X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=b6a3d41df599e2f3e0b6c2341263f2d9e91ba225;hp=87721ee80647daa538c34015c29e66a5e01b9cbc;hb=90644dd74d5c5262831bb0be73e1226778099924;hpb=9de649ff052c04163ee0c00fdbf7116066124562 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 87721ee806..b6a3d41df5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -5,15 +5,54 @@ 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 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5: + + o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command + o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application + o Automation of 'req' application + o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows + o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs + o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions + o Options to allow passwords to be passed on command line or environment + o New public key PEM format and options to handle it + o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities + o Usable certificate chain verification + o Certificate purpose checking + o Certificate trust settings + o Support of authority information access extension + o Extensions in certificate requests + o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines + o Initial incomplete support for international character sets + o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD + o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function + o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC + o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other + RSA functionality + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4: + + o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used + by several software packages and are more secure than the standard + form + o PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation + o Password callbacks have a new void * argument for application data + o Avoid various memory leaks + o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O + must be handled by the application (BIO pair) + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3: o Lots of enhancements and cleanups to the Configuration mechanism o RSA OEAP related fixes - o Support for PKCS#5 v2.0 ASN1 PBES2 structures o Added `openssl ca -revoke' option for revoking a certificate o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files - o Support for Thawte SXNet extensions - o Full integration of PKCS#12 support + o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points + extension support + o Preliminary (experimental) S/MIME support + o Support for ASN.1 UTF8String and VisibleString + o Full integration of PKCS#12 code + o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions + o Option to disable selected ciphers Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b: o Fixed a security hole related to session resumption