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5 This file gives a brief overview of the major changes between each OpenSSL
6 release. For more details please read the CHANGES file.
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8 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1c and OpenSSL 1.0.1d:
9
10 o Fix renegotiation in TLS 1.1, 1.2 by using the correct TLS version.
11 o Include the fips configuration module.
12
13 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1b and OpenSSL 1.0.1c:
14
15 o Fix TLS/DTLS record length checking bug CVE-2012-2333
16 o Don't attempt to use non-FIPS composite ciphers in FIPS mode.
17
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18 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1a and OpenSSL 1.0.1b:
19
20 o Fix compilation error on non-x86 platforms.
21 o Make FIPS capable OpenSSL ciphers work in non-FIPS mode.
22 o Fix SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1 clash with SSL_OP_ALL in OpenSSL 1.0.0
23
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24 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1 and OpenSSL 1.0.1a:
25
26 o Fix for ASN1 overflow bug CVE-2012-2110
27 o Workarounds for some servers that hang on long client hellos.
28 o Fix SEGV in AES code.
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30 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0h and OpenSSL 1.0.1:
31
32 o TLS/DTLS heartbeat support.
33 o SCTP support.
34 o RFC 5705 TLS key material exporter.
35 o RFC 5764 DTLS-SRTP negotiation.
36 o Next Protocol Negotiation.
37 o PSS signatures in certificates, requests and CRLs.
38 o Support for password based recipient info for CMS.
39 o Support TLS v1.2 and TLS v1.1.
40 o Preliminary FIPS capability for unvalidated 2.0 FIPS module.
41 o SRP support.
42
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43 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0h and OpenSSL 1.0.0i:
44
45 o Fix for ASN1 overflow bug CVE-2012-2110
46
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47 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0g and OpenSSL 1.0.0h:
48
49 o Fix for CMS/PKCS#7 MMA CVE-2012-0884
50 o Corrected fix for CVE-2011-4619
51 o Various DTLS fixes.
52
53 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0f and OpenSSL 1.0.0g:
54
55 o Fix for DTLS DoS issue CVE-2012-0050
56
57 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0e and OpenSSL 1.0.0f:
58
59 o Fix for DTLS plaintext recovery attack CVE-2011-4108
60 o Clear block padding bytes of SSL 3.0 records CVE-2011-4576
61 o Only allow one SGC handshake restart for SSL/TLS CVE-2011-4619
62 o Check parameters are not NULL in GOST ENGINE CVE-2012-0027
63 o Check for malformed RFC3779 data CVE-2011-4577
64
65 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0d and OpenSSL 1.0.0e:
66
67 o Fix for CRL vulnerability issue CVE-2011-3207
68 o Fix for ECDH crashes CVE-2011-3210
69 o Protection against EC timing attacks.
70 o Support ECDH ciphersuites for certificates using SHA2 algorithms.
71 o Various DTLS fixes.
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73 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0c and OpenSSL 1.0.0d:
74
75 o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014
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77 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0b and OpenSSL 1.0.0c:
78
79 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180
80 o Fix for CVE-2010-4252
81 o Fix mishandling of absent EC point format extension.
82 o Fix various platform compilation issues.
83 o Corrected fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
84
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85 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0a and OpenSSL 1.0.0b:
86
87 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
88 o Fix for CVE-2010-2939
89 o Fix WIN32 build system for GOST ENGINE.
90
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91 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.0a:
92
3cbb15ee 93 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-1633.
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94 o GOST MAC and CFB fixes.
95
9bda7458 96 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 1.0.0:
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98 o RFC3280 path validation: sufficient to process PKITS tests.
99 o Integrated support for PVK files and keyblobs.
100 o Change default private key format to PKCS#8.
ef236ec3 101 o CMS support: able to process all examples in RFC4134
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102 o Streaming ASN1 encode support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
103 o Multiple signer and signer add support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
104 o ASN1 printing support.
105 o Whirlpool hash algorithm added.
106 o RFC3161 time stamp support.
107 o New generalised public key API supporting ENGINE based algorithms.
108 o New generalised public key API utilities.
109 o New ENGINE supporting GOST algorithms.
110 o SSL/TLS GOST ciphersuite support.
111 o PKCS#7 and CMS GOST support.
112 o RFC4279 PSK ciphersuite support.
113 o Supported points format extension for ECC ciphersuites.
114 o ecdsa-with-SHA224/256/384/512 signature types.
