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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 1.0.0h and OpenSSL 1.0.1:
9
10 o TLS/DTLS heartbeat support.
11 o SCTP support.
12 o RFC 5705 TLS key material exporter.
13 o RFC 5764 DTLS-SRTP negotiation.
14 o Next Protocol Negotiation.
15 o PSS signatures in certificates, requests and CRLs.
16 o Support for password based recipient info for CMS.
17 o Support TLS v1.2 and TLS v1.1.
18 o Preliminary FIPS capability for unvalidated 2.0 FIPS module.
19 o SRP support.
20
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21 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0g and OpenSSL 1.0.0h:
22
23 o Fix for CMS/PKCS#7 MMA CVE-2012-0884
24 o Corrected fix for CVE-2011-4619
25 o Various DTLS fixes.
26
27 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0f and OpenSSL 1.0.0g:
28
29 o Fix for DTLS DoS issue CVE-2012-0050
30
31 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0e and OpenSSL 1.0.0f:
32
33 o Fix for DTLS plaintext recovery attack CVE-2011-4108
34 o Clear block padding bytes of SSL 3.0 records CVE-2011-4576
35 o Only allow one SGC handshake restart for SSL/TLS CVE-2011-4619
36 o Check parameters are not NULL in GOST ENGINE CVE-2012-0027
37 o Check for malformed RFC3779 data CVE-2011-4577
38
39 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0d and OpenSSL 1.0.0e:
40
41 o Fix for CRL vulnerability issue CVE-2011-3207
42 o Fix for ECDH crashes CVE-2011-3210
43 o Protection against EC timing attacks.
44 o Support ECDH ciphersuites for certificates using SHA2 algorithms.
45 o Various DTLS fixes.
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47 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0c and OpenSSL 1.0.0d:
48
49 o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014
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51 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0b and OpenSSL 1.0.0c:
52
53 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180
54 o Fix for CVE-2010-4252
55 o Fix mishandling of absent EC point format extension.
56 o Fix various platform compilation issues.
57 o Corrected fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
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59 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0a and OpenSSL 1.0.0b:
60
61 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
62 o Fix for CVE-2010-2939
63 o Fix WIN32 build system for GOST ENGINE.
64
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65 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.0a:
66
3cbb15ee 67 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-1633.
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68 o GOST MAC and CFB fixes.
69
9bda7458 70 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 1.0.0:
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72 o RFC3280 path validation: sufficient to process PKITS tests.
73 o Integrated support for PVK files and keyblobs.
74 o Change default private key format to PKCS#8.
ef236ec3 75 o CMS support: able to process all examples in RFC4134
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76 o Streaming ASN1 encode support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
77 o Multiple signer and signer add support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
78 o ASN1 printing support.
79 o Whirlpool hash algorithm added.
80 o RFC3161 time stamp support.
81 o New generalised public key API supporting ENGINE based algorithms.
82 o New generalised public key API utilities.
83 o New ENGINE supporting GOST algorithms.
84 o SSL/TLS GOST ciphersuite support.
85 o PKCS#7 and CMS GOST support.
86 o RFC4279 PSK ciphersuite support.
87 o Supported points format extension for ECC ciphersuites.
88 o ecdsa-with-SHA224/256/384/512 signature types.
89 o dsa-with-SHA224 and dsa-with-SHA256 signature types.
90 o Opaque PRF Input TLS extension support.
14023fe3 91 o Updated time routines to avoid OS limitations.
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93 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8t and OpenSSL 0.9.8u:
94
95 o Fix for CMS/PKCS#7 MMA CVE-2012-0884
96 o Corrected fix for CVE-2011-4619
97 o Various DTLS fixes.
98
99 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8s and OpenSSL 0.9.8t:
100
101 o Fix for DTLS DoS issue CVE-2012-0050
102
103 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8r and OpenSSL 0.9.8s:
104
105 o Fix for DTLS plaintext recovery attack CVE-2011-4108
106 o Fix policy check double free error CVE-2011-4109
107 o Clear block padding bytes of SSL 3.0 records CVE-2011-4576
108 o Only allow one SGC handshake restart for SSL/TLS CVE-2011-4619
109 o Check for malformed RFC3779 data CVE-2011-4577
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111 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8q and OpenSSL 0.9.8r:
112
113 o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014
114
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115 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8p and OpenSSL 0.9.8q:
116
117 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180
118 o Fix for CVE-2010-4252
119
120 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8o and OpenSSL 0.9.8p:
121
122 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
123
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124 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 0.9.8o:
125
3cbb15ee 126 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-0742.
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127 o Various DTLS fixes.
128 o Recognise SHA2 certificates if only SSL algorithms added.
129 o Fix for no-rc4 compilation.
130 o Chil ENGINE unload workaround.
131
132 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8m and OpenSSL 0.9.8n:
133
134 o CFB cipher definition fixes.
135 o Fix security issues CVE-2010-0740 and CVE-2010-0433.
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137 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8l and OpenSSL 0.9.8m:
138
139 o Cipher definition fixes.
140 o Workaround for slow RAND_poll() on some WIN32 versions.
141 o Remove MD2 from algorithm tables.
142 o SPKAC handling fixes.
143 o Support for RFC5746 TLS renegotiation extension.
144 o Compression memory leak fixed.
145 o Compression session resumption fixed.
146 o Ticket and SNI coexistence fixes.
147 o Many fixes to DTLS handling.
148
149 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8k and OpenSSL 0.9.8l:
150
151 o Temporary work around for CVE-2009-3555: disable renegotiation.
152
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153 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8j and OpenSSL 0.9.8k:
154
155 o Fix various build issues.
156 o Fix security issues (CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591, CVE-2009-0789)
157
158 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8i and OpenSSL 0.9.8j:
159
160 o Fix security issue (CVE-2008-5077)
161 o Merge FIPS 140-2 branch code.
162
163 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8g and OpenSSL 0.9.8h:
164
165 o CryptoAPI ENGINE support.
166 o Various precautionary measures.
167 o Fix for bugs affecting certificate request creation.
168 o Support for local machine keyset attribute in PKCS#12 files.
169
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170 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8f and OpenSSL 0.9.8g:
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7f1c086b 172 o Backport of CMS functionality to 0.9.8.
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173 o Fixes for bugs introduced with 0.9.8f.
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175 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8e and OpenSSL 0.9.8f:
176
177 o Add gcc 4.2 support.
178 o Add support for AES and SSE2 assembly lanugauge optimization
179 for VC++ build.
180 o Support for RFC4507bis and server name extensions if explicitly
181 selected at compile time.
182 o DTLS improvements.
183 o RFC4507bis support.
184 o TLS Extensions support.
185
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186 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8d and OpenSSL 0.9.8e:
187
188 o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
189 o RFC3779 support.
190
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191 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8c and OpenSSL 0.9.8d:
192
193 o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
194 o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343)
195 o Changes to ciphersuite selection algorithm
196
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197 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8b and OpenSSL 0.9.8c:
198
199 o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339
200 o New cipher Camellia
201
202 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8a and OpenSSL 0.9.8b:
203
204 o Cipher string fixes.
205 o Fixes for VC++ 2005.
206 o Updated ECC cipher suite support.
207 o New functions EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free().
208 o Zlib compression usage fixes.
209 o Built in dynamic engine compilation support on Win32.
210 o Fixes auto dynamic engine loading in Win32.
211
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212 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8 and OpenSSL 0.9.8a:
213
b79aa05e 214 o Fix potential SSL 2.0 rollback, CVE-2005-2969
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215 o Extended Windows CE support
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217 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.8:
218
219 o Major work on the BIGNUM library for higher efficiency and to
220 make operations more streamlined and less contradictory. This
221 is the result of a major audit of the BIGNUM library.
222 o Addition of BIGNUM functions for fields GF(2^m) and NIST
223 curves, to support the Elliptic Crypto functions.
224 o Major work on Elliptic Crypto; ECDH and ECDSA added, including
225 the use through EVP, X509 and ENGINE.
226 o New ASN.1 mini-compiler that's usable through the OpenSSL
227 configuration file.
228 o Added support for ASN.1 indefinite length constructed encoding.
229 o New PKCS#12 'medium level' API to manipulate PKCS#12 files.
