X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=230f316d51e55372db5f8d6cbdb9dff5cfae7e3d;hp=65dd4a7d9fd882dff49cb8d690238e14692d8cfc;hb=e0457d5f7c5e24bb58aa42f5cf9f5bfd215e07fb;hpb=b38d84d8678d0ca17e542933fe9611f0ebdbe192 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 65dd4a7d9f..230f316d51 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -5,6 +5,60 @@ 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 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.7: + + o New library section OCSP. + o Complete haul-over of the ASN.1 library section. + o Support for external crypto devices ('engine') is no longer + a separate distribution. + + Changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c: + + o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes. + o BIGNUM library fixes. + + 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: + + o Security fix: change behavior of OpenSSL to avoid using + environment variables when running as root. + o Security fix: check the result of RSA-CRT to reduce the + possibility of deducing the private key from an incorrectly + calculated signature. + 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. + o Bug fixes for RSA operations in threaded enviroments. + o Bug fixes in misc. openssl applications. + o Remove a few potential memory leaks. + 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 Add "-rand" option to openssl s_client and s_server. + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6: o Some documentation for BIO and SSL libraries. @@ -14,6 +68,11 @@ 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 [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: