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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 1.0.2p and OpenSSL 1.0.2q [under development]
9
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10 o Microarchitecture timing vulnerability in ECC scalar multiplication (CVE-2018-5407)
11 o Timing vulnerability in DSA signature generation (CVE-2018-0734)
8297ab58 12
e71ebf27 13 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2o and OpenSSL 1.0.2p [14 Aug 2018]
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15 o Client DoS due to large DH parameter (CVE-2018-0732)
16 o Cache timing vulnerability in RSA Key Generation (CVE-2018-0737)
69a61c26 17
3ce7bc40 18 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2n and OpenSSL 1.0.2o [27 Mar 2018]
ebe18302 19
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20 o Constructed ASN.1 types with a recursive definition could exceed the
21 stack (CVE-2018-0739)
ebe18302 22
e5bba24c 23 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2m and OpenSSL 1.0.2n [7 Dec 2017]
95aec441 24
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25 o Read/write after SSL object in error state (CVE-2017-3737)
26 o rsaz_1024_mul_avx2 overflow bug on x86_64 (CVE-2017-3738)
95aec441 27
8b1549a1 28 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2l and OpenSSL 1.0.2m [2 Nov 2017]
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30 o bn_sqrx8x_internal carry bug on x86_64 (CVE-2017-3736)
31 o Malformed X.509 IPAddressFamily could cause OOB read (CVE-2017-3735)
22d41cd3 32
b3a3bab0 33 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2k and OpenSSL 1.0.2l [25 May 2017]
f24fcf29 34
cde19ecd 35 o config now recognises 64-bit mingw and chooses mingw64 instead of mingw
f24fcf29 36
081314d0 37 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2j and OpenSSL 1.0.2k [26 Jan 2017]
f6e43fee 38
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39 o Truncated packet could crash via OOB read (CVE-2017-3731)
40 o BN_mod_exp may produce incorrect results on x86_64 (CVE-2017-3732)
19e1de54 41 o Montgomery multiplication may produce incorrect results (CVE-2016-7055)
f6e43fee 42
e216bf9d 43 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2i and OpenSSL 1.0.2j [26 Sep 2016]
9d264d11 44
9702bf5f 45 o Missing CRL sanity check (CVE-2016-7052)
9d264d11 46
32c13016 47 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2h and OpenSSL 1.0.2i [22 Sep 2016]
5c694459 48
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49 o OCSP Status Request extension unbounded memory growth (CVE-2016-6304)
50 o SWEET32 Mitigation (CVE-2016-2183)
51 o OOB write in MDC2_Update() (CVE-2016-6303)
52 o Malformed SHA512 ticket DoS (CVE-2016-6302)
53 o OOB write in BN_bn2dec() (CVE-2016-2182)
54 o OOB read in TS_OBJ_print_bio() (CVE-2016-2180)
55 o Pointer arithmetic undefined behaviour (CVE-2016-2177)
56 o Constant time flag not preserved in DSA signing (CVE-2016-2178)
57 o DTLS buffered message DoS (CVE-2016-2179)
58 o DTLS replay protection DoS (CVE-2016-2181)
59 o Certificate message OOB reads (CVE-2016-6306)
5c694459 60
5dd94f18 61 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2g and OpenSSL 1.0.2h [3 May 2016]
a5006916 62
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63 o Prevent padding oracle in AES-NI CBC MAC check (CVE-2016-2107)
64 o Fix EVP_EncodeUpdate overflow (CVE-2016-2105)
65 o Fix EVP_EncryptUpdate overflow (CVE-2016-2106)
66 o Prevent ASN.1 BIO excessive memory allocation (CVE-2016-2109)
67 o EBCDIC overread (CVE-2016-2176)
68 o Modify behavior of ALPN to invoke callback after SNI/servername
69 callback, such that updates to the SSL_CTX affect ALPN.
70 o Remove LOW from the DEFAULT cipher list. This removes singles DES from
71 the default.
72 o Only remove the SSLv2 methods with the no-ssl2-method option.
a5006916 73
902f3f50 74 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2f and OpenSSL 1.0.2g [1 Mar 2016]
22d192f1 75
bc38a7d2 76 o Disable weak ciphers in SSLv3 and up in default builds of OpenSSL.
