X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=d429d0ea7c7e4db235bf93c08d6c82f319fb6c8e;hp=5f7ac6933be1aaa77892b597f5b146fd9a62f6a2;hb=14697d9d6d883bd1193c379900ee9102acd27c19;hpb=703126f027b62b382379d276cd1cf8b174aa5d23 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5f7ac6933b..d429d0ea7c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -5,6 +5,84 @@ 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: + + 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. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6: + + o Some documentation for BIO and SSL libraries. + o Enhanced chain verification using key identifiers. + o New sign and verify options to 'dgst' application. + o Support for DER and PEM encoded messages in 'smime' application. + 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: + + o Bug fixes for Win32, SuSE Linux, NeXTSTEP and FreeBSD 2.2.8 + o Shared library support for HPUX and Solaris-gcc + o Support of Linux/IA64 + o Assembler support for Mingw32 + o New 'rand' application + o New way to check for existence of algorithms from scripts + + 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 obtained from various sources + 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 protocol bugfixes: Accept TLS 'client hello' in SSL 3.0 + record; allow fragmentation and interleaving of handshake and other + data + o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC + o Work around for Netscape client certificate hang bug + o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other + RSA functionality + o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information + via a per-thread stack + o PRNG robustness improved + o EGD support + o BIGNUM library bug fixes + o Faster DSA parameter generation + o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux + o Experimental MacOS support + + 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 @@ -12,11 +90,12 @@ o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points - extension support + 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