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2 | NEWS | |
3 | ==== | |
4 | ||
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 | ||
9770924f BM |
8 | Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0c and OpenSSL 1.0.0d: |
9 | ||
10 | o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014 | |
11 | ||
88f2a4cf BM |
12 | Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0b and OpenSSL 1.0.0c: |
13 | ||
14 | o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180 | |
15 | o Fix for CVE-2010-4252 | |
16 | o Fix mishandling of absent EC point format extension. | |
17 | o Fix various platform compilation issues. | |
18 | o Corrected fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864. | |
19 | ||
732d31be DSH |
20 | Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0a and OpenSSL 1.0.0b: |
21 | ||
22 | o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864. | |
23 | o Fix for CVE-2010-2939 | |
24 | o Fix WIN32 build system for GOST ENGINE. | |
25 | ||
417a24db DSH |
26 | Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.0a: |
27 | ||
3cbb15ee | 28 | o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-1633. |
417a24db DSH |
29 | o GOST MAC and CFB fixes. |
30 | ||
9bda7458 | 31 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 1.0.0: |
4e74239d DSH |
32 | |
33 | o RFC3280 path validation: sufficient to process PKITS tests. | |
34 | o Integrated support for PVK files and keyblobs. | |
35 | o Change default private key format to PKCS#8. | |
ef236ec3 | 36 | o CMS support: able to process all examples in RFC4134 |
4e74239d DSH |
37 | o Streaming ASN1 encode support for PKCS#7 and CMS. |
38 | o Multiple signer and signer add support for PKCS#7 and CMS. | |
39 | o ASN1 printing support. | |
40 | o Whirlpool hash algorithm added. | |
41 | o RFC3161 time stamp support. | |
42 | o New generalised public key API supporting ENGINE based algorithms. | |
43 | o New generalised public key API utilities. | |
44 | o New ENGINE supporting GOST algorithms. | |
45 | o SSL/TLS GOST ciphersuite support. | |
46 | o PKCS#7 and CMS GOST support. | |
47 | o RFC4279 PSK ciphersuite support. | |
48 | o Supported points format extension for ECC ciphersuites. | |
49 | o ecdsa-with-SHA224/256/384/512 signature types. | |
50 | o dsa-with-SHA224 and dsa-with-SHA256 signature types. | |
51 | o Opaque PRF Input TLS extension support. | |
14023fe3 | 52 | o Updated time routines to avoid OS limitations. |
4e74239d | 53 | |
9770924f BM |
54 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8q and OpenSSL 0.9.8r: |
55 | ||
56 | o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014 | |
57 | ||
cea73f9d BM |
58 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8p and OpenSSL 0.9.8q: |
59 | ||
60 | o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180 | |
61 | o Fix for CVE-2010-4252 | |
62 | ||
63 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8o and OpenSSL 0.9.8p: | |
64 | ||
65 | o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864. | |
66 | ||
417a24db DSH |
67 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 0.9.8o: |
68 | ||
3cbb15ee | 69 | o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-0742. |
417a24db DSH |
70 | o Various DTLS fixes. |
71 | o Recognise SHA2 certificates if only SSL algorithms added. | |
72 | o Fix for no-rc4 compilation. | |
73 | o Chil ENGINE unload workaround. | |
74 | ||
75 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8m and OpenSSL 0.9.8n: | |
76 | ||
77 | o CFB cipher definition fixes. | |
78 | o Fix security issues CVE-2010-0740 and CVE-2010-0433. | |
79 | ||
5814d829 DSH |
80 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8l and OpenSSL 0.9.8m: |
81 | ||
82 | o Cipher definition fixes. | |
83 | o Workaround for slow RAND_poll() on some WIN32 versions. | |
84 | o Remove MD2 from algorithm tables. | |
85 | o SPKAC handling fixes. | |
86 | o Support for RFC5746 TLS renegotiation extension. | |
87 | o Compression memory leak fixed. | |
88 | o Compression session resumption fixed. | |
89 | o Ticket and SNI coexistence fixes. | |
90 | o Many fixes to DTLS handling. | |
91 | ||
92 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8k and OpenSSL 0.9.8l: | |
93 | ||
94 | o Temporary work around for CVE-2009-3555: disable renegotiation. | |
95 | ||
7f1c086b DSH |
96 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8j and OpenSSL 0.9.8k: |
97 | ||
98 | o Fix various build issues. | |
99 | o Fix security issues (CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591, CVE-2009-0789) | |
100 | ||
101 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8i and OpenSSL 0.9.8j: | |
102 | ||
103 | o Fix security issue (CVE-2008-5077) | |
104 | o Merge FIPS 140-2 branch code. | |
105 | ||
106 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8g and OpenSSL 0.9.8h: | |
107 | ||
108 | o CryptoAPI ENGINE support. | |
109 | o Various precautionary measures. | |
110 | o Fix for bugs affecting certificate request creation. | |
111 | o Support for local machine keyset attribute in PKCS#12 files. | |
112 | ||
11d01d37 LJ |
113 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8f and OpenSSL 0.9.8g: |
114 | ||
7f1c086b | 115 | o Backport of CMS functionality to 0.9.8. |
11d01d37 LJ |
116 | o Fixes for bugs introduced with 0.9.8f. |
117 | ||
1948c7e6 BL |
118 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8e and OpenSSL 0.9.8f: |
119 | ||
120 | o Add gcc 4.2 support. | |
121 | o Add support for AES and SSE2 assembly lanugauge optimization | |
122 | for VC++ build. | |
123 | o Support for RFC4507bis and server name extensions if explicitly | |
124 | selected at compile time. | |
125 | o DTLS improvements. | |
126 | o RFC4507bis support. | |
127 | o TLS Extensions support. | |
128 | ||
ac63b837 DSH |
129 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8d and OpenSSL 0.9.8e: |
130 | ||
131 | o Various ciphersuite selection fixes. | |
132 | o RFC3779 support. | |
133 | ||
61118caa BM |
134 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8c and OpenSSL 0.9.8d: |
135 | ||
136 | o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940) | |
137 | o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343) | |
138 | o Changes to ciphersuite selection algorithm | |
139 | ||
613e7d2a BM |
140 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8b and OpenSSL 0.9.8c: |
141 | ||
142 | o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339 | |
143 | o New cipher Camellia | |
144 | ||
145 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8a and OpenSSL 0.9.8b: | |
146 | ||
147 | o Cipher string fixes. | |
148 | o Fixes for VC++ 2005. | |
149 | o Updated ECC cipher suite support. | |
150 | o New functions EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(). | |
151 | o Zlib compression usage fixes. | |
152 | o Built in dynamic engine compilation support on Win32. | |
153 | o Fixes auto dynamic engine loading in Win32. | |
154 | ||
72dce768 BM |
155 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8 and OpenSSL 0.9.8a: |
156 | ||
b79aa05e | 157 | o Fix potential SSL 2.0 rollback, CVE-2005-2969 |
72dce768 BM |
158 | o Extended Windows CE support |
159 | ||
7017605d RL |
160 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.8: |
161 | ||
162 | o Major work on the BIGNUM library for higher efficiency and to | |
163 | make operations more streamlined and less contradictory. This | |
164 | is the result of a major audit of the BIGNUM library. | |
165 | o Addition of BIGNUM functions for fields GF(2^m) and NIST | |
166 | curves, to support the Elliptic Crypto functions. | |
167 | o Major work on Elliptic Crypto; ECDH and ECDSA added, including | |
168 | the use through EVP, X509 and ENGINE. | |
169 | o New ASN.1 mini-compiler that's usable through the OpenSSL | |
170 | configuration file. | |
171 | o Added support for ASN.1 indefinite length constructed encoding. | |
172 | o New PKCS#12 'medium level' API to manipulate PKCS#12 files. | |
173 | o Complete rework of shared library construction and linking | |
174 | programs with shared or static libraries, through a separate | |
175 | Makefile.shared. | |
c8310124 | 176 | o Rework of the passing of parameters from one Makefile to another. |
7017605d RL |
177 | o Changed ENGINE framework to load dynamic engine modules |
178 | automatically from specifically given directories. | |
179 | o New structure and ASN.1 functions for CertificatePair. | |
180 | o Changed the ZLIB compression method to be stateful. | |
181 | o Changed the key-generation and primality testing "progress" | |
182 | mechanism to take a structure that contains the ticker | |
183 | function and an argument. | |
184 | o New engine module: GMP (performs private key exponentiation). | |
185 | o New engine module: VIA PadLOck ACE extension in VIA C3 | |
186 | Nehemiah processors. | |
187 | o Added support for IPv6 addresses in certificate extensions. | |
188 | See RFC 1884, section 2.2. | |
189 | o Added support for certificate policy mappings, policy | |
190 | constraints and name constraints. | |
191 | o Added support for multi-valued AVAs in the OpenSSL | |
192 | configuration file. | |
193 | o Added support for multiple certificates with the same subject | |
194 | in the 'openssl ca' index file. | |
195 | o Make it possible to create self-signed certificates using | |
196 | 'openssl ca -selfsign'. | |
197 | o Make it possible to generate a serial number file with | |
198 | 'openssl ca -create_serial'. | |
199 | o New binary search functions with extended functionality. | |
200 | o New BUF functions. | |
201 | o New STORE structure and library to provide an interface to all | |
202 | sorts of data repositories. Supports storage of public and | |
203 | private keys, certificates, CRLs, numbers and arbitrary blobs. | |
204 | This library is unfortunately unfinished and unused withing | |
205 | OpenSSL. | |
206 | o New control functions for the error stack. | |
207 | o Changed the PKCS#7 library to support one-pass S/MIME | |
208 | processing. | |
209 | o Added the possibility to compile without old deprecated | |
210 | functionality with the OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED macro or the | |
211 | 'no-deprecated' argument to the config and Configure scripts. | |
212 | o Constification of all ASN.1 conversion functions, and other | |
213 | affected functions. | |
214 | o Improved platform support for PowerPC. | |
215 | o New FIPS 180-2 algorithms (SHA-224, -256, -384 and -512). | |
216 | o New X509_VERIFY_PARAM structure to support parametrisation | |
217 | of X.509 path validation. | |
218 | o Major overhaul of RC4 performance on Intel P4, IA-64 and | |
219 | AMD64. | |
220 | o Changed the Configure script to have some algorithms disabled | |
221 | by default. Those can be explicitely enabled with the new | |
222 | argument form 'enable-xxx'. | |
223 | o Change the default digest in 'openssl' commands from MD5 to | |
224 | SHA-1. | |
613e7d2a | 225 | o Added support for DTLS. |
7017605d RL |
226 | o New BIGNUM blinding. |
227 | o Added support for the RSA-PSS encryption scheme | |
228 | o Added support for the RSA X.931 padding. | |
c8310124 RL |
229 | o Added support for BSD sockets on NetWare. |
230 | o Added support for files larger than 2GB. | |
231 | o Added initial support for Win64. | |
232 | o Added alternate pkg-config files. | |
7017605d | 233 | |
ac63b837 DSH |
234 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.7m: |
235 | ||
236 | o FIPS 1.1.1 module linking. | |
237 | o Various ciphersuite selection fixes. | |
238 | ||
61118caa BM |
239 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7k and OpenSSL 0.9.7l: |
240 | ||
241 | o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940) | |
242 | o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343) | |
243 | ||
613e7d2a BM |
244 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7j and OpenSSL 0.9.7k: |
245 | ||
246 | o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339 | |
247 | ||
248 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7i and OpenSSL 0.9.7j: | |
249 | ||
250 | o Visual C++ 2005 fixes. | |
251 | o Update Windows build system for FIPS. | |
252 | ||
253 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7h and OpenSSL 0.9.7i: | |
254 | ||
255 | o Give EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE it's old value, except for a FIPS build. | |
256 | ||
257 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.7h: | |
258 | ||
259 | o Fix SSL 2.0 Rollback, CVE-2005-2969 | |
260 | o Allow use of fixed-length exponent on DSA signing | |
261 | o Default fixed-window RSA, DSA, DH private-key operations | |
262 | ||
36521f01 RL |
263 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7f and OpenSSL 0.9.7g: |
264 | ||
265 | o More compilation issues fixed. | |
266 | o Adaptation to more modern Kerberos API. | |
267 | o Enhanced or corrected configuration for Solaris64, Mingw and Cygwin. | |
268 | o Enhanced x86_64 assembler BIGNUM module. | |