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77 o Disable SSLv2 default build, default negotiation and weak ciphers
78 (CVE-2016-0800)
79 o Fix a double-free in DSA code (CVE-2016-0705)
80 o Disable SRP fake user seed to address a server memory leak
81 (CVE-2016-0798)
82 o Fix BN_hex2bn/BN_dec2bn NULL pointer deref/heap corruption
83 (CVE-2016-0797)
84 o Fix memory issues in BIO_*printf functions (CVE-2016-0799)
85 o Fix side channel attack on modular exponentiation (CVE-2016-0702)
22d192f1 86
95605f3a 87 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2e and OpenSSL 1.0.2f [28 Jan 2016]
8a27243c 88
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89 o DH small subgroups (CVE-2016-0701)
90 o SSLv2 doesn't block disabled ciphers (CVE-2015-3197)
8a27243c 91
bfe07df4 92 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2d and OpenSSL 1.0.2e [3 Dec 2015]
a7ef1e90 93
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94 o BN_mod_exp may produce incorrect results on x86_64 (CVE-2015-3193)
95 o Certificate verify crash with missing PSS parameter (CVE-2015-3194)
96 o X509_ATTRIBUTE memory leak (CVE-2015-3195)
97 o Rewrite EVP_DecodeUpdate (base64 decoding) to fix several bugs
98 o In DSA_generate_parameters_ex, if the provided seed is too short,
99 return an error
a7ef1e90 100
33dd0832 101 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2c and OpenSSL 1.0.2d [9 Jul 2015]
54ae378c 102
5627e0f7 103 o Alternate chains certificate forgery (CVE-2015-1793)
9330fbd0 104 o Race condition handling PSK identify hint (CVE-2015-3196)
54ae378c 105
0ee5fcde 106 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2b and OpenSSL 1.0.2c [12 Jun 2015]
b6ed9917 107
d4c17638 108 o Fix HMAC ABI incompatibility
b6ed9917 109
7b560c17 110 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2a and OpenSSL 1.0.2b [11 Jun 2015]
0d6d10d9 111
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112 o Malformed ECParameters causes infinite loop (CVE-2015-1788)
113 o Exploitable out-of-bounds read in X509_cmp_time (CVE-2015-1789)
114 o PKCS7 crash with missing EnvelopedContent (CVE-2015-1790)
115 o CMS verify infinite loop with unknown hash function (CVE-2015-1792)
116 o Race condition handling NewSessionTicket (CVE-2015-1791)
0d6d10d9 117
3df69d3a 118 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2 and OpenSSL 1.0.2a [19 Mar 2015]
06aab268 119
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120 o OpenSSL 1.0.2 ClientHello sigalgs DoS fix (CVE-2015-0291)
121 o Multiblock corrupted pointer fix (CVE-2015-0290)
122 o Segmentation fault in DTLSv1_listen fix (CVE-2015-0207)
123 o Segmentation fault in ASN1_TYPE_cmp fix (CVE-2015-0286)
124 o Segmentation fault for invalid PSS parameters fix (CVE-2015-0208)
125 o ASN.1 structure reuse memory corruption fix (CVE-2015-0287)
126 o PKCS7 NULL pointer dereferences fix (CVE-2015-0289)
127 o DoS via reachable assert in SSLv2 servers fix (CVE-2015-0293)
128 o Empty CKE with client auth and DHE fix (CVE-2015-1787)
129 o Handshake with unseeded PRNG fix (CVE-2015-0285)
130 o Use After Free following d2i_ECPrivatekey error fix (CVE-2015-0209)
131 o X509_to_X509_REQ NULL pointer deref fix (CVE-2015-0288)
132 o Removed the export ciphers from the DEFAULT ciphers
06aab268 133
4ac03295 134 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1l and OpenSSL 1.0.2 [22 Jan 2015]:
d43b0407 135
1d6af3d4 136 o Suite B support for TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2
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137 o Support for DTLS 1.2
138 o TLS automatic EC curve selection.
1d6af3d4 139 o API to set TLS supported signature algorithms and curves
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140 o SSL_CONF configuration API.
141 o TLS Brainpool support.
142 o ALPN support.
143 o CMS support for RSA-PSS, RSA-OAEP, ECDH and X9.42 DH.
