X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=4cdfbf4377ba978537c687cc2e1f21535d97d865;hp=3abbc00841193446c8791a642b846698273c40d9;hb=df22f59f6eb379aa5d89e284d2b8c09349c25d0f;hpb=83978bd37a843941cbc3a10c61b675def99ba0c2 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3abbc00841..4cdfbf4377 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -5,21 +5,277 @@ 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 0.9.8a and OpenSSL 0.9.8b: + + o Cipher string fixes. + o Fixes for VC++ 2005. + o Updated ECC cipher suite support. + o New functions EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(). + o Zlib compression usage fixes. + o Built in dynamic engine compilation support on Win32. + o Fixes auto dynamic engine loading in Win32. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8 and OpenSSL 0.9.8a: + + o Fix potential SSL 2.0 rollback, CAN-2005-2969 + o Extended Windows CE support + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.8: + + o Major work on the BIGNUM library for higher efficiency and to + make operations more streamlined and less contradictory. This + is the result of a major audit of the BIGNUM library. + o Addition of BIGNUM functions for fields GF(2^m) and NIST + curves, to support the Elliptic Crypto functions. + o Major work on Elliptic Crypto; ECDH and ECDSA added, including + the use through EVP, X509 and ENGINE. + o New ASN.1 mini-compiler that's usable through the OpenSSL + configuration file. + o Added support for ASN.1 indefinite length constructed encoding. + o New PKCS#12 'medium level' API to manipulate PKCS#12 files. + o Complete rework of shared library construction and linking + programs with shared or static libraries, through a separate + Makefile.shared. + o Rework of the passing of parameters from one Makefile to another. + o Changed ENGINE framework to load dynamic engine modules + automatically from specifically given directories. + o New structure and ASN.1 functions for CertificatePair. + o Changed the ZLIB compression method to be stateful. + o Changed the key-generation and primality testing "progress" + mechanism to take a structure that contains the ticker + function and an argument. + o New engine module: GMP (performs private key exponentiation). + o New engine module: VIA PadLOck ACE extension in VIA C3 + Nehemiah processors. + o Added support for IPv6 addresses in certificate extensions. + See RFC 1884, section 2.2. + o Added support for certificate policy mappings, policy + constraints and name constraints. + o Added support for multi-valued AVAs in the OpenSSL + configuration file. + o Added support for multiple certificates with the same subject + in the 'openssl ca' index file. + o Make it possible to create self-signed certificates using + 'openssl ca -selfsign'. + o Make it possible to generate a serial number file with + 'openssl ca -create_serial'. + o New binary search functions with extended functionality. + o New BUF functions. + o New STORE structure and library to provide an interface to all + sorts of data repositories. Supports storage of public and + private keys, certificates, CRLs, numbers and arbitrary blobs. + This library is unfortunately unfinished and unused withing + OpenSSL. + o New control functions for the error stack. + o Changed the PKCS#7 library to support one-pass S/MIME + processing. + o Added the possibility to compile without old deprecated + functionality with the OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED macro or the + 'no-deprecated' argument to the config and Configure scripts. + o Constification of all ASN.1 conversion functions, and other + affected functions. + o Improved platform support for PowerPC. + o New FIPS 180-2 algorithms (SHA-224, -256, -384 and -512). + o New X509_VERIFY_PARAM structure to support parametrisation + of X.509 path validation. + o Major overhaul of RC4 performance on Intel P4, IA-64 and + AMD64. + o Changed the Configure script to have some algorithms disabled + by default. Those can be explicitely enabled with the new + argument form 'enable-xxx'. + o Change the default digest in 'openssl' commands from MD5 to + SHA-1. + o Added support for DTLS. + o New BIGNUM blinding. + o Added support for the RSA-PSS encryption scheme + o Added support for the RSA X.931 padding. + o Added support for BSD sockets on NetWare. + o Added support for files larger than 2GB. + o Added initial support for Win64. + o Added alternate pkg-config files. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7i and OpenSSL 0.9.7j: + + o Visual C++ 2005 fixes. + o Update Windows build system for FIPS. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7h and OpenSSL 0.9.7i: + + o Give EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE it's old value, except for a FIPS build. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.7h: + + o Fix SSL 2.0 Rollback, CAN-2005-2969 + o Allow use of fixed-length exponent on DSA signing + o Default fixed-window RSA, DSA, DH private-key operations + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7f and OpenSSL 0.9.7g: + + o More compilation issues fixed. + o Adaptation to more modern Kerberos API. + o Enhanced or corrected configuration for Solaris64, Mingw and Cygwin. + o Enhanced x86_64 assembler BIGNUM module. + o More constification. + o Added processing of proxy certificates (RFC 3820). + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7e and OpenSSL 0.9.7f: + + o Several compilation issues fixed. + o Many memory allocation failure checks added. + o Improved comparison of X509 Name type. + o Mandatory basic checks on certificates. + o Performance improvements. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7d and OpenSSL 0.9.7e: + + o Fix race condition in CRL checking code. + o Fixes to PKCS#7 (S/MIME) code. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7c and OpenSSL 0.9.7d: + + o Security: Fix Kerberos ciphersuite SSL/TLS handshaking bug + o Security: Fix null-pointer assignment in do_change_cipher_spec() + o Allow multiple active certificates with same subject in CA index + o Multiple X509 verification fixes + o Speed up HMAC and other operations + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7b and OpenSSL 0.9.7c: + + o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs. + o New -ignore_err option to OCSP utility. + o Various interop and bug fixes in S/MIME code. + o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7a and OpenSSL 0.9.7b: + + o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of + Bleichbacher's attack + o Security: make RSA blinding default. + o Configuration: Irix fixes, AIX fixes, better mingw support. + o Support for new platforms: linux-ia64-ecc. + o Build: shared library support fixes. + o ASN.1: treat domainComponent correctly. + o Documentation: fixes and additions. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7 and OpenSSL 0.9.7a: + + o Security: Important security related bugfixes. + o Enhanced compatibility with MIT Kerberos. + o Can be built without the ENGINE framework. + o IA32 assembler enhancements. + o Support for new platforms: FreeBSD/IA64 and FreeBSD/Sparc64. + o Configuration: the no-err option now works properly. + o SSL/TLS: now handles manual certificate chain building. + o SSL/TLS: certain session ID malfunctions corrected. + 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 Support for new platforms: Windows CE, Tandem OSS, A/UX, AIX 64-bit, + Linux x86_64, Linux 64-bit on Sparc v9 + o Extended support for some platforms: VxWorks + o Enhanced support for shared libraries. + o Now only builds PIC code when shared library support is requested. + o Support for pkg-config. + o Lots of new manuals. + o Makes symbolic links to or copies of manuals to cover all described + functions. + 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 Unify 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 A few new engines added in the demos area. + o Extended and corrected OID (object identifier) table. + 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). + Only supports MIT Kerberos for now. + o SSL/TLS: allow more precise control of renegotiations and sessions. + o SSL/TLS: add callback to retrieve SSL/TLS messages. + o SSL/TLS: support AES cipher suites (RFC3268). + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6j and OpenSSL 0.9.6k: + + o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs. + o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6i and OpenSSL 0.9.6j: + + o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of + Bleichbacher's attack + o Security: make RSA blinding default. + o Build: shared library support fixes. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6h and OpenSSL 0.9.6i: + + o Important security related bugfixes. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6g and OpenSSL 0.9.6h: + + o New configuration targets for Tandem OSS and A/UX. + o New OIDs for Microsoft attributes. + o Better handling of SSL session caching. + o Better comparison of distinguished names. + o Better handling of shared libraries in a mixed GNU/non-GNU environment. + o Support assembler code with Borland C. + o Fixes for length problems. + o Fixes for uninitialised variables. + o Fixes for memory leaks, some unusual crashes and some race conditions. + o Fixes for smaller building problems. + o Updates of manuals, FAQ and other instructive documents. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6f and OpenSSL 0.9.6g: + + o Important building fixes on Unix. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6e and OpenSSL 0.9.6f: + + o Various important bugfixes. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6d and OpenSSL 0.9.6e: + + o Important security related bugfixes. + o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes. + + 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. - Changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c: + 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 [in 0.9.6c-engine release]. + Broadcom and Cryptographic Appliance's keyserver + [in 0.9.6c-engine release]. - Changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6a and OpenSSL 0.9.6b: + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6a and OpenSSL 0.9.6b: o Security fix: PRNG improvements. o Security fix: RSA OAEP check. @@ -52,7 +308,7 @@ 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 for RSA operations in threaded environments. o Bug fixes in misc. openssl applications. o Remove a few potential memory leaks. o Add tighter checks of BIGNUM routines.