
+ hpux-parisc-gcc 10.20 - passed
+ hpux-parisc-gcc 11.00 - passed
+ hpux-gcc - passed
+ hpux-brokengcc - failed
+ BN_sqr fails in test
+ linux-elf - passed
+ linux-sparcv7 - passed
+ linux-ppc - passed
+ Solaris [engine] - failed
+ speed cswift gives odd errors [FIXED]
+ solaris-sparcv8-gcc - passed
+ solaris-sparcv9-gcc - passed
+ solaris-sparcv9-cc - passed
+ solaris64-sparcv9-cc - passed
+ sco5-gcc - passed
+ sco5-cc - passed
+ FreeBSD - passed
+ Win32 VC++ - failed
+ PCURSORINFO not defined unless Win2000 [FIXED]
+ RAND_poll() problem on Win2000 [FIXED]
+ DSO method always DSO_METHOD_null [FIXED]
+ CygWin32 - test failed
+ MingW32 - failed
+ thelp32.h
+ aix-gcc (AIX 4.3.2) - passed
+ VMS/Alpha - failed
+ Some things were missing [FIXED]
+ 0.9.6-beta2 is available:
+ linux/openbsd (all platforms?) - mod_exp bug
+ sunos-gcc - passed
+ aix-gcc - passed
+ Win32 w/ VC6 or Mingw32 - failed
+ RAND_poll(), a few uninitialised vars [FIXED]
+ RAND_poll() should used LoadLibrary instead of
+ GetModuleHandle [FIXED]
+ Major compilation problem with VC6 on NT.
+ [FIXED]
+ Mingw32 says "175: parse error before `DWORD'"
+ [FIXED?]
+ Win32 w/ CygWin - success?
+ VMS/Alpha 7.1 (CPQ C 5.6-003, TCP/IP 5.0) - success
+ Just a small warning in dso_vms.c [FIXED]
+ VMS/Alpha 7.2-1 (CPQ 5.6-003, TCP/IP 5.0A) - success
+ VMS/VAX 7.2-1 (CPQ 5.2-003, TCP/IP 5.0) - success
+ hpux-parisc-cc (HP-UX B.11.00) - success
+ hpux-parisc2-cc (11.00) - success
+ hpux64-parisc2-cc (11.00) - success
+ hpux-parisc1_1-cc (11.00) - success
+ hpux-parisc-cc (10.20 w/ -ldld) - success
+ hpux-parisc-gcc (10.20 w/ -ldld) - success
+ hpux-parisc-cc [engine] (10.20 w/ -ldld)- success
+ hpux-parisc-gcc [endine] (10.20 w/ -ldld)- success
+ All hpux 10.20 targets succeeded provided -ldl
+ has been changed to -ldld.
+ solaris-sparcv9-gcc (2.6/ultra5) - success
+ [ solaris-sparcv9-cc (SunOS 5.7 SC3.0) - failed ]
+ [ Complaints about a number of -x parameters to ]
+ [ the compiler and failed to compile an ]
+ [ assembler file. Maybe a too old ]
+ [ compiler? (Yes, apparently:) ]
+ solaris-sparcv9-cc (SunOS 5.6 SC4.2) - success
+ FreeBSD (2.2.5-RELEASE) - success
+ alpha-cc [engine] (OSF1 5.0A) - success
+ irix-mips3-cc [engine] (Irix 6.2) - success
+ One has to do the same as for OpenBSD in
+ speed.c [FIXED]
+ aix-cc (3.2.5, cc 1.3.0.44) - success
+ aix-gcc (3.2.5, gcc 2.8.1) - success
+ Both first failed to compiled due to ftime().
+ [FIXED]
+ alpha-cc (V4.0E) - success
+ alpha-gcc (V4.0E, gcc 2.8.1) - success
+ ultrix-cc (V4.5) - success
+ ultrix-gcc (V4.5, gcc 2.8.1) - success
+ 0.9.6-beta3 is available:
+ aix-cc (4.3) - success
+ aix-cc [engine] (4.3) - success
+ linux-elf (RedHat 5.2, gcc 2.7.2.3) - success
+ linux-elf (RedHat 6.2) - success
+ linux-elf [engine] (RedHat 6.2) - success
+ solaris-sparcv9-gcc (5.7, gcc 2.95.2) - success
+ solaris-sparcv9-gcc (5.6, gcc 2.95.2) - success
+ solaris-sparcv9-cc (5.6, SunWS C 4.2) - success
+ solaris-sparcv9-cc [engine] (5.6, SunWS C 4.2)- success
+ VC-WIN32 (NT4 SP6, VC6 SP2) - success
+ VC-WIN32 (NT4 SP6, Cygwin) - success
+ The files used for testing must have CR/LF
+ as line endings.