144
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145 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1k and OpenSSL 1.0.1l [15 Jan 2015]
146
147 o Build fixes for the Windows and OpenVMS platforms
148
149 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1j and OpenSSL 1.0.1k [8 Jan 2015]
150
151 o Fix for CVE-2014-3571
152 o Fix for CVE-2015-0206
153 o Fix for CVE-2014-3569
154 o Fix for CVE-2014-3572
155 o Fix for CVE-2015-0204
156 o Fix for CVE-2015-0205
157 o Fix for CVE-2014-8275
158 o Fix for CVE-2014-3570
159
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160 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1i and OpenSSL 1.0.1j [15 Oct 2014]
161
162 o Fix for CVE-2014-3513
163 o Fix for CVE-2014-3567
164 o Mitigation for CVE-2014-3566 (SSL protocol vulnerability)
165 o Fix for CVE-2014-3568
166
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167 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1h and OpenSSL 1.0.1i [6 Aug 2014]
168
169 o Fix for CVE-2014-3512
170 o Fix for CVE-2014-3511
171 o Fix for CVE-2014-3510
172 o Fix for CVE-2014-3507
173 o Fix for CVE-2014-3506
174 o Fix for CVE-2014-3505
175 o Fix for CVE-2014-3509
176 o Fix for CVE-2014-5139
177 o Fix for CVE-2014-3508
178
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179 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1g and OpenSSL 1.0.1h [5 Jun 2014]
180
181 o Fix for CVE-2014-0224
182 o Fix for CVE-2014-0221
128b271c 183 o Fix for CVE-2014-0198
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184 o Fix for CVE-2014-0195
185 o Fix for CVE-2014-3470
186 o Fix for CVE-2010-5298
187
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188 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1f and OpenSSL 1.0.1g [7 Apr 2014]
189
190 o Fix for CVE-2014-0160
191 o Add TLS padding extension workaround for broken servers.
192 o Fix for CVE-2014-0076
193
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194 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1e and OpenSSL 1.0.1f [6 Jan 2014]
195
196 o Don't include gmt_unix_time in TLS server and client random values
197 o Fix for TLS record tampering bug CVE-2013-4353
198 o Fix for TLS version checking bug CVE-2013-6449
199 o Fix for DTLS retransmission bug CVE-2013-6450
200
d43b0407 201 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1d and OpenSSL 1.0.1e [11 Feb 2013]:
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203 o Corrected fix for CVE-2013-0169
204
d43b0407 205 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1c and OpenSSL 1.0.1d [4 Feb 2013]:
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207 o Fix renegotiation in TLS 1.1, 1.2 by using the correct TLS version.
208 o Include the fips configuration module.
209 o Fix OCSP bad key DoS attack CVE-2013-0166
210 o Fix for SSL/TLS/DTLS CBC plaintext recovery attack CVE-2013-0169
211 o Fix for TLS AESNI record handling flaw CVE-2012-2686
212
d43b0407 213 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1b and OpenSSL 1.0.1c [10 May 2012]:
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215 o Fix TLS/DTLS record length checking bug CVE-2012-2333
216 o Don't attempt to use non-FIPS composite ciphers in FIPS mode.
217
d43b0407 218 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1a and OpenSSL 1.0.1b [26 Apr 2012]:
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220 o Fix compilation error on non-x86 platforms.
221 o Make FIPS capable OpenSSL ciphers work in non-FIPS mode.
222 o Fix SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1 clash with SSL_OP_ALL in OpenSSL 1.0.0
223
d43b0407 224 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1 and OpenSSL 1.0.1a [19 Apr 2012]:
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226 o Fix for ASN1 overflow bug CVE-2012-2110
227 o Workarounds for some servers that hang on long client hellos.
228 o Fix SEGV in AES code.
229
d43b0407 230 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0h and OpenSSL 1.0.1 [14 Mar 2012]:
733394d6 231
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232 o TLS/DTLS heartbeat support.
233 o SCTP support.
234 o RFC 5705 TLS key material exporter.
235 o RFC 5764 DTLS-SRTP negotiation.
236 o Next Protocol Negotiation.
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237 o PSS signatures in certificates, requests and CRLs.
238 o Support for password based recipient info for CMS.
239 o Support TLS v1.2 and TLS v1.1.
240 o Preliminary FIPS capability for unvalidated 2.0 FIPS module.
241 o SRP support.
242
d43b0407 243 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0g and OpenSSL 1.0.0h [12 Mar 2012]:
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245 o Fix for CMS/PKCS#7 MMA CVE-2012-0884
246 o Corrected fix for CVE-2011-4619
247 o Various DTLS fixes.
248
d43b0407 249 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0f and OpenSSL 1.0.0g [18 Jan 2012]:
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251 o Fix for DTLS DoS issue CVE-2012-0050
252
d43b0407 253 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0e and OpenSSL 1.0.0f [4 Jan 2012]:
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255 o Fix for DTLS plaintext recovery attack CVE-2011-4108
256 o Clear block padding bytes of SSL 3.0 records CVE-2011-4576
257 o Only allow one SGC handshake restart for SSL/TLS CVE-2011-4619
258 o Check parameters are not NULL in GOST ENGINE CVE-2012-0027
259 o Check for malformed RFC3779 data CVE-2011-4577
260
d43b0407 261 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0d and OpenSSL 1.0.0e [6 Sep 2011]:
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263 o Fix for CRL vulnerability issue CVE-2011-3207
264 o Fix for ECDH crashes CVE-2011-3210
265 o Protection against EC timing attacks.
266 o Support ECDH ciphersuites for certificates using SHA2 algorithms.
