X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=230f316d51e55372db5f8d6cbdb9dff5cfae7e3d;hp=d429d0ea7c7e4db235bf93c08d6c82f319fb6c8e;hb=e0457d5f7c5e24bb58aa42f5cf9f5bfd215e07fb;hpb=83f2571782ea9e5d47cb68df565c95cbe4a444f4 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d429d0ea7c..230f316d51 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -5,12 +5,59 @@ 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 x.x.x: + 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 [1]. - - [1] The haul-over is currently a separate line of development. + 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: