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 OpenSSL CHANGES
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 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.7  [xx XXX 2001]

     OpenSSL 0.9.6a/0.9.6b (bugfix releases, 5 Apr 2001 and 9 July 2001)
     and OpenSSL 0.9.7 were developped in parallel, based on OpenSSL 0.9.6.  

     Change log entries are tagged as follows:
         -) applies to 0.9.6a/0.9.6b/0.9.6c only
         *) applies to 0.9.6a/0.9.6b/0.9.6c and 0.9.7
         +) applies to 0.9.7 only

  +) Add a "destroy" handler to ENGINEs that allows structural cleanup to
     be done prior to destruction. Use this to unload error strings from
     ENGINEs that load their own error strings. NB: This adds two new API
     functions to "get" and "set" this destroy handler in an ENGINE.
     [Geoff]

  +) Alter all existing ENGINE implementations (except "openssl" and
     "openbsd") to dynamically instantiate their own error strings. This
     makes them more flexible to be built both as statically-linked ENGINEs
     and self-contained shared-libraries loadable via the "dynamic" ENGINE.
     Also, add stub code to each that makes building them as self-contained
     shared-libraries easier (see README.ENGINE).
     [Geoff Thorpe]

  +) Add a "dynamic" ENGINE that provides a mechanism for binding ENGINE
     implementations into applications that are completely implemented in
     self-contained shared-libraries. The "dynamic" ENGINE exposes control
     commands that can be used to configure what shared-library to load and
     to control aspects of the way it is handled. Also, made an update to
     the README.ENGINE file that brings its information up-to-date and
     provides some information and instructions on the "dynamic" ENGINE
     (ie. how to use it, how to build "dynamic"-loadable ENGINEs, etc).
     [Geoff Thorpe]

  *) BN_sqr() bug fix.
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651d0aff RE	3	_______________
651d0aff RE	4
a9d2bc49	5	Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 [xx XXX 2001]
a43cf9fa	6
e9ad0d2c BM	7	OpenSSL 0.9.6a/0.9.6b (bugfix releases, 5 Apr 2001 and 9 July 2001)
	8	and OpenSSL 0.9.7 were developped in parallel, based on OpenSSL 0.9.6.
	9
a9d2bc49	10	Change log entries are tagged as follows:
daba492c BM	11	-) applies to 0.9.6a/0.9.6b/0.9.6c only
daba492c BM	12	*) applies to 0.9.6a/0.9.6b/0.9.6c and 0.9.7
a9d2bc49 BM	13	+) applies to 0.9.7 only
a9d2bc49 BM	14
4450107a	15	+) Add a "destroy" handler to ENGINEs that allows structural cleanup to
908efd3b GT	16	be done prior to destruction. Use this to unload error strings from
	17	ENGINEs that load their own error strings. NB: This adds two new API
	18	functions to "get" and "set" this destroy handler in an ENGINE.
	19	[Geoff]
	20
4450107a	21	+) Alter all existing ENGINE implementations (except "openssl" and
541814c4 GT	22	"openbsd") to dynamically instantiate their own error strings. This
	23	makes them more flexible to be built both as statically-linked ENGINEs
	24	and self-contained shared-libraries loadable via the "dynamic" ENGINE.
	25	Also, add stub code to each that makes building them as self-contained
	26	shared-libraries easier (see README.ENGINE).
	27	[Geoff Thorpe]
	28
4450107a	29	+) Add a "dynamic" ENGINE that provides a mechanism for binding ENGINE
541814c4 GT	30	implementations into applications that are completely implemented in
	31	self-contained shared-libraries. The "dynamic" ENGINE exposes control
	32	commands that can be used to configure what shared-library to load and
	33	to control aspects of the way it is handled. Also, made an update to
	34	the README.ENGINE file that brings its information up-to-date and
	35	provides some information and instructions on the "dynamic" ENGINE
	36	(ie. how to use it, how to build "dynamic"-loadable ENGINEs, etc).
	37	[Geoff Thorpe]
	38
d98a4b73 UM	39	*) BN_sqr() bug fix.
	40