267 o Various DTLS fixes.
268
d43b0407 269 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0c and OpenSSL 1.0.0d [8 Feb 2011]:
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271 o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014
272
d43b0407 273 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0b and OpenSSL 1.0.0c [2 Dec 2010]:
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275 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180
276 o Fix for CVE-2010-4252
277 o Fix mishandling of absent EC point format extension.
278 o Fix various platform compilation issues.
279 o Corrected fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
280
d43b0407 281 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0a and OpenSSL 1.0.0b [16 Nov 2010]:
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283 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
284 o Fix for CVE-2010-2939
285 o Fix WIN32 build system for GOST ENGINE.
286
d43b0407 287 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.0a [1 Jun 2010]:
5b3a6eed 288
618265e6 289 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-1633.
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290 o GOST MAC and CFB fixes.
291
d43b0407 292 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 1.0.0 [29 Mar 2010]:
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294 o RFC3280 path validation: sufficient to process PKITS tests.
295 o Integrated support for PVK files and keyblobs.
296 o Change default private key format to PKCS#8.
d8faad27 297 o CMS support: able to process all examples in RFC4134
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298 o Streaming ASN1 encode support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
299 o Multiple signer and signer add support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
300 o ASN1 printing support.
301 o Whirlpool hash algorithm added.
302 o RFC3161 time stamp support.
303 o New generalised public key API supporting ENGINE based algorithms.
304 o New generalised public key API utilities.
305 o New ENGINE supporting GOST algorithms.
306 o SSL/TLS GOST ciphersuite support.
307 o PKCS#7 and CMS GOST support.
308 o RFC4279 PSK ciphersuite support.
309 o Supported points format extension for ECC ciphersuites.
310 o ecdsa-with-SHA224/256/384/512 signature types.
311 o dsa-with-SHA224 and dsa-with-SHA256 signature types.
312 o Opaque PRF Input TLS extension support.
59745556 313 o Updated time routines to avoid OS limitations.
4e74239d 314
d43b0407 315 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8m and OpenSSL 0.9.8n [24 Mar 2010]:
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317 o CFB cipher definition fixes.
318 o Fix security issues CVE-2010-0740 and CVE-2010-0433.
319
d43b0407 320 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8l and OpenSSL 0.9.8m [25 Feb 2010]:
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322 o Cipher definition fixes.
323 o Workaround for slow RAND_poll() on some WIN32 versions.
324 o Remove MD2 from algorithm tables.
325 o SPKAC handling fixes.
326 o Support for RFC5746 TLS renegotiation extension.
327 o Compression memory leak fixed.
328 o Compression session resumption fixed.
329 o Ticket and SNI coexistence fixes.
330 o Many fixes to DTLS handling.
331
d43b0407 332 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8k and OpenSSL 0.9.8l [5 Nov 2009]:
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334 o Temporary work around for CVE-2009-3555: disable renegotiation.
335
d43b0407 336 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8j and OpenSSL 0.9.8k [25 Mar 2009]:
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337
338 o Fix various build issues.
339 o Fix security issues (CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591, CVE-2009-0789)
340
d43b0407 341 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8i and OpenSSL 0.9.8j [7 Jan 2009]:
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342
343 o Fix security issue (CVE-2008-5077)
344 o Merge FIPS 140-2 branch code.
345
d43b0407 346 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8g and OpenSSL 0.9.8h [28 May 2008]:
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348 o CryptoAPI ENGINE support.
349 o Various precautionary measures.
350 o Fix for bugs affecting certificate request creation.
351 o Support for local machine keyset attribute in PKCS#12 files.
352
d43b0407 353 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8f and OpenSSL 0.9.8g [19 Oct 2007]:
11d01d37 354
7f1c086b 355 o Backport of CMS functionality to 0.9.8.
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356 o Fixes for bugs introduced with 0.9.8f.
357
d43b0407 358 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8e and OpenSSL 0.9.8f [11 Oct 2007]:
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360 o Add gcc 4.2 support.
361 o Add support for AES and SSE2 assembly lanugauge optimization
362 for VC++ build.
363 o Support for RFC4507bis and server name extensions if explicitly
364 selected at compile time.
365 o DTLS improvements.
366 o RFC4507bis support.
367 o TLS Extensions support.
368
d43b0407 369 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8d and OpenSSL 0.9.8e [23 Feb 2007]:
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371 o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
372 o RFC3779 support.
373
d43b0407 374 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8c and OpenSSL 0.9.8d [28 Sep 2006]:
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376 o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
377 o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343)
378 o Changes to ciphersuite selection algorithm
379
d43b0407 380 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8b and OpenSSL 0.9.8c [5 Sep 2006]:
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382 o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339
383 o New cipher Camellia
384
d43b0407 385 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8a and OpenSSL 0.9.8b [4 May 2006]:
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387 o Cipher string fixes.