+ VC-WIN32 (NT4 SP6, Mingw32) - failed
+ mingw32a.mak contains a few lines that
+ generate an error.
+ VC-NT static libs (NT4 SP6, VC6 SP4) - failed
+ Complains about unresolved external symbol
+ __imp__RegQueryValueEx. This only
+ happens when building the static
+ libraries. Tests pass as soon as
+ you make sure advapi32.lib gets
+ linked in. [FIXED]
+ VC-NT dynamic libs (NT4 SP6, VC6 SP4) - success
+ VC-WIN32 (W2K Pro SP1, VC6 SP3, PSDK Jul2000)- success
+ hpux-parisc-gcc (B.10.20, gcc 2.95.2) - success
+ hpux-parisc-cc (B.10.20, cc A.10.32.30) - success
+ hpux-parisc-gcc [engine] (B.10.20, gcc 2.95.2)- success
+ hpux-parisc-cc [engine] (B.10.20, cc A.10.32.30)- success
+ hpux-parisc2-cc (B.11.11) - success
+ hpux64-parisc2-cc (B.11.11) - success
+ Kevin Steves also mentions that "All the new
+ targets look good on my end with hp-ux 11.0."
+ MPE/iX-gcc - success
+ FreeBSD (2.2.5) - failed
+ Only having USE_TOD made speed.c issue an
+ error. [FIXED]
+ FreeBSD-alpha (4.1, gcc 2.95.2) - success
+ The USE_TOD fix needed to be applied.
+ There were warnings about -O3 triggering
+ known optimizer bugs on that
+ platform. [FIXED]
+ OpenBSD-x86 (2.7, gcc 2.95.2) - success
+ alpha-cc (OSF1 V4.0) - success
+ solaris-x86-gcc (5.8, gcc 2.95.2) - success
+ 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 `make test' still fails under Solaris 2.6 in the test_ssl target
- o Compilation warnings: ctype-related int vs. char
- o Compilation error: "unsigned long*" and "int*" under AIX
- o Why are NULL ciphers in front of the cipher spec?
- (see my posting "Bug?!: Cipher Suite and NULL Ciphers" in openssl-dev)
- o A Linux alpha user reported: "alpha.s does not have bn_div_word()"
- (see posting "ALPHA error" in openssl-dev)
-
AVAILABLE PATCHES
- o Solaris AS error (kenji@miyake.org)
- o getenv in ca.c and x509_def.c (jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu)
- o s3_lib.c - export clients (levitte@stacken.kth.se)
- o linux dynamic libs (colin@field.medicine.adelaide.edu.au)
- o MingW support (niklas@canit.se)
- o crypto/des/enc_read.c bugfix (mike@cs.mun.ca)
+ o CA.pl patch (Damien Miller)
IN PROGRESS
- o Steve is currently working on:
- X509 V3 extension code including:
- 1. Support for the more common PKIX extensions.
- 2. Proper (or at least usable) certificate chain verification.
- 3. Support in standard applications (req, x509, ca).
- 4. Documentation on how all the above works.
- Next on the list is probably PKCS#12 integration.
-
- o Mark is currently working on:
- Folding in any changes that are in the C2Net code base that were
- not in the original SSLeay-0.9.1.b release. Plus other minor
- tidying.
-
- o Ralf is currently working on:
- 1. Support for SSL_set_default_verify_paths(),
- SSL_load_verify_locations(), SSL_get_cert_store() and
- SSL_set_cert_store() functions which work like their existing
- SSL_CTX_xxx() variants but on a per connection basis. That's needed
- to let us provide full-featured per-URL client verification in
- mod_ssl or Apache-SSL.
- => It still dumps core, so I suspend this and investigate
- again for OpenSSL 0.9.3.
- 2. The perl/ stuff to make it really work the first time ;-)
- => I'll investigate a few more hours for OpenSSL 0.9.2
- 3. The new documentation set in POD format under doc/
- => I'll investigate a few more hours for OpenSSL 0.9.2
- 4. More cleanups to get rid of obsolete/old/ugly files in the
- source tree which are not really needed.