230 o Complete rework of shared library construction and linking
231 programs with shared or static libraries, through a separate
232 Makefile.shared.
c8310124 233 o Rework of the passing of parameters from one Makefile to another.
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234 o Changed ENGINE framework to load dynamic engine modules
235 automatically from specifically given directories.
236 o New structure and ASN.1 functions for CertificatePair.
237 o Changed the ZLIB compression method to be stateful.
238 o Changed the key-generation and primality testing "progress"
239 mechanism to take a structure that contains the ticker
240 function and an argument.
241 o New engine module: GMP (performs private key exponentiation).
242 o New engine module: VIA PadLOck ACE extension in VIA C3
243 Nehemiah processors.
244 o Added support for IPv6 addresses in certificate extensions.
245 See RFC 1884, section 2.2.
246 o Added support for certificate policy mappings, policy
247 constraints and name constraints.
248 o Added support for multi-valued AVAs in the OpenSSL
249 configuration file.
250 o Added support for multiple certificates with the same subject
251 in the 'openssl ca' index file.
252 o Make it possible to create self-signed certificates using
253 'openssl ca -selfsign'.
254 o Make it possible to generate a serial number file with
255 'openssl ca -create_serial'.
256 o New binary search functions with extended functionality.
257 o New BUF functions.
258 o New STORE structure and library to provide an interface to all
259 sorts of data repositories. Supports storage of public and
260 private keys, certificates, CRLs, numbers and arbitrary blobs.
261 This library is unfortunately unfinished and unused withing
262 OpenSSL.
263 o New control functions for the error stack.
264 o Changed the PKCS#7 library to support one-pass S/MIME
265 processing.
266 o Added the possibility to compile without old deprecated
267 functionality with the OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED macro or the
268 'no-deprecated' argument to the config and Configure scripts.
269 o Constification of all ASN.1 conversion functions, and other
270 affected functions.
271 o Improved platform support for PowerPC.
272 o New FIPS 180-2 algorithms (SHA-224, -256, -384 and -512).
273 o New X509_VERIFY_PARAM structure to support parametrisation
274 of X.509 path validation.
275 o Major overhaul of RC4 performance on Intel P4, IA-64 and
276 AMD64.
277 o Changed the Configure script to have some algorithms disabled
278 by default. Those can be explicitely enabled with the new
279 argument form 'enable-xxx'.
280 o Change the default digest in 'openssl' commands from MD5 to
281 SHA-1.
613e7d2a 282 o Added support for DTLS.
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283 o New BIGNUM blinding.
284 o Added support for the RSA-PSS encryption scheme
285 o Added support for the RSA X.931 padding.
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286 o Added support for BSD sockets on NetWare.
287 o Added support for files larger than 2GB.
288 o Added initial support for Win64.
289 o Added alternate pkg-config files.
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291 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.7m:
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293 o FIPS 1.1.1 module linking.
294 o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
295
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296 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7k and OpenSSL 0.9.7l:
297
298 o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
299 o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343)
300
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301 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7j and OpenSSL 0.9.7k:
302
303 o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339
304
305 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7i and OpenSSL 0.9.7j:
306
307 o Visual C++ 2005 fixes.
308 o Update Windows build system for FIPS.
309
310 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7h and OpenSSL 0.9.7i:
311
312 o Give EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE it's old value, except for a FIPS build.
313
314 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.7h:
315
316 o Fix SSL 2.0 Rollback, CVE-2005-2969
317 o Allow use of fixed-length exponent on DSA signing
318 o Default fixed-window RSA, DSA, DH private-key operations
319
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320 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7f and OpenSSL 0.9.7g:
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322 o More compilation issues fixed.
323 o Adaptation to more modern Kerberos API.
324 o Enhanced or corrected configuration for Solaris64, Mingw and Cygwin.
325 o Enhanced x86_64 assembler BIGNUM module.
326 o More constification.
327 o Added processing of proxy certificates (RFC 3820).
328
329 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7e and OpenSSL 0.9.7f:
330
331 o Several compilation issues fixed.
332 o Many memory allocation failure checks added.
333 o Improved comparison of X509 Name type.
334 o Mandatory basic checks on certificates.
335 o Performance improvements.
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337 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7d and OpenSSL 0.9.7e:
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339 o Fix race condition in CRL checking code.