388 o Fixes for VC++ 2005.
389 o Updated ECC cipher suite support.
390 o New functions EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free().
391 o Zlib compression usage fixes.
392 o Built in dynamic engine compilation support on Win32.
393 o Fixes auto dynamic engine loading in Win32.
394
d43b0407 395 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8 and OpenSSL 0.9.8a [11 Oct 2005]:
72dce768 396
b79aa05e 397 o Fix potential SSL 2.0 rollback, CVE-2005-2969
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398 o Extended Windows CE support
399
d43b0407 400 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.8 [5 Jul 2005]:
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402 o Major work on the BIGNUM library for higher efficiency and to
403 make operations more streamlined and less contradictory. This
404 is the result of a major audit of the BIGNUM library.
405 o Addition of BIGNUM functions for fields GF(2^m) and NIST
406 curves, to support the Elliptic Crypto functions.
407 o Major work on Elliptic Crypto; ECDH and ECDSA added, including
408 the use through EVP, X509 and ENGINE.
409 o New ASN.1 mini-compiler that's usable through the OpenSSL
410 configuration file.
411 o Added support for ASN.1 indefinite length constructed encoding.
412 o New PKCS#12 'medium level' API to manipulate PKCS#12 files.
413 o Complete rework of shared library construction and linking
414 programs with shared or static libraries, through a separate
415 Makefile.shared.
c8310124 416 o Rework of the passing of parameters from one Makefile to another.
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417 o Changed ENGINE framework to load dynamic engine modules
418 automatically from specifically given directories.
419 o New structure and ASN.1 functions for CertificatePair.
420 o Changed the ZLIB compression method to be stateful.
421 o Changed the key-generation and primality testing "progress"
422 mechanism to take a structure that contains the ticker
423 function and an argument.
424 o New engine module: GMP (performs private key exponentiation).
425 o New engine module: VIA PadLOck ACE extension in VIA C3
426 Nehemiah processors.
427 o Added support for IPv6 addresses in certificate extensions.
428 See RFC 1884, section 2.2.
429 o Added support for certificate policy mappings, policy
430 constraints and name constraints.
431 o Added support for multi-valued AVAs in the OpenSSL
432 configuration file.
433 o Added support for multiple certificates with the same subject
434 in the 'openssl ca' index file.
435 o Make it possible to create self-signed certificates using
436 'openssl ca -selfsign'.
437 o Make it possible to generate a serial number file with
438 'openssl ca -create_serial'.
439 o New binary search functions with extended functionality.
440 o New BUF functions.
441 o New STORE structure and library to provide an interface to all
442 sorts of data repositories. Supports storage of public and
443 private keys, certificates, CRLs, numbers and arbitrary blobs.
444 This library is unfortunately unfinished and unused withing
445 OpenSSL.
446 o New control functions for the error stack.
447 o Changed the PKCS#7 library to support one-pass S/MIME
448 processing.
449 o Added the possibility to compile without old deprecated
450 functionality with the OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED macro or the
451 'no-deprecated' argument to the config and Configure scripts.
452 o Constification of all ASN.1 conversion functions, and other
453 affected functions.
454 o Improved platform support for PowerPC.
455 o New FIPS 180-2 algorithms (SHA-224, -256, -384 and -512).
456 o New X509_VERIFY_PARAM structure to support parametrisation
457 of X.509 path validation.
458 o Major overhaul of RC4 performance on Intel P4, IA-64 and
459 AMD64.
460 o Changed the Configure script to have some algorithms disabled
461 by default. Those can be explicitely enabled with the new
462 argument form 'enable-xxx'.
463 o Change the default digest in 'openssl' commands from MD5 to
464 SHA-1.
613e7d2a 465 o Added support for DTLS.
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466 o New BIGNUM blinding.
467 o Added support for the RSA-PSS encryption scheme
468 o Added support for the RSA X.931 padding.
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469 o Added support for BSD sockets on NetWare.
470 o Added support for files larger than 2GB.
471 o Added initial support for Win64.
472 o Added alternate pkg-config files.
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d43b0407 474 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.7m [23 Feb 2007]:
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476 o FIPS 1.1.1 module linking.
477 o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
478
d43b0407 479 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7k and OpenSSL 0.9.7l [28 Sep 2006]:
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481 o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
482 o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343)
483
d43b0407 484 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7j and OpenSSL 0.9.7k [5 Sep 2006]:
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486 o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339
487
d43b0407 488 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7i and OpenSSL 0.9.7j [4 May 2006]:
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490 o Visual C++ 2005 fixes.