269 | o More constification. | |
270 | o Added processing of proxy certificates (RFC 3820). | |
271 | ||
272 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7e and OpenSSL 0.9.7f: | |
273 | ||
274 | o Several compilation issues fixed. | |
275 | o Many memory allocation failure checks added. | |
276 | o Improved comparison of X509 Name type. | |
277 | o Mandatory basic checks on certificates. | |
278 | o Performance improvements. | |
279 | ||
03386677 DSH |
280 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7d and OpenSSL 0.9.7e: |
281 | ||
282 | o Fix race condition in CRL checking code. | |
283 | o Fixes to PKCS#7 (S/MIME) code. | |
284 | ||
285 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7c and OpenSSL 0.9.7d: | |
286 | ||
287 | o Security: Fix Kerberos ciphersuite SSL/TLS handshaking bug | |
288 | o Security: Fix null-pointer assignment in do_change_cipher_spec() | |
289 | o Allow multiple active certificates with same subject in CA index | |
290 | o Multiple X509 verification fixes | |
291 | o Speed up HMAC and other operations | |
292 | ||
29902449 DSH |
293 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7b and OpenSSL 0.9.7c: |
294 | ||
295 | o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs. | |
296 | o New -ignore_err option to OCSP utility. | |
297 | o Various interop and bug fixes in S/MIME code. | |
298 | o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates. | |
299 | ||
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300 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7a and OpenSSL 0.9.7b: |
301 | ||
302 | o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of | |
303 | Bleichbacher's attack | |
304 | o Security: make RSA blinding default. | |
305 | o Configuration: Irix fixes, AIX fixes, better mingw support. | |
306 | o Support for new platforms: linux-ia64-ecc. | |
307 | o Build: shared library support fixes. | |
308 | o ASN.1: treat domainComponent correctly. | |
309 | o Documentation: fixes and additions. | |
310 | ||
d8cbc935 RL |
311 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7 and OpenSSL 0.9.7a: |
312 | ||
313 | o Security: Important security related bugfixes. | |
314 | o Enhanced compatibility with MIT Kerberos. | |
315 | o Can be built without the ENGINE framework. | |
316 | o IA32 assembler enhancements. | |
317 | o Support for new platforms: FreeBSD/IA64 and FreeBSD/Sparc64. | |
318 | o Configuration: the no-err option now works properly. | |
319 | o SSL/TLS: now handles manual certificate chain building. | |
320 | o SSL/TLS: certain session ID malfunctions corrected. | |
321 | ||
3ba25ee8 | 322 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.7: |
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323 | |
324 | o New library section OCSP. | |
e4fb4977 LJ |
325 | o Complete rewrite of ASN1 code. |
326 | o CRL checking in verify code and openssl utility. | |
327 | o Extension copying in 'ca' utility. | |
328 | o Flexible display options in 'ca' utility. | |
329 | o Provisional support for international characters with UTF8. | |
4dec4f64 BM |
330 | o Support for external crypto devices ('engine') is no longer |
331 | a separate distribution. | |
e4fb4977 LJ |
332 | o New elliptic curve library section. |
333 | o New AES (Rijndael) library section. | |
1fc73fef | 334 | o Support for new platforms: Windows CE, Tandem OSS, A/UX, AIX 64-bit, |
29902449 | 335 | Linux x86_64, Linux 64-bit on Sparc v9 |
9801fb61 RL |
336 | o Extended support for some platforms: VxWorks |
337 | o Enhanced support for shared libraries. | |
29902449 | 338 | o Now only builds PIC code when shared library support is requested. |
9801fb61 RL |
339 | o Support for pkg-config. |
340 | o Lots of new manuals. | |
29902449 DSH |
341 | o Makes symbolic links to or copies of manuals to cover all described |
342 | functions. | |
e4fb4977 LJ |
343 | o Change DES API to clean up the namespace (some applications link also |
344 | against libdes providing similar functions having the same name). | |
345 | Provide macros for backward compatibility (will be removed in the | |
346 | future). | |
ece0bdf1 BM |
347 | o Unify handling of cryptographic algorithms (software and engine) |
348 | to be available via EVP routines for asymmetric and symmetric ciphers. | |
e4fb4977 LJ |
