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2 | NEWS | |
3 | ==== | |
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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. | |
7 | ||
0c235249 UM |
8 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5: |
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90644dd7 | 10 | o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command |
0c235249 | 11 | o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application |
90644dd7 DSH |
12 | o Automation of 'req' application |
13 | o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows | |
14 | o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs | |
15 | o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions | |
16 | o Options to allow passwords to be passed on command line or environment | |
17 | o New public key PEM format and options to handle it | |
18 | o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities | |
19 | o Usable certificate chain verification | |
20 | o Certificate purpose checking | |
21 | o Certificate trust settings | |
22 | o Support of authority information access extension | |
23 | o Extensions in certificate requests | |
24 | o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines | |
25 | o Initial incomplete support for international character sets | |
26 | o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD | |
27 | o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function | |
28 | o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC | |
29 | o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other | |
30 | RSA functionality | |
07e6dbde BM |
31 | o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information |
32 | via a per-thread stack | |
33 | o PRNG robustness improved | |
74235cc9 UM |
34 | o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux |
35 | o Experimental MacOS support | |
0c235249 | 36 | |
ed7f60fb DSH |
37 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4: |
38 | ||
39 | o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used | |
c97cbcb3 BM |
40 | by several software packages and are more secure than the standard |
41 | form | |
42 | o PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation | |
43 | o Password callbacks have a new void * argument for application data | |
44 | o Avoid various memory leaks | |
45 | o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O | |
46 | must be handled by the application (BIO pair) | |
ed7f60fb | 47 | |
8e8a8a5f | 48 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3: |
9de649ff UM |
49 | o Lots of enhancements and cleanups to the Configuration mechanism |
50 | o RSA OEAP related fixes | |
8e8a8a5f RE |
51 | o Added `openssl ca -revoke' option for revoking a certificate |
52 | o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs | |
53 | o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files | |
703126f0 | 54 | o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points |
a03dd7a6 | 55 | extension support |
703126f0 DSH |
56 | o Preliminary (experimental) S/MIME support |
57 | o Support for ASN.1 UTF8String and VisibleString | |
58 | o Full integration of PKCS#12 code | |
2cf9fcda | 59 | o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions |
b0759f87 | 60 | o Option to disable selected ciphers |
8e8a8a5f | 61 | |
d343d272 | 62 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b: |
738769ff RE |
63 | o Fixed a security hole related to session resumption |
64 | o Fixed RSA encryption routines for the p < q case | |
65 | o "ALL" in cipher lists now means "everything except NULL ciphers" | |
3b52c2e7 RE |
66 | o Support for Triple-DES CBCM cipher |
67 | o Support of Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP) for RSA | |
68 | o First support for new TLSv1 ciphers | |
69 | o Added a few new BIOs (syslog BIO, reliable BIO) | |
70 | o Extended support for DSA certificate/keys. | |
03e20a1a | 71 | o Extended support for Certificate Signing Requests (CSR) |
3b52c2e7 RE |
72 | o Initial support for X.509v3 extensions |
73 | o Extended support for compression inside the SSL record layer | |
74 | o Overhauled Win32 builds | |
75 | o Cleanups and fixes to the Big Number (BN) library | |
76 | o Support for ASN.1 GeneralizedTime | |
77 | o Splitted ASN.1 SETs from SEQUENCEs | |
78 | o ASN1 and PEM support for Netscape Certificate Sequences | |
79 | o Overhauled Perl interface | |
80 | o Lots of source tree cleanups. | |
81 | o Lots of memory leak fixes. | |
82 | o Lots of bug fixes. | |
83 | ||
84 | Major changes between SSLeay 0.9.0b and OpenSSL 0.9.1c: | |
85 | o Integration of the popular NO_RSA/NO_DSA patches | |
86 | o Initial support for compression inside the SSL record layer | |
87 | o Added BIO proxy and filtering functionality | |
88 | o Extended Big Number (BN) library | |
89 | o Added RIPE MD160 message digest | |
90 | o Addeed support for RC2/64bit cipher | |
91 | o Extended ASN.1 parser routines | |
92 | o Adjustations of the source tree for CVS | |
93 | o Support for various new platforms | |
94 |