491 o Update Windows build system for FIPS.
492
d43b0407 493 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7h and OpenSSL 0.9.7i [14 Oct 2005]:
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495 o Give EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE it's old value, except for a FIPS build.
496
d43b0407 497 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.7h [11 Oct 2005]:
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499 o Fix SSL 2.0 Rollback, CVE-2005-2969
500 o Allow use of fixed-length exponent on DSA signing
501 o Default fixed-window RSA, DSA, DH private-key operations
502
d43b0407 503 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7f and OpenSSL 0.9.7g [11 Apr 2005]:
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505 o More compilation issues fixed.
506 o Adaptation to more modern Kerberos API.
507 o Enhanced or corrected configuration for Solaris64, Mingw and Cygwin.
508 o Enhanced x86_64 assembler BIGNUM module.
509 o More constification.
510 o Added processing of proxy certificates (RFC 3820).
511
d43b0407 512 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7e and OpenSSL 0.9.7f [22 Mar 2005]:
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514 o Several compilation issues fixed.
515 o Many memory allocation failure checks added.
516 o Improved comparison of X509 Name type.
517 o Mandatory basic checks on certificates.
518 o Performance improvements.
519
d43b0407 520 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7d and OpenSSL 0.9.7e [25 Oct 2004]:
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522 o Fix race condition in CRL checking code.
523 o Fixes to PKCS#7 (S/MIME) code.
524
d43b0407 525 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7c and OpenSSL 0.9.7d [17 Mar 2004]:
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527 o Security: Fix Kerberos ciphersuite SSL/TLS handshaking bug
528 o Security: Fix null-pointer assignment in do_change_cipher_spec()
529 o Allow multiple active certificates with same subject in CA index
530 o Multiple X509 verification fixes
531 o Speed up HMAC and other operations
532
d43b0407 533 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7b and OpenSSL 0.9.7c [30 Sep 2003]:
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535 o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.
536 o New -ignore_err option to OCSP utility.
537 o Various interop and bug fixes in S/MIME code.
538 o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates.
539
d43b0407 540 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7a and OpenSSL 0.9.7b [10 Apr 2003]:
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542 o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of
543 Bleichbacher's attack
544 o Security: make RSA blinding default.
545 o Configuration: Irix fixes, AIX fixes, better mingw support.
546 o Support for new platforms: linux-ia64-ecc.
547 o Build: shared library support fixes.
548 o ASN.1: treat domainComponent correctly.
549 o Documentation: fixes and additions.
550
d43b0407 551 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7 and OpenSSL 0.9.7a [19 Feb 2003]:
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553 o Security: Important security related bugfixes.
554 o Enhanced compatibility with MIT Kerberos.
555 o Can be built without the ENGINE framework.
556 o IA32 assembler enhancements.
557 o Support for new platforms: FreeBSD/IA64 and FreeBSD/Sparc64.
558 o Configuration: the no-err option now works properly.
559 o SSL/TLS: now handles manual certificate chain building.
560 o SSL/TLS: certain session ID malfunctions corrected.
561
d43b0407 562 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.7 [30 Dec 2002]:
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564 o New library section OCSP.
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565 o Complete rewrite of ASN1 code.
566 o CRL checking in verify code and openssl utility.
567 o Extension copying in 'ca' utility.
568 o Flexible display options in 'ca' utility.
569 o Provisional support for international characters with UTF8.
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571 a separate distribution.
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572 o New elliptic curve library section.
573 o New AES (Rijndael) library section.
1fc73fef 574 o Support for new platforms: Windows CE, Tandem OSS, A/UX, AIX 64-bit,
29902449 575 Linux x86_64, Linux 64-bit on Sparc v9
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576 o Extended support for some platforms: VxWorks
577 o Enhanced support for shared libraries.
29902449 578 o Now only builds PIC code when shared library support is requested.
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580 o Lots of new manuals.
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582 functions.
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583 o Change DES API to clean up the namespace (some applications link also
584 against libdes providing similar functions having the same name).
585 Provide macros for backward compatibility (will be removed in the
586 future).
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587 o Unify handling of cryptographic algorithms (software and engine)
588 to be available via EVP routines for asymmetric and symmetric ciphers.
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589 o NCONF: new configuration handling routines.
590 o Change API to use more 'const' modifiers to improve error checking
591 and help optimizers.
592 o Finally remove references to RSAref.
593 o Reworked parts of the BIGNUM code.
594 o Support for new engines: Broadcom ubsec, Accelerated Encryption
595 Processing, IBM 4758.
9801fb61 596 o A few new engines added in the demos area.
e1f7ea25 597 o Extended and corrected OID (object identifier) table.