115 o dsa-with-SHA224 and dsa-with-SHA256 signature types.
116 o Opaque PRF Input TLS extension support.
14023fe3 117 o Updated time routines to avoid OS limitations.
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119 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8v and OpenSSL 0.9.8w:
120
121 o Fix for CVE-2012-2131 (corrected fix for 0.9.8 and CVE-2012-2110)
122
123 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8u and OpenSSL 0.9.8v:
124
125 o Fix for ASN1 overflow bug CVE-2012-2110
126
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127 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8t and OpenSSL 0.9.8u:
128
129 o Fix for CMS/PKCS#7 MMA CVE-2012-0884
130 o Corrected fix for CVE-2011-4619
131 o Various DTLS fixes.
132
133 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8s and OpenSSL 0.9.8t:
134
135 o Fix for DTLS DoS issue CVE-2012-0050
136
137 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8r and OpenSSL 0.9.8s:
138
139 o Fix for DTLS plaintext recovery attack CVE-2011-4108
140 o Fix policy check double free error CVE-2011-4109
141 o Clear block padding bytes of SSL 3.0 records CVE-2011-4576
142 o Only allow one SGC handshake restart for SSL/TLS CVE-2011-4619
143 o Check for malformed RFC3779 data CVE-2011-4577
144
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145 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8q and OpenSSL 0.9.8r:
146
147 o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014
148
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149 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8p and OpenSSL 0.9.8q:
150
151 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180
152 o Fix for CVE-2010-4252
153
154 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8o and OpenSSL 0.9.8p:
155
156 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
157
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158 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 0.9.8o:
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3cbb15ee 160 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-0742.
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161 o Various DTLS fixes.
162 o Recognise SHA2 certificates if only SSL algorithms added.
163 o Fix for no-rc4 compilation.
164 o Chil ENGINE unload workaround.
165
166 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8m and OpenSSL 0.9.8n:
167
168 o CFB cipher definition fixes.
169 o Fix security issues CVE-2010-0740 and CVE-2010-0433.
170
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171 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8l and OpenSSL 0.9.8m:
172
173 o Cipher definition fixes.
174 o Workaround for slow RAND_poll() on some WIN32 versions.
175 o Remove MD2 from algorithm tables.
176 o SPKAC handling fixes.
177 o Support for RFC5746 TLS renegotiation extension.
178 o Compression memory leak fixed.
179 o Compression session resumption fixed.
180 o Ticket and SNI coexistence fixes.
181 o Many fixes to DTLS handling.
182
183 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8k and OpenSSL 0.9.8l:
184
185 o Temporary work around for CVE-2009-3555: disable renegotiation.
186
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187 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8j and OpenSSL 0.9.8k:
188
189 o Fix various build issues.
190 o Fix security issues (CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591, CVE-2009-0789)
191
192 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8i and OpenSSL 0.9.8j:
193
194 o Fix security issue (CVE-2008-5077)
195 o Merge FIPS 140-2 branch code.
196
197 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8g and OpenSSL 0.9.8h:
198
199 o CryptoAPI ENGINE support.
200 o Various precautionary measures.
201 o Fix for bugs affecting certificate request creation.
202 o Support for local machine keyset attribute in PKCS#12 files.
203
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204 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8f and OpenSSL 0.9.8g:
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7f1c086b 206 o Backport of CMS functionality to 0.9.8.
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207 o Fixes for bugs introduced with 0.9.8f.
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209 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8e and OpenSSL 0.9.8f:
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211 o Add gcc 4.2 support.
212 o Add support for AES and SSE2 assembly lanugauge optimization
213 for VC++ build.
214 o Support for RFC4507bis and server name extensions if explicitly
215 selected at compile time.
216 o DTLS improvements.
217 o RFC4507bis support.
218 o TLS Extensions support.
219
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220 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8d and OpenSSL 0.9.8e:
221
222 o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
223 o RFC3779 support.
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225 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8c and OpenSSL 0.9.8d:
226
227 o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
228 o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343)
229 o Changes to ciphersuite selection algorithm
230
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231 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8b and OpenSSL 0.9.8c:
232
233 o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339
234 o New cipher Camellia
235
236 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8a and OpenSSL 0.9.8b:
237
238 o Cipher string fixes.
239 o Fixes for VC++ 2005.
240 o Updated ECC cipher suite support.
241 o New functions EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free().
242 o Zlib compression usage fixes.
243 o Built in dynamic engine compilation support on Win32.
244 o Fixes auto dynamic engine loading in Win32.
245
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246 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8 and OpenSSL 0.9.8a:
247
b79aa05e 248 o Fix potential SSL 2.0 rollback, CVE-2005-2969
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249 o Extended Windows CE support
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251 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.8:
252
253 o Major work on the BIGNUM library for higher efficiency and to
254 make operations more streamlined and less contradictory. This
255 is the result of a major audit of the BIGNUM library.
256 o Addition of BIGNUM functions for fields GF(2^m) and NIST
257 curves, to support the Elliptic Crypto functions.
258 o Major work on Elliptic Crypto; ECDH and ECDSA added, including
259 the use through EVP, X509 and ENGINE.
260 o New ASN.1 mini-compiler that's usable through the OpenSSL
261 configuration file.
262 o Added support for ASN.1 indefinite length constructed encoding.
263 o New PKCS#12 'medium level' API to manipulate PKCS#12 files.
264 o Complete rework of shared library construction and linking
265 programs with shared or static libraries, through a separate
266 Makefile.shared.
c8310124 267 o Rework of the passing of parameters from one Makefile to another.
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268 o Changed ENGINE framework to load dynamic engine modules
269 automatically from specifically given directories.
270 o New structure and ASN.1 functions for CertificatePair.
271 o Changed the ZLIB compression method to be stateful.
272 o Changed the key-generation and primality testing "progress"
273 mechanism to take a structure that contains the ticker
274 function and an argument.
275 o New engine module: GMP (performs private key exponentiation).
276 o New engine module: VIA PadLOck ACE extension in VIA C3
277 Nehemiah processors.
278 o Added support for IPv6 addresses in certificate extensions.
279 See RFC 1884, section 2.2.
280 o Added support for certificate policy mappings, policy
281 constraints and name constraints.
282 o Added support for multi-valued AVAs in the OpenSSL
283 configuration file.
284 o Added support for multiple certificates with the same subject
285 in the 'openssl ca' index file.
286 o Make it possible to create self-signed certificates using
287 'openssl ca -selfsign'.
288 o Make it possible to generate a serial number file with
289 'openssl ca -create_serial'.
290 o New binary search functions with extended functionality.
291 o New BUF functions.
292 o New STORE structure and library to provide an interface to all
293 sorts of data repositories. Supports storage of public and
294 private keys, certificates, CRLs, numbers and arbitrary blobs.
295 This library is unfortunately unfinished and unused withing
296 OpenSSL.
297 o New control functions for the error stack.
298 o Changed the PKCS#7 library to support one-pass S/MIME
299 processing.
300 o Added the possibility to compile without old deprecated
301 functionality with the OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED macro or the
302 'no-deprecated' argument to the config and Configure scripts.
303 o Constification of all ASN.1 conversion functions, and other
304 affected functions.
305 o Improved platform support for PowerPC.
306 o New FIPS 180-2 algorithms (SHA-224, -256, -384 and -512).
307 o New X509_VERIFY_PARAM structure to support parametrisation
308 of X.509 path validation.
309 o Major overhaul of RC4 performance on Intel P4, IA-64 and
310 AMD64.
311 o Changed the Configure script to have some algorithms disabled
312 by default. Those can be explicitely enabled with the new
313 argument form 'enable-xxx'.
314 o Change the default digest in 'openssl' commands from MD5 to
315 SHA-1.
613e7d2a 316 o Added support for DTLS.
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317 o New BIGNUM blinding.
318 o Added support for the RSA-PSS encryption scheme
319 o Added support for the RSA X.931 padding.
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320 o Added support for BSD sockets on NetWare.
321 o Added support for files larger than 2GB.
322 o Added initial support for Win64.
323 o Added alternate pkg-config files.
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325 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.7m:
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327 o FIPS 1.1.1 module linking.
328 o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
329
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330 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7k and OpenSSL 0.9.7l:
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332 o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
333 o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343)
334
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335 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7j and OpenSSL 0.9.7k:
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337 o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339
338
339 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7i and OpenSSL 0.9.7j:
340
341 o Visual C++ 2005 fixes.
342 o Update Windows build system for FIPS.
343
344 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7h and OpenSSL 0.9.7i:
345
346 o Give EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE it's old value, except for a FIPS build.
347
348 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.7h:
349
350 o Fix SSL 2.0 Rollback, CVE-2005-2969
351 o Allow use of fixed-length exponent on DSA signing
352 o Default fixed-window RSA, DSA, DH private-key operations
353
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354 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7f and OpenSSL 0.9.7g:
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356 o More compilation issues fixed.
