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 OpenSSL CHANGES
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 Changes between 0.9.5a and 0.9.6  [xx XXX 2000]

  *) On VMS, stdout may very well lead to a file that is written to
     in a record-oriented fashion.  That means that every write() will
     write a separate record, which will be read separately by the
     programs trying to read from it.  This can be very confusing.

     The solution is to put a BIO filter in the way that will buffer
     text until a linefeed is reached, and then write everything a
     line at a time, so every record written will be an actual line,
     not chunks of lines and not (usually doesn't happen, but I've
     seen it once) several lines in one record.  BIO_f_linebuffer() is
     the answer.

     Currently, it's a VMS-only method, because that's where it has
     been tested well enough.
     [Richard Levitte]

  *) Remove 'optimized' squaring variant in BN_mod_mul_montgomery,
     it can return incorrect results.
     (Note: The buggy variant was not enabled in OpenSSL 0.9.5a,
     but it was in 0.9.6-beta[12].)
     [Bodo Moeller]

  *) Disable the check for content being present when verifying detached
     signatures in pk7_smime.c. Some versions of Netscape (wrongly)
     include zero length content when signing messages.
     [Steve Henson]

  *) New BIO_shutdown_wr macro, which invokes the BIO_C_SHUTDOWN_WR
     BIO_ctrl (for BIO pairs).

  *) Add DSO method for VMS.
     [Richard Levitte]

  *) Bug fix: Montgomery multiplication could produce results with the
     wrong sign.
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651d0aff	1
f1c236f8	2	OpenSSL CHANGES
651d0aff RE	3	_______________
651d0aff RE	4
c90341a1	5	Changes between 0.9.5a and 0.9.6 [xx XXX 2000]
bbb72003	6
645749ef RL	7	*) On VMS, stdout may very well lead to a file that is written to
	8	in a record-oriented fashion. That means that every write() will
	9	write a separate record, which will be read separately by the
	10	programs trying to read from it. This can be very confusing.
	11
	12	The solution is to put a BIO filter in the way that will buffer
	13	text until a linefeed is reached, and then write everything a
	14	line at a time, so every record written will be an actual line,
	15	not chunks of lines and not (usually doesn't happen, but I've
	16	seen it once) several lines in one record. BIO_f_linebuffer() is
	17	the answer.
	18
	19	Currently, it's a VMS-only method, because that's where it has
	20	been tested well enough.
	21	[Richard Levitte]
	22
fe035197	23	*) Remove 'optimized' squaring variant in BN_mod_mul_montgomery,
a45bd295	24	it can return incorrect results.
cb1fbf8e BM	25	(Note: The buggy variant was not enabled in OpenSSL 0.9.5a,
cb1fbf8e BM	26	but it was in 0.9.6-beta[12].)
a45bd295 BM	27	[Bodo Moeller]
a45bd295 BM	28
730e37ed DSH	29	*) Disable the check for content being present when verifying detached
	30	signatures in pk7_smime.c. Some versions of Netscape (wrongly)
	31	include zero length content when signing messages.
	32	[Steve Henson]
	33
07fcf422 BM	34	*) New BIO_shutdown_wr macro, which invokes the BIO_C_SHUTDOWN_WR
	35	BIO_ctrl (for BIO pairs).
	36
0e05f545 RL	37	*) Add DSO method for VMS.
	38	[Richard Levitte]
	39
1d84fd64 UM	40	*) Bug fix: Montgomery multiplication could produce results with the
	41	wrong sign.
	42