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598 o PRNG: query at more locations for a random device, automatic query for
599 EGD style random sources at several locations.
600 o SSL/TLS: allow optional cipher choice according to server's preference.
601 o SSL/TLS: allow server to explicitly set new session ids.
602 o SSL/TLS: support Kerberos cipher suites (RFC2712).
1fc73fef 603 Only supports MIT Kerberos for now.
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604 o SSL/TLS: allow more precise control of renegotiations and sessions.
605 o SSL/TLS: add callback to retrieve SSL/TLS messages.
ea4f109c 606 o SSL/TLS: support AES cipher suites (RFC3268).
e4fb4977 607
d43b0407 608 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6j and OpenSSL 0.9.6k [30 Sep 2003]:
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610 o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.
611 o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates.
612
d43b0407 613 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6i and OpenSSL 0.9.6j [10 Apr 2003]:
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615 o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of
616 Bleichbacher's attack
617 o Security: make RSA blinding default.
618 o Build: shared library support fixes.
619
d43b0407 620 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6h and OpenSSL 0.9.6i [19 Feb 2003]:
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622 o Important security related bugfixes.
623
d43b0407 624 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6g and OpenSSL 0.9.6h [5 Dec 2002]:
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626 o New configuration targets for Tandem OSS and A/UX.
627 o New OIDs for Microsoft attributes.
628 o Better handling of SSL session caching.
629 o Better comparison of distinguished names.
630 o Better handling of shared libraries in a mixed GNU/non-GNU environment.
631 o Support assembler code with Borland C.
632 o Fixes for length problems.
633 o Fixes for uninitialised variables.
634 o Fixes for memory leaks, some unusual crashes and some race conditions.
635 o Fixes for smaller building problems.
636 o Updates of manuals, FAQ and other instructive documents.
637
d43b0407 638 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6f and OpenSSL 0.9.6g [9 Aug 2002]:
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640 o Important building fixes on Unix.
641
d43b0407 642 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6e and OpenSSL 0.9.6f [8 Aug 2002]:
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644 o Various important bugfixes.
645
d43b0407 646 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6d and OpenSSL 0.9.6e [30 Jul 2002]:
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648 o Important security related bugfixes.
649 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
650
d43b0407 651 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6c and OpenSSL 0.9.6d [9 May 2002]:
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653 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
654 o Fix DH parameter generation for 'non-standard' generators.
4dec4f64 655
d43b0407 656 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c [21 Dec 2001]:
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658 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
659 o BIGNUM library fixes.
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660 o RSA OAEP and random number generation fixes.
661 o Object identifiers corrected and added.
662 o Add assembler BN routines for IA64.
663 o Add support for OS/390 Unix, UnixWare with gcc, OpenUNIX 8,
664 MIPS Linux; shared library support for Irix, HP-UX.
a3790c0d 665 o Add crypto accelerator support for AEP, Baltimore SureWare,
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666 Broadcom and Cryptographic Appliance's keyserver
667 [in 0.9.6c-engine release].
ae52ec98 668
d43b0407 669 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6a and OpenSSL 0.9.6b [9 Jul 2001]:
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671 o Security fix: PRNG improvements.
672 o Security fix: RSA OAEP check.
673 o Security fix: Reinsert and fix countermeasure to Bleichbacher's
674 attack.
675 o MIPS bug fix in BIGNUM.
676 o Bug fix in "openssl enc".
677 o Bug fix in X.509 printing routine.
678 o Bug fix in DSA verification routine and DSA S/MIME verification.
679 o Bug fix to make PRNG thread-safe.
680 o Bug fix in RAND_file_name().
681 o Bug fix in compatibility mode trust settings.
682 o Bug fix in blowfish EVP.
683 o Increase default size for BIO buffering filter.
684 o Compatibility fixes in some scripts.
83f25717 685
d43b0407 686 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.6a [5 Apr 2001]:
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688 o Security fix: change behavior of OpenSSL to avoid using
689 environment variables when running as root.
690 o Security fix: check the result of RSA-CRT to reduce the
691 possibility of deducing the private key from an incorrectly
692 calculated signature.
693 o Security fix: prevent Bleichenbacher's DSA attack.
694 o Security fix: Zero the premaster secret after deriving the
695 master secret in DH ciphersuites.
4fea8145 696 o Reimplement SSL_peek(), which had various problems.
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697 o Compatibility fix: the function des_encrypt() renamed to
698 des_encrypt1() to avoid clashes with some Unixen libc.
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699 o Bug fixes for Win32, HP/UX and Irix.
700 o Bug fixes in BIGNUM, SSL, PKCS#7, PKCS#12, X.509, CONF and
701 memory checking routines.