357 o Adaptation to more modern Kerberos API.
358 o Enhanced or corrected configuration for Solaris64, Mingw and Cygwin.
359 o Enhanced x86_64 assembler BIGNUM module.
360 o More constification.
361 o Added processing of proxy certificates (RFC 3820).
362
363 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7e and OpenSSL 0.9.7f:
364
365 o Several compilation issues fixed.
366 o Many memory allocation failure checks added.
367 o Improved comparison of X509 Name type.
368 o Mandatory basic checks on certificates.
369 o Performance improvements.
370
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371 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7d and OpenSSL 0.9.7e:
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373 o Fix race condition in CRL checking code.
374 o Fixes to PKCS#7 (S/MIME) code.
375
376 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7c and OpenSSL 0.9.7d:
377
378 o Security: Fix Kerberos ciphersuite SSL/TLS handshaking bug
379 o Security: Fix null-pointer assignment in do_change_cipher_spec()
380 o Allow multiple active certificates with same subject in CA index
381 o Multiple X509 verification fixes
382 o Speed up HMAC and other operations
383
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384 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7b and OpenSSL 0.9.7c:
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386 o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.
387 o New -ignore_err option to OCSP utility.
388 o Various interop and bug fixes in S/MIME code.
389 o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates.
390
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391 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7a and OpenSSL 0.9.7b:
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393 o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of
394 Bleichbacher's attack
395 o Security: make RSA blinding default.
396 o Configuration: Irix fixes, AIX fixes, better mingw support.
397 o Support for new platforms: linux-ia64-ecc.
398 o Build: shared library support fixes.
399 o ASN.1: treat domainComponent correctly.
400 o Documentation: fixes and additions.
401
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402 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7 and OpenSSL 0.9.7a:
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404 o Security: Important security related bugfixes.
405 o Enhanced compatibility with MIT Kerberos.
406 o Can be built without the ENGINE framework.
407 o IA32 assembler enhancements.
408 o Support for new platforms: FreeBSD/IA64 and FreeBSD/Sparc64.
409 o Configuration: the no-err option now works properly.
410 o SSL/TLS: now handles manual certificate chain building.
411 o SSL/TLS: certain session ID malfunctions corrected.
412
3ba25ee8 413 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.7:
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415 o New library section OCSP.
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416 o Complete rewrite of ASN1 code.
417 o CRL checking in verify code and openssl utility.
418 o Extension copying in 'ca' utility.
419 o Flexible display options in 'ca' utility.
420 o Provisional support for international characters with UTF8.
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421 o Support for external crypto devices ('engine') is no longer
422 a separate distribution.
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423 o New elliptic curve library section.
424 o New AES (Rijndael) library section.
1fc73fef 425 o Support for new platforms: Windows CE, Tandem OSS, A/UX, AIX 64-bit,
29902449 426 Linux x86_64, Linux 64-bit on Sparc v9
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427 o Extended support for some platforms: VxWorks
428 o Enhanced support for shared libraries.
29902449 429 o Now only builds PIC code when shared library support is requested.
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430 o Support for pkg-config.
431 o Lots of new manuals.
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432 o Makes symbolic links to or copies of manuals to cover all described
433 functions.
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434 o Change DES API to clean up the namespace (some applications link also
435 against libdes providing similar functions having the same name).
436 Provide macros for backward compatibility (will be removed in the
437 future).
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438 o Unify handling of cryptographic algorithms (software and engine)
439 to be available via EVP routines for asymmetric and symmetric ciphers.
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440 o NCONF: new configuration handling routines.
441 o Change API to use more 'const' modifiers to improve error checking
442 and help optimizers.
443 o Finally remove references to RSAref.
444 o Reworked parts of the BIGNUM code.
445 o Support for new engines: Broadcom ubsec, Accelerated Encryption
446 Processing, IBM 4758.
9801fb61 447 o A few new engines added in the demos area.
e1f7ea25 448 o Extended and corrected OID (object identifier) table.
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449 o PRNG: query at more locations for a random device, automatic query for
450 EGD style random sources at several locations.
451 o SSL/TLS: allow optional cipher choice according to server's preference.
452 o SSL/TLS: allow server to explicitly set new session ids.
453 o SSL/TLS: support Kerberos cipher suites (RFC2712).
1fc73fef 454 Only supports MIT Kerberos for now.
