X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=d5f8a5ae784990704cb2f8fb61251069de02031c;hp=0937c96ff91f47fb86ad3348d0cb907581f1884c;hb=15401859b544b6cc982579daceee7361a13df2aa;hpb=b79aa05e3babdbab92c6356f6e51f7bb43c41576 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0937c96ff9..d5f8a5ae78 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -5,6 +5,89 @@ 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 0.9.8k and OpenSSL 1.0: + + + o RFC3280 path validation: sufficient to process PKITS tests. + o Integrated support for PVK files and keyblobs. + o Change default private key format to PKCS#8. + o CMS support: able to process all examples in RFC4134 + o Streaming ASN1 encode support for PKCS#7 and CMS. + o Multiple signer and signer add support for PKCS#7 and CMS. + o ASN1 printing support. + o Whirlpool hash algorithm added. + o RFC3161 time stamp support. + o New generalised public key API supporting ENGINE based algorithms. + o New generalised public key API utilities. + o New ENGINE supporting GOST algorithms. + o SSL/TLS GOST ciphersuite support. + o PKCS#7 and CMS GOST support. + o RFC4279 PSK ciphersuite support. + o Supported points format extension for ECC ciphersuites. + o ecdsa-with-SHA224/256/384/512 signature types. + o dsa-with-SHA224 and dsa-with-SHA256 signature types. + o Opaque PRF Input TLS extension support. + o Updated time routines to avoid OS limitations. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8j and OpenSSL 0.9.8k: + + o Fix various build issues. + o Fix security issues (CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591, CVE-2009-0789) + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8i and OpenSSL 0.9.8j: + + o Fix security issue (CVE-2008-5077) + o Merge FIPS 140-2 branch code. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8g and OpenSSL 0.9.8h: + + o CryptoAPI ENGINE support. + o Various precautionary measures. + o Fix for bugs affecting certificate request creation. + o Support for local machine keyset attribute in PKCS#12 files. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8f and OpenSSL 0.9.8g: + + o Backport of CMS functionality to 0.9.8. + o Fixes for bugs introduced with 0.9.8f. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8e and OpenSSL 0.9.8f: + + o Add gcc 4.2 support. + o Add support for AES and SSE2 assembly lanugauge optimization + for VC++ build. + o Support for RFC4507bis and server name extensions if explicitly + selected at compile time. + o DTLS improvements. + o RFC4507bis support. + o TLS Extensions support. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8d and OpenSSL 0.9.8e: + + o Various ciphersuite selection fixes. + o RFC3779 support. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8c and OpenSSL 0.9.8d: + + o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940) + o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343) + o Changes to ciphersuite selection algorithm + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8b and OpenSSL 0.9.8c: + + o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339 + o New cipher Camellia + + 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, CVE-2005-2969 @@ -75,7 +158,7 @@ argument form 'enable-xxx'. o Change the default digest in 'openssl' commands from MD5 to SHA-1. - o Added support for DTLS. THIS IS STILL BEING WORKED ON! + 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. @@ -84,6 +167,35 @@ o Added initial support for Win64. o Added alternate pkg-config files. + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.7m: + + o FIPS 1.1.1 module linking. + o Various ciphersuite selection fixes. + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7k and OpenSSL 0.9.7l: + + o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940) + o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343) + + Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7j and OpenSSL 0.9.7k: + + o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339 + + 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, CVE-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.