5012158a 702 o Bug fixes for RSA operations in threaded environments.
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704 o Remove a few potential memory leaks.
705 o Add tighter checks of BIGNUM routines.
706 o Shared library support has been reworked for generality.
707 o More documentation.
4fea8145 708 o New function BN_rand_range().
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710
d43b0407 711 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6 [10 Oct 2000]:
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713 o Some documentation for BIO and SSL libraries.
714 o Enhanced chain verification using key identifiers.
715 o New sign and verify options to 'dgst' application.
716 o Support for DER and PEM encoded messages in 'smime' application.
717 o New 'rsautl' application, low level RSA utility.
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718 o MD4 now included.
719 o Bugfix for SSL rollback padding check.
4dec4f64 720 o Support for external crypto devices [1].
fda05b21 721 o Enhanced EVP interface.
b22bda21 722
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724 distribution. See the file README.ENGINE.
725
d43b0407 726 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5 and OpenSSL 0.9.5a [1 Apr 2000]:
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b7a81df4 728 o Bug fixes for Win32, SuSE Linux, NeXTSTEP and FreeBSD 2.2.8
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729 o Shared library support for HPUX and Solaris-gcc
730 o Support of Linux/IA64
b7a81df4 731 o Assembler support for Mingw32
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732 o New 'rand' application
733 o New way to check for existence of algorithms from scripts
734
d43b0407 735 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5 [25 May 2000]:
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90644dd7 737 o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command
0c235249 738 o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application
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739 o Automation of 'req' application
740 o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows
741 o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs
742 o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions
ae1bb4e5 743 o Options to allow passwords to be obtained from various sources
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745 o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities
746 o Usable certificate chain verification
747 o Certificate purpose checking
748 o Certificate trust settings
749 o Support of authority information access extension
750 o Extensions in certificate requests
751 o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines
ae1bb4e5 752 o Initial (incomplete) support for international character sets
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753 o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD
754 o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function
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755 o TLS/SSL protocol bugfixes: Accept TLS 'client hello' in SSL 3.0
756 record; allow fragmentation and interleaving of handshake and other
757 data
90644dd7 758 o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC
8bd5b794 759 o Work around for Netscape client certificate hang bug
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760 o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other
761 RSA functionality
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762 o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information
763 via a per-thread stack
764 o PRNG robustness improved
4d524e10 765 o EGD support
6d9ca500 766 o BIGNUM library bug fixes
4d524e10 767 o Faster DSA parameter generation
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769 o Experimental MacOS support
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d43b0407 771 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4 [9 Aug 1999]:
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773 o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used
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775 form
776 o PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation
777 o Password callbacks have a new void * argument for application data
778 o Avoid various memory leaks
779 o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O
780 must be handled by the application (BIO pair)
ed7f60fb 781
d43b0407 782 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3 [24 May 1999]:
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784 o RSA OEAP related fixes
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786 o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs
787 o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files
703126f0 788 o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points
a03dd7a6 789 extension support
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791 o Support for ASN.1 UTF8String and VisibleString
792 o Full integration of PKCS#12 code
2cf9fcda 793 o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions
b0759f87 794 o Option to disable selected ciphers
8e8a8a5f 795
d43b0407 796 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b [22 Mar 1999]:
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798 o Fixed RSA encryption routines for the p < q case
799 o "ALL" in cipher lists now means "everything except NULL ciphers"
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800 o Support for Triple-DES CBCM cipher
801 o Support of Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP) for RSA
802 o First support for new TLSv1 ciphers
803 o Added a few new BIOs (syslog BIO, reliable BIO)
804 o Extended support for DSA certificate/keys.
03e20a1a 805 o Extended support for Certificate Signing Requests (CSR)
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807 o Extended support for compression inside the SSL record layer
808 o Overhauled Win32 builds
809 o Cleanups and fixes to the Big Number (BN) library
810 o Support for ASN.1 GeneralizedTime
811 o Splitted ASN.1 SETs from SEQUENCEs
812 o ASN1 and PEM support for Netscape Certificate Sequences
813 o Overhauled Perl interface
814 o Lots of source tree cleanups.
815 o Lots of memory leak fixes.
816 o Lots of bug fixes.
817
d43b0407 818 Major changes between SSLeay 0.9.0b and OpenSSL 0.9.1c [23 Dec 1998]:
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820 o Initial support for compression inside the SSL record layer
821 o Added BIO proxy and filtering functionality
822 o Extended Big Number (BN) library
823 o Added RIPE MD160 message digest
824 o Addeed support for RC2/64bit cipher
825 o Extended ASN.1 parser routines
826 o Adjustations of the source tree for CVS
827 o Support for various new platforms
828