349 | o NCONF: new configuration handling routines. |
350 | o Change API to use more 'const' modifiers to improve error checking | |
351 | and help optimizers. | |
352 | o Finally remove references to RSAref. | |
353 | o Reworked parts of the BIGNUM code. | |
354 | o Support for new engines: Broadcom ubsec, Accelerated Encryption | |
355 | Processing, IBM 4758. | |
9801fb61 | 356 | o A few new engines added in the demos area. |
e1f7ea25 | 357 | o Extended and corrected OID (object identifier) table. |
e4fb4977 LJ |
358 | o PRNG: query at more locations for a random device, automatic query for |
359 | EGD style random sources at several locations. | |
360 | o SSL/TLS: allow optional cipher choice according to server's preference. | |
361 | o SSL/TLS: allow server to explicitly set new session ids. | |
362 | o SSL/TLS: support Kerberos cipher suites (RFC2712). | |
1fc73fef | 363 | Only supports MIT Kerberos for now. |
e4fb4977 LJ |
364 | o SSL/TLS: allow more precise control of renegotiations and sessions. |
365 | o SSL/TLS: add callback to retrieve SSL/TLS messages. | |
ea4f109c | 366 | o SSL/TLS: support AES cipher suites (RFC3268). |
e4fb4977 | 367 | |
29902449 DSH |
368 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6j and OpenSSL 0.9.6k: |
369 | ||
370 | o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs. | |
371 | o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates. | |
372 | ||
138f970e RL |
373 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6i and OpenSSL 0.9.6j: |
374 | ||
375 | o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of | |
376 | Bleichbacher's attack | |
377 | o Security: make RSA blinding default. | |
378 | o Build: shared library support fixes. | |
379 | ||
d8cbc935 RL |
380 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6h and OpenSSL 0.9.6i: |
381 | ||
382 | o Important security related bugfixes. | |
383 | ||
9801fb61 RL |
384 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6g and OpenSSL 0.9.6h: |
385 | ||
386 | o New configuration targets for Tandem OSS and A/UX. | |
387 | o New OIDs for Microsoft attributes. | |
388 | o Better handling of SSL session caching. | |
389 | o Better comparison of distinguished names. | |
390 | o Better handling of shared libraries in a mixed GNU/non-GNU environment. | |
391 | o Support assembler code with Borland C. | |
392 | o Fixes for length problems. | |
393 | o Fixes for uninitialised variables. | |
394 | o Fixes for memory leaks, some unusual crashes and some race conditions. | |
395 | o Fixes for smaller building problems. | |
396 | o Updates of manuals, FAQ and other instructive documents. | |
397 | ||
36969082 RL |
398 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6f and OpenSSL 0.9.6g: |
399 | ||
400 | o Important building fixes on Unix. | |
401 | ||
fbe792f0 RL |
402 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6e and OpenSSL 0.9.6f: |
403 | ||
404 | o Various important bugfixes. | |
405 | ||
b218af2b LJ |
406 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6d and OpenSSL 0.9.6e: |
407 | ||
408 | o Important security related bugfixes. | |
409 | o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes. | |
410 | ||
151457ab | 411 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6c and OpenSSL 0.9.6d: |
e4fb4977 LJ |
412 | |
413 | o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes. | |
414 | o Fix DH parameter generation for 'non-standard' generators. | |
4dec4f64 | 415 | |
151457ab | 416 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c: |
ae52ec98 BM |
417 | |
418 | o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes. | |
419 | o BIGNUM library fixes. | |
ef5f6a08 RL |
420 | o RSA OAEP and random number generation fixes. |
421 | o Object identifiers corrected and added. | |
422 | o Add assembler BN routines for IA64. | |
423 | o Add support for OS/390 Unix, UnixWare with gcc, OpenUNIX 8, | |
424 | MIPS Linux; shared library support for Irix, HP-UX. | |
a3790c0d | 425 | o Add crypto accelerator support for AEP, Baltimore SureWare, |
ef5f6a08 RL |
426 | Broadcom and Cryptographic Appliance's keyserver |
427 | [in 0.9.6c-engine release]. | |
ae52ec98 | 428 | |
151457ab | 429 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6a and OpenSSL 0.9.6b: |
4dec4f64 BM |
430 | |
431 | o Security fix: PRNG improvements. | |