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455 o SSL/TLS: allow more precise control of renegotiations and sessions.
456 o SSL/TLS: add callback to retrieve SSL/TLS messages.
ea4f109c 457 o SSL/TLS: support AES cipher suites (RFC3268).
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459 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6j and OpenSSL 0.9.6k:
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461 o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.
462 o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates.
463
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464 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6i and OpenSSL 0.9.6j:
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466 o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of
467 Bleichbacher's attack
468 o Security: make RSA blinding default.
469 o Build: shared library support fixes.
470
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471 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6h and OpenSSL 0.9.6i:
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473 o Important security related bugfixes.
474
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475 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6g and OpenSSL 0.9.6h:
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477 o New configuration targets for Tandem OSS and A/UX.
478 o New OIDs for Microsoft attributes.
479 o Better handling of SSL session caching.
480 o Better comparison of distinguished names.
481 o Better handling of shared libraries in a mixed GNU/non-GNU environment.
482 o Support assembler code with Borland C.
483 o Fixes for length problems.
484 o Fixes for uninitialised variables.
485 o Fixes for memory leaks, some unusual crashes and some race conditions.
486 o Fixes for smaller building problems.
487 o Updates of manuals, FAQ and other instructive documents.
488
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489 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6f and OpenSSL 0.9.6g:
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491 o Important building fixes on Unix.
492
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493 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6e and OpenSSL 0.9.6f:
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495 o Various important bugfixes.
496
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497 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6d and OpenSSL 0.9.6e:
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499 o Important security related bugfixes.
500 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
501
151457ab 502 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6c and OpenSSL 0.9.6d:
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504 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
505 o Fix DH parameter generation for 'non-standard' generators.
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151457ab 507 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c:
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509 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
510 o BIGNUM library fixes.
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511 o RSA OAEP and random number generation fixes.
512 o Object identifiers corrected and added.
513 o Add assembler BN routines for IA64.
514 o Add support for OS/390 Unix, UnixWare with gcc, OpenUNIX 8,
515 MIPS Linux; shared library support for Irix, HP-UX.
a3790c0d 516 o Add crypto accelerator support for AEP, Baltimore SureWare,
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517 Broadcom and Cryptographic Appliance's keyserver
518 [in 0.9.6c-engine release].
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151457ab 520 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6a and OpenSSL 0.9.6b:
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522 o Security fix: PRNG improvements.
523 o Security fix: RSA OAEP check.
524 o Security fix: Reinsert and fix countermeasure to Bleichbacher's
525 attack.
526 o MIPS bug fix in BIGNUM.
527 o Bug fix in "openssl enc".
528 o Bug fix in X.509 printing routine.
529 o Bug fix in DSA verification routine and DSA S/MIME verification.
530 o Bug fix to make PRNG thread-safe.
531 o Bug fix in RAND_file_name().
532 o Bug fix in compatibility mode trust settings.
533 o Bug fix in blowfish EVP.
534 o Increase default size for BIO buffering filter.
535 o Compatibility fixes in some scripts.
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537 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.6a:
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539 o Security fix: change behavior of OpenSSL to avoid using
540 environment variables when running as root.
541 o Security fix: check the result of RSA-CRT to reduce the
542 possibility of deducing the private key from an incorrectly
543 calculated signature.
544 o Security fix: prevent Bleichenbacher's DSA attack.
545 o Security fix: Zero the premaster secret after deriving the
546 master secret in DH ciphersuites.
4fea8145 547 o Reimplement SSL_peek(), which had various problems.
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548 o Compatibility fix: the function des_encrypt() renamed to
549 des_encrypt1() to avoid clashes with some Unixen libc.
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550 o Bug fixes for Win32, HP/UX and Irix.
551 o Bug fixes in BIGNUM, SSL, PKCS#7, PKCS#12, X.509, CONF and
552 memory checking routines.
5012158a 553 o Bug fixes for RSA operations in threaded environments.
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554 o Bug fixes in misc. openssl applications.
555 o Remove a few potential memory leaks.
556 o Add tighter checks of BIGNUM routines.
557 o Shared library support has been reworked for generality.
558 o More documentation.
4fea8145 559 o New function BN_rand_range().
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560 o Add "-rand" option to openssl s_client and s_server.
561
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562 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6:
563
564 o Some documentation for BIO and SSL libraries.
565 o Enhanced chain verification using key identifiers.
566 o New sign and verify options to 'dgst' application.