340 o Fixes to PKCS#7 (S/MIME) code.
341
342 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7c and OpenSSL 0.9.7d:
343
344 o Security: Fix Kerberos ciphersuite SSL/TLS handshaking bug
345 o Security: Fix null-pointer assignment in do_change_cipher_spec()
346 o Allow multiple active certificates with same subject in CA index
347 o Multiple X509 verification fixes
348 o Speed up HMAC and other operations
349
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350 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7b and OpenSSL 0.9.7c:
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352 o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.
353 o New -ignore_err option to OCSP utility.
354 o Various interop and bug fixes in S/MIME code.
355 o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates.
356
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357 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7a and OpenSSL 0.9.7b:
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359 o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of
360 Bleichbacher's attack
361 o Security: make RSA blinding default.
362 o Configuration: Irix fixes, AIX fixes, better mingw support.
363 o Support for new platforms: linux-ia64-ecc.
364 o Build: shared library support fixes.
365 o ASN.1: treat domainComponent correctly.
366 o Documentation: fixes and additions.
367
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368 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7 and OpenSSL 0.9.7a:
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370 o Security: Important security related bugfixes.
371 o Enhanced compatibility with MIT Kerberos.
372 o Can be built without the ENGINE framework.
373 o IA32 assembler enhancements.
374 o Support for new platforms: FreeBSD/IA64 and FreeBSD/Sparc64.
375 o Configuration: the no-err option now works properly.
376 o SSL/TLS: now handles manual certificate chain building.
377 o SSL/TLS: certain session ID malfunctions corrected.
378
3ba25ee8 379 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.7:
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381 o New library section OCSP.
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382 o Complete rewrite of ASN1 code.
383 o CRL checking in verify code and openssl utility.
384 o Extension copying in 'ca' utility.
385 o Flexible display options in 'ca' utility.
386 o Provisional support for international characters with UTF8.
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387 o Support for external crypto devices ('engine') is no longer
388 a separate distribution.
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389 o New elliptic curve library section.
390 o New AES (Rijndael) library section.
1fc73fef 391 o Support for new platforms: Windows CE, Tandem OSS, A/UX, AIX 64-bit,
29902449 392 Linux x86_64, Linux 64-bit on Sparc v9
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393 o Extended support for some platforms: VxWorks
394 o Enhanced support for shared libraries.
29902449 395 o Now only builds PIC code when shared library support is requested.
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396 o Support for pkg-config.
397 o Lots of new manuals.
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398 o Makes symbolic links to or copies of manuals to cover all described
399 functions.
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400 o Change DES API to clean up the namespace (some applications link also
401 against libdes providing similar functions having the same name).
402 Provide macros for backward compatibility (will be removed in the
403 future).
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404 o Unify handling of cryptographic algorithms (software and engine)
405 to be available via EVP routines for asymmetric and symmetric ciphers.
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406 o NCONF: new configuration handling routines.
407 o Change API to use more 'const' modifiers to improve error checking
408 and help optimizers.
409 o Finally remove references to RSAref.
410 o Reworked parts of the BIGNUM code.
411 o Support for new engines: Broadcom ubsec, Accelerated Encryption
412 Processing, IBM 4758.
9801fb61 413 o A few new engines added in the demos area.
e1f7ea25 414 o Extended and corrected OID (object identifier) table.
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415 o PRNG: query at more locations for a random device, automatic query for
416 EGD style random sources at several locations.
417 o SSL/TLS: allow optional cipher choice according to server's preference.
418 o SSL/TLS: allow server to explicitly set new session ids.
419 o SSL/TLS: support Kerberos cipher suites (RFC2712).
1fc73fef 420 Only supports MIT Kerberos for now.
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421 o SSL/TLS: allow more precise control of renegotiations and sessions.
422 o SSL/TLS: add callback to retrieve SSL/TLS messages.
ea4f109c 423 o SSL/TLS: support AES cipher suites (RFC3268).
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425 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6j and OpenSSL 0.9.6k:
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427 o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.
428 o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates.
429
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430 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6i and OpenSSL 0.9.6j:
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432 o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of
433 Bleichbacher's attack
434 o Security: make RSA blinding default.
435 o Build: shared library support fixes.