432 | o Security fix: RSA OAEP check. | |
433 | o Security fix: Reinsert and fix countermeasure to Bleichbacher's | |
434 | attack. | |
435 | o MIPS bug fix in BIGNUM. | |
436 | o Bug fix in "openssl enc". | |
437 | o Bug fix in X.509 printing routine. | |
438 | o Bug fix in DSA verification routine and DSA S/MIME verification. | |
439 | o Bug fix to make PRNG thread-safe. | |
440 | o Bug fix in RAND_file_name(). | |
441 | o Bug fix in compatibility mode trust settings. | |
442 | o Bug fix in blowfish EVP. | |
443 | o Increase default size for BIO buffering filter. | |
444 | o Compatibility fixes in some scripts. | |
83f25717 | 445 | |
7cdd2aa1 RL |
446 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.6a: |
447 | ||
448 | o Security fix: change behavior of OpenSSL to avoid using | |
449 | environment variables when running as root. | |
450 | o Security fix: check the result of RSA-CRT to reduce the | |
451 | possibility of deducing the private key from an incorrectly | |
452 | calculated signature. | |
453 | o Security fix: prevent Bleichenbacher's DSA attack. | |
454 | o Security fix: Zero the premaster secret after deriving the | |
455 | master secret in DH ciphersuites. | |
4fea8145 | 456 | o Reimplement SSL_peek(), which had various problems. |
307bf4da RL |
457 | o Compatibility fix: the function des_encrypt() renamed to |
458 | des_encrypt1() to avoid clashes with some Unixen libc. | |
7cdd2aa1 RL |
459 | o Bug fixes for Win32, HP/UX and Irix. |
460 | o Bug fixes in BIGNUM, SSL, PKCS#7, PKCS#12, X.509, CONF and | |
461 | memory checking routines. | |
5012158a | 462 | o Bug fixes for RSA operations in threaded environments. |
7cdd2aa1 RL |
463 | o Bug fixes in misc. openssl applications. |
464 | o Remove a few potential memory leaks. | |
465 | o Add tighter checks of BIGNUM routines. | |
466 | o Shared library support has been reworked for generality. | |
467 | o More documentation. | |
4fea8145 | 468 | o New function BN_rand_range(). |
7cdd2aa1 RL |
469 | o Add "-rand" option to openssl s_client and s_server. |
470 | ||
4e87e05b DSH |
471 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6: |
472 | ||
473 | o Some documentation for BIO and SSL libraries. | |
474 | o Enhanced chain verification using key identifiers. | |
475 | o New sign and verify options to 'dgst' application. | |
476 | o Support for DER and PEM encoded messages in 'smime' application. | |
477 | o New 'rsautl' application, low level RSA utility. | |
b38d84d8 BM |
478 | o MD4 now included. |
479 | o Bugfix for SSL rollback padding check. | |
4dec4f64 | 480 | o Support for external crypto devices [1]. |
fda05b21 | 481 | o Enhanced EVP interface. |
b22bda21 | 482 | |
4dec4f64 BM |
483 | [1] The support for external crypto devices is currently a separate |
484 | distribution. See the file README.ENGINE. | |
485 | ||
35a79ecb RL |
486 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5 and OpenSSL 0.9.5a: |
487 | ||
b7a81df4 | 488 | o Bug fixes for Win32, SuSE Linux, NeXTSTEP and FreeBSD 2.2.8 |
35a79ecb RL |
489 | o Shared library support for HPUX and Solaris-gcc |
490 | o Support of Linux/IA64 | |
b7a81df4 | 491 | o Assembler support for Mingw32 |
35a79ecb RL |
492 | o New 'rand' application |
493 | o New way to check for existence of algorithms from scripts | |
494 | ||
0c235249 UM |
495 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5: |
496 | ||
90644dd7 | 497 | o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command |
0c235249 | 498 | o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application |
90644dd7 DSH |
499 | o Automation of 'req' application |
500 | o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows | |
501 | o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs | |
502 | o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions | |
ae1bb4e5 | 503 | o Options to allow passwords to be obtained from various sources |
90644dd7 DSH |
504 | o New public key PEM format and options to handle it |
505 | o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities | |
506 | o Usable certificate chain verification | |
507 | o Certificate purpose checking | |
508 | o Certificate trust settings | |
509 | o Support of authority information access extension | |
510 | o Extensions in certificate requests | |
511 | o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines | |
ae1bb4e5 | 512 | o Initial (incomplete) support for international character sets |
90644dd7 DSH |
513 | o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD |
514 | o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function | |
8bd5b794 BM |
515 | o TLS/SSL protocol bugfixes: Accept TLS 'client hello' in SSL 3.0 |
516 | record; allow fragmentation and interleaving of handshake and other | |
517 | data | |
90644dd7 | 518 | o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC |
8bd5b794 | 519 | o Work around for Netscape client certificate hang bug |
90644dd7 DSH |
520 | o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other |
521 | RSA functionality | |
07e6dbde BM |
522 | o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information |
523 | via a per-thread stack | |
524 | o PRNG robustness improved | |
4d524e10 | 525 | o EGD support |
6d9ca500 | 526 | o BIGNUM library bug fixes |
4d524e10 | 527 | o Faster DSA parameter generation |
74235cc9 UM |
528 | o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux |
529 | o Experimental MacOS support | |
0c235249 | 530 | |
ed7f60fb DSH |
531 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4: |
532 | ||
533 | o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used | |
c97cbcb3 BM |
534 | by several software packages and are more secure than the standard |
535 | form | |
536 | o PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation | |
537 | o Password callbacks have a new void * argument for application data | |
538 | o Avoid various memory leaks | |
539 | o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O | |
540 | must be handled by the application (BIO pair) | |
ed7f60fb | 541 | |
8e8a8a5f | 542 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3: |
9de649ff UM |
543 | o Lots of enhancements and cleanups to the Configuration mechanism |
544 | o RSA OEAP related fixes | |
8e8a8a5f RE |
545 | o Added `openssl ca -revoke' option for revoking a certificate |
546 | o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs | |
547 | o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files | |
703126f0 | 548 | o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points |
a03dd7a6 | 549 | extension support |
703126f0 DSH |
550 | o Preliminary (experimental) S/MIME support |
551 | o Support for ASN.1 UTF8String and VisibleString | |
552 | o Full integration of PKCS#12 code | |
2cf9fcda | 553 | o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions |
b0759f87 | 554 | o Option to disable selected ciphers |
8e8a8a5f | 555 | |
d343d272 | 556 | Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b: |
738769ff RE |
557 | o Fixed a security hole related to session resumption |
558 | o Fixed RSA encryption routines for the p < q case | |
559 | o "ALL" in cipher lists now means "everything except NULL ciphers" | |
3b52c2e7 RE |
560 | o Support for Triple-DES CBCM cipher |
561 | o Support of Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP) for RSA | |
562 | o First support for new TLSv1 ciphers | |
563 | o Added a few new BIOs (syslog BIO, reliable BIO) | |
564 | o Extended support for DSA certificate/keys. | |
03e20a1a | 565 | o Extended support for Certificate Signing Requests (CSR) |
3b52c2e7 RE |
566 | o Initial support for X.509v3 extensions |
567 | o Extended support for compression inside the SSL record layer | |
568 | o Overhauled Win32 builds | |
569 | o Cleanups and fixes to the Big Number (BN) library | |
570 | o Support for ASN.1 GeneralizedTime | |
571 | o Splitted ASN.1 SETs from SEQUENCEs | |
572 | o ASN1 and PEM support for Netscape Certificate Sequences | |
573 | o Overhauled Perl interface | |
574 | o Lots of source tree cleanups. | |
575 | o Lots of memory leak fixes. | |
576 | o Lots of bug fixes. | |
577 | ||
578 | Major changes between SSLeay 0.9.0b and OpenSSL 0.9.1c: | |
579 | o Integration of the popular NO_RSA/NO_DSA patches | |
580 | o Initial support for compression inside the SSL record layer | |
581 | o Added BIO proxy and filtering functionality | |
582 | o Extended Big Number (BN) library | |
583 | o Added RIPE MD160 message digest | |
584 | o Addeed support for RC2/64bit cipher | |
585 | o Extended ASN.1 parser routines | |
586 | o Adjustations of the source tree for CVS | |
587 | o Support for various new platforms | |
588 |