- => Done all which were possible with my personal knowledge
-
- o Ben is currently working on:
- 1. Function Prototype Thought Police issues.
- 2. Integrated documentation.
- 3. New TLS Ciphersuites.
- 4. Anything else that takes his fancy.
+ o Steve is currently working on (in no particular order):
+ ASN1 code redesign, butchery, replacement.
+ EVP cipher enhancement.
+ Proper (or at least usable) 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:
+ 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.
NEEDS PATCH
+ o non-blocking socket on AIX
+ o $(PERL) in */Makefile.ssl
+ o "Sign the certificate?" - "n" creates empty certificate file
+
OPEN ISSUES
+ o internal_verify doesn't know about X509.v3 (basicConstraints
+ CA flag ...)
+
o The Makefile hierarchy and build mechanism is still not a round thing:
1. The config vs. Configure scripts
itself. Then we can avoid a lot of those platform checks
which are currently in Configure.
- 2. The xxx.org -> xxx.h generation:
- It's not obvious for which file xxx.org is the source.
- Suggestion: Rename xxx.org to xxx.h.in (Autoconf style), this way
- one sees that xxx.h.in is the input for xxx.h
-
- Status: Mark +1
-
- o The installation under "make install" produces a very
- installation layout: $prefix/certs and $prefix/private dirs. That's
- not nice. Ralf suggests to move the two certs and private dirs either
- to $prefix/etc/, $prefix/lib/ or $prefix/share. Alternatively
- we could also not install the certs at all.
-
- Status: Ralf +1 for both not installing the certs at all and
- moving it to $prefix/etc/. +0 for $prefix/lib/
- and $prefix/share.
- Paul: why is it not nice?
- Ralf: because it messes up the install dir when
- $prefix is not a dedicated area like /usr/local/ssl.
- When we move them to a standard subdir like
- etc/ lib/ or share/ we don't mess up things
- when $prefix is /usr or /usr/local, etc.
- Additionally it makes package vendors life
- easier....
-
o Support for Shared Libraries has to be added at least
for the major Unix platforms. The details we can rip from the stuff
Ralf has done for the Apache src/Configure script. Ben wants the
compiler PIC and linker DSO flags from Apache
into the OpenSSL Configure script.
+ Ulf: +1 for using GNU autoconf and libtool (but not automake,
+ which apparently is not flexible enough to generate
+ libcrypto)
+
+
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
to date.
Paul +1
- o The EVP and ASN1 stuff is a mess. Currently you have one EVP_CIPHER
- structure for each cipher. This may make sense for things like DES but
- for variable length ciphers like RC2 and RC4 it is NBG. Need a way to
- use the EVP interface and set up the cipher parameters. The ASN1 stuff
- is also foo wrt ciphers whose AlgorithmIdentifier has more than just
- an IV in it (e.g. RC2, RC5). This also means that EVP_Seal and EVP_Open
- don't work unless the key length matches the fixed value (some vendors
- use a key length decided by the size of the RSA encrypted key and expect
- RC2 to adapt).
-
- o Properly initialize the PRNG in the absence of /dev/random.
-
- o > NO_RSA (ejs@bfd.com)
- > ./Configure -DNO_IDEA -DNO_RC5 -DNO_RC4 -DNO_RC2 -DNO_RSA -DNO_ERR linux-elf
- > I tried for a whole day to do this and could not get it to work. Linux
- > machine, kernel 2.0.36 and 2.2.1, redhat 5.2 latest, gcc and egcs , no
- > go. I also noticed the even with -DNO_IDEA, _DNO_RC2, etc. the make
- > still goes into those subdirectories and 'makes'.
-
WISHES
- o Damien Miller:
- "How about making the each of the locations compile-time defined. I
- would like to (for example) put binaries in /usr/bin, configuration
- data, certs and keys in /etc/openssl/certs and /etc/openssl/keys, etc.
- This would also be a great boon to binary package makers. The
- SSLeay-0.9.1b RPM already includes some patches which do some of this.
- I can forward them if you wish."
-
- o Mats Nilsson <mats.nilsson@xware.se>:
- "Add reference counting to all substructures of X509 etc. For instance,
- X509_NAME lacks a reference counter, while EVP_PKEY has one. I'm
- making COM-wrappers for selected parts of SSLeay for a project of ours,
- and has found this inconsistency in copy semantics annoying."
-
+ o
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