567 o Support for DER and PEM encoded messages in 'smime' application.
568 o New 'rsautl' application, low level RSA utility.
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569 o MD4 now included.
570 o Bugfix for SSL rollback padding check.
4dec4f64 571 o Support for external crypto devices [1].
fda05b21 572 o Enhanced EVP interface.
b22bda21 573
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574 [1] The support for external crypto devices is currently a separate
575 distribution. See the file README.ENGINE.
576
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577 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5 and OpenSSL 0.9.5a:
578
b7a81df4 579 o Bug fixes for Win32, SuSE Linux, NeXTSTEP and FreeBSD 2.2.8
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580 o Shared library support for HPUX and Solaris-gcc
581 o Support of Linux/IA64
b7a81df4 582 o Assembler support for Mingw32
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583 o New 'rand' application
584 o New way to check for existence of algorithms from scripts
585
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586 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5:
587
90644dd7 588 o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command
0c235249 589 o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application
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590 o Automation of 'req' application
591 o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows
592 o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs
593 o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions
ae1bb4e5 594 o Options to allow passwords to be obtained from various sources
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595 o New public key PEM format and options to handle it
596 o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities
597 o Usable certificate chain verification
598 o Certificate purpose checking
599 o Certificate trust settings
600 o Support of authority information access extension
601 o Extensions in certificate requests
602 o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines
ae1bb4e5 603 o Initial (incomplete) support for international character sets
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604 o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD
605 o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function
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606 o TLS/SSL protocol bugfixes: Accept TLS 'client hello' in SSL 3.0
607 record; allow fragmentation and interleaving of handshake and other
608 data
90644dd7 609 o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC
8bd5b794 610 o Work around for Netscape client certificate hang bug
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611 o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other
612 RSA functionality
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613 o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information
614 via a per-thread stack
615 o PRNG robustness improved
4d524e10 616 o EGD support
6d9ca500 617 o BIGNUM library bug fixes
4d524e10 618 o Faster DSA parameter generation
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619 o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux
620 o Experimental MacOS support
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622 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4:
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624 o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used
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625 by several software packages and are more secure than the standard
626 form
627 o PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation
628 o Password callbacks have a new void * argument for application data
629 o Avoid various memory leaks
630 o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O
631 must be handled by the application (BIO pair)
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8e8a8a5f 633 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3:
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634 o Lots of enhancements and cleanups to the Configuration mechanism
635 o RSA OEAP related fixes
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636 o Added `openssl ca -revoke' option for revoking a certificate
637 o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs
638 o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files
703126f0 639 o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points
a03dd7a6 640 extension support
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641 o Preliminary (experimental) S/MIME support
642 o Support for ASN.1 UTF8String and VisibleString
643 o Full integration of PKCS#12 code
2cf9fcda 644 o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions
b0759f87 645 o Option to disable selected ciphers
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d343d272 647 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b:
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648 o Fixed a security hole related to session resumption
649 o Fixed RSA encryption routines for the p < q case
650 o "ALL" in cipher lists now means "everything except NULL ciphers"
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651 o Support for Triple-DES CBCM cipher
652 o Support of Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP) for RSA
653 o First support for new TLSv1 ciphers
654 o Added a few new BIOs (syslog BIO, reliable BIO)
655 o Extended support for DSA certificate/keys.
03e20a1a 656 o Extended support for Certificate Signing Requests (CSR)
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657 o Initial support for X.509v3 extensions
658 o Extended support for compression inside the SSL record layer
659 o Overhauled Win32 builds
660 o Cleanups and fixes to the Big Number (BN) library
661 o Support for ASN.1 GeneralizedTime
662 o Splitted ASN.1 SETs from SEQUENCEs
663 o ASN1 and PEM support for Netscape Certificate Sequences
664 o Overhauled Perl interface
665 o Lots of source tree cleanups.
666 o Lots of memory leak fixes.
667 o Lots of bug fixes.
668
669 Major changes between SSLeay 0.9.0b and OpenSSL 0.9.1c:
670 o Integration of the popular NO_RSA/NO_DSA patches
671 o Initial support for compression inside the SSL record layer
672 o Added BIO proxy and filtering functionality
673 o Extended Big Number (BN) library
674 o Added RIPE MD160 message digest
675 o Addeed support for RC2/64bit cipher
676 o Extended ASN.1 parser routines
677 o Adjustations of the source tree for CVS
678 o Support for various new platforms
679