436
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437 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6h and OpenSSL 0.9.6i:
438
439 o Important security related bugfixes.
440
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441 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6g and OpenSSL 0.9.6h:
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443 o New configuration targets for Tandem OSS and A/UX.
444 o New OIDs for Microsoft attributes.
445 o Better handling of SSL session caching.
446 o Better comparison of distinguished names.
447 o Better handling of shared libraries in a mixed GNU/non-GNU environment.
448 o Support assembler code with Borland C.
449 o Fixes for length problems.
450 o Fixes for uninitialised variables.
451 o Fixes for memory leaks, some unusual crashes and some race conditions.
452 o Fixes for smaller building problems.
453 o Updates of manuals, FAQ and other instructive documents.
454
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455 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6f and OpenSSL 0.9.6g:
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457 o Important building fixes on Unix.
458
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459 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6e and OpenSSL 0.9.6f:
460
461 o Various important bugfixes.
462
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463 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6d and OpenSSL 0.9.6e:
464
465 o Important security related bugfixes.
466 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
467
151457ab 468 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6c and OpenSSL 0.9.6d:
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470 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
471 o Fix DH parameter generation for 'non-standard' generators.
4dec4f64 472
151457ab 473 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c:
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475 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
476 o BIGNUM library fixes.
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477 o RSA OAEP and random number generation fixes.
478 o Object identifiers corrected and added.
479 o Add assembler BN routines for IA64.
480 o Add support for OS/390 Unix, UnixWare with gcc, OpenUNIX 8,
481 MIPS Linux; shared library support for Irix, HP-UX.
a3790c0d 482 o Add crypto accelerator support for AEP, Baltimore SureWare,
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483 Broadcom and Cryptographic Appliance's keyserver
484 [in 0.9.6c-engine release].
ae52ec98 485
151457ab 486 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6a and OpenSSL 0.9.6b:
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488 o Security fix: PRNG improvements.
489 o Security fix: RSA OAEP check.
490 o Security fix: Reinsert and fix countermeasure to Bleichbacher's
491 attack.
492 o MIPS bug fix in BIGNUM.
493 o Bug fix in "openssl enc".
494 o Bug fix in X.509 printing routine.
495 o Bug fix in DSA verification routine and DSA S/MIME verification.
496 o Bug fix to make PRNG thread-safe.
497 o Bug fix in RAND_file_name().
498 o Bug fix in compatibility mode trust settings.
499 o Bug fix in blowfish EVP.
500 o Increase default size for BIO buffering filter.
501 o Compatibility fixes in some scripts.
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503 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.6a:
504
505 o Security fix: change behavior of OpenSSL to avoid using
506 environment variables when running as root.
507 o Security fix: check the result of RSA-CRT to reduce the
508 possibility of deducing the private key from an incorrectly
509 calculated signature.
510 o Security fix: prevent Bleichenbacher's DSA attack.
511 o Security fix: Zero the premaster secret after deriving the
512 master secret in DH ciphersuites.
4fea8145 513 o Reimplement SSL_peek(), which had various problems.
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514 o Compatibility fix: the function des_encrypt() renamed to
515 des_encrypt1() to avoid clashes with some Unixen libc.
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516 o Bug fixes for Win32, HP/UX and Irix.
517 o Bug fixes in BIGNUM, SSL, PKCS#7, PKCS#12, X.509, CONF and
518 memory checking routines.
5012158a 519 o Bug fixes for RSA operations in threaded environments.
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520 o Bug fixes in misc. openssl applications.
521 o Remove a few potential memory leaks.
522 o Add tighter checks of BIGNUM routines.
523 o Shared library support has been reworked for generality.
524 o More documentation.
4fea8145 525 o New function BN_rand_range().
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526 o Add "-rand" option to openssl s_client and s_server.
527
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528 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6:
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530 o Some documentation for BIO and SSL libraries.
531 o Enhanced chain verification using key identifiers.
532 o New sign and verify options to 'dgst' application.
533 o Support for DER and PEM encoded messages in 'smime' application.
534 o New 'rsautl' application, low level RSA utility.
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535 o MD4 now included.
536 o Bugfix for SSL rollback padding check.
4dec4f64 537 o Support for external crypto devices [1].
fda05b21 538 o Enhanced EVP interface.
b22bda21 539
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540 [1] The support for external crypto devices is currently a separate
541 distribution. See the file README.ENGINE.
542
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543 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5 and OpenSSL 0.9.5a:
544
b7a81df4 545 o Bug fixes for Win32, SuSE Linux, NeXTSTEP and FreeBSD 2.2.8
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546 o Shared library support for HPUX and Solaris-gcc
547 o Support of Linux/IA64
b7a81df4 548 o Assembler support for Mingw32
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549 o New 'rand' application
550 o New way to check for existence of algorithms from scripts
551
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552 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5:
553
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0c235249 555 o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application
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556 o Automation of 'req' application
557 o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows
558 o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs
559 o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions
ae1bb4e5 560 o Options to allow passwords to be obtained from various sources
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561 o New public key PEM format and options to handle it
562 o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities
563 o Usable certificate chain verification
564 o Certificate purpose checking
565 o Certificate trust settings
566 o Support of authority information access extension
567 o Extensions in certificate requests
568 o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines
ae1bb4e5 569 o Initial (incomplete) support for international character sets
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570 o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD
571 o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function
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572 o TLS/SSL protocol bugfixes: Accept TLS 'client hello' in SSL 3.0
573 record; allow fragmentation and interleaving of handshake and other
574 data
90644dd7 575 o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC
8bd5b794 576 o Work around for Netscape client certificate hang bug
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577 o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other
578 RSA functionality
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579 o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information
580 via a per-thread stack
581 o PRNG robustness improved
4d524e10 582 o EGD support
6d9ca500 583 o BIGNUM library bug fixes
4d524e10 584 o Faster DSA parameter generation
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585 o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux
586 o Experimental MacOS support
0c235249 587
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588 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4:
589
590 o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used
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591 by several software packages and are more secure than the standard
592 form
593 o PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation
594 o Password callbacks have a new void * argument for application data
595 o Avoid various memory leaks
596 o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O
597 must be handled by the application (BIO pair)
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8e8a8a5f 599 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3:
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600 o Lots of enhancements and cleanups to the Configuration mechanism
601 o RSA OEAP related fixes
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602 o Added `openssl ca -revoke' option for revoking a certificate
603 o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs
604 o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files
703126f0 605 o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points
a03dd7a6 606 extension support
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607 o Preliminary (experimental) S/MIME support
608 o Support for ASN.1 UTF8String and VisibleString
609 o Full integration of PKCS#12 code
2cf9fcda 610 o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions
b0759f87 611 o Option to disable selected ciphers
8e8a8a5f 612
d343d272 613 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b:
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614 o Fixed a security hole related to session resumption
615 o Fixed RSA encryption routines for the p < q case
616 o "ALL" in cipher lists now means "everything except NULL ciphers"
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617 o Support for Triple-DES CBCM cipher
618 o Support of Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP) for RSA
619 o First support for new TLSv1 ciphers
620 o Added a few new BIOs (syslog BIO, reliable BIO)
621 o Extended support for DSA certificate/keys.
03e20a1a 622 o Extended support for Certificate Signing Requests (CSR)
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623 o Initial support for X.509v3 extensions
624 o Extended support for compression inside the SSL record layer
625 o Overhauled Win32 builds
626 o Cleanups and fixes to the Big Number (BN) library
627 o Support for ASN.1 GeneralizedTime
628 o Splitted ASN.1 SETs from SEQUENCEs
629 o ASN1 and PEM support for Netscape Certificate Sequences
630 o Overhauled Perl interface
631 o Lots of source tree cleanups.
632 o Lots of memory leak fixes.
633 o Lots of bug fixes.
634
635 Major changes between SSLeay 0.9.0b and OpenSSL 0.9.1c:
636 o Integration of the popular NO_RSA/NO_DSA patches
637 o Initial support for compression inside the SSL record layer
638 o Added BIO proxy and filtering functionality
639 o Extended Big Number (BN) library
640 o Added RIPE MD160 message digest
641 o Addeed support for RC2/64bit cipher
642 o Extended ASN.1 parser routines
643 o Adjustations of the source tree for CVS
644 o Support for various new platforms
645