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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
8 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8zf and OpenSSL 0.9.8zg [under development]
9
10 o
11
12 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8ze and OpenSSL 0.9.8zf [19 Mar 2015]
13
14 o Segmentation fault in ASN1_TYPE_cmp fix (CVE-2015-0286)
15 o ASN.1 structure reuse memory corruption fix (CVE-2015-0287)
16 o PKCS7 NULL pointer dereferences fix (CVE-2015-0289)
17 o DoS via reachable assert in SSLv2 servers fix (CVE-2015-0293)
18 o Use After Free following d2i_ECPrivatekey error fix (CVE-2015-0209)
19 o X509_to_X509_REQ NULL pointer deref fix (CVE-2015-0288)
20 o Removed the export ciphers from the DEFAULT ciphers
21
22 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8zd and OpenSSL 0.9.8ze [15 Jan 2015]
23
24 o Build fixes for the Windows and OpenVMS platforms
25
26 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8zc and OpenSSL 0.9.8zd [8 Jan 2015]
27
28 o Fix for CVE-2014-3571
29 o Fix for CVE-2014-3569
30 o Fix for CVE-2014-3572
31 o Fix for CVE-2015-0204
32 o Fix for CVE-2014-8275
33 o Fix for CVE-2014-3570
34
35 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8zb and OpenSSL 0.9.8zc [15 Oct 2014]:
36
37 o Fix for CVE-2014-3513
38 o Fix for CVE-2014-3567
39 o Mitigation for CVE-2014-3566 (SSL protocol vulnerability)
40 o Fix for CVE-2014-3568
41
42 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8za and OpenSSL 0.9.8zb [6 Aug 2014]:
43
44 o Fix for CVE-2014-3510
45 o Fix for CVE-2014-3507
46 o Fix for CVE-2014-3506
47 o Fix for CVE-2014-3505
48 o Fix for CVE-2014-3508
49
50 Known issues in OpenSSL 0.9.8za:
51
52 o Compilation failure of s3_pkt.c on some platforms due to missing
53 <limits.h> include. Fixed in 0.9.8zb-dev.
54 o FIPS capable link failure with missing symbol BN_consttime_swap.
55 Fixed in 0.9.8zb-dev. Workaround is to compile with no-ec: the EC
56 algorithms are not FIPS approved in OpenSSL 0.9.8 anyway.
57
58 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8y and OpenSSL 0.9.8za [5 Jun 2014]:
59
60 o Fix for CVE-2014-0224
61 o Fix for CVE-2014-0221
62 o Fix for CVE-2014-0195
63 o Fix for CVE-2014-3470
64 o Fix for CVE-2014-0076
65 o Fix for CVE-2010-5298
66 o Fix to TLS alert handling.
67
68 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8x and OpenSSL 0.9.8y [5 Feb 2013]:
69
70 o Fix for SSL/TLS/DTLS CBC plaintext recovery attack CVE-2013-0169
71 o Fix OCSP bad key DoS attack CVE-2013-0166
72
73 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8w and OpenSSL 0.9.8x [10 May 2012]:
74
75 o Fix DTLS record length checking bug CVE-2012-2333
76
77 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8v and OpenSSL 0.9.8w [23 Apr 2012]:
78
79 o Fix for CVE-2012-2131 (corrected fix for 0.9.8 and CVE-2012-2110)
80
81 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8u and OpenSSL 0.9.8v [19 Apr 2012]:
82
83 o Fix for ASN1 overflow bug CVE-2012-2110
84
85 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8t and OpenSSL 0.9.8u [12 Mar 2012]:
86
87 o Fix for CMS/PKCS#7 MMA CVE-2012-0884
88 o Corrected fix for CVE-2011-4619
89 o Various DTLS fixes.
90
91 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8s and OpenSSL 0.9.8t [18 Jan 2012]:
92
93 o Fix for DTLS DoS issue CVE-2012-0050
94
95 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8r and OpenSSL 0.9.8s [4 Jan 2012]:
96
97 o Fix for DTLS plaintext recovery attack CVE-2011-4108
98 o Fix policy check double free error CVE-2011-4109
99 o Clear block padding bytes of SSL 3.0 records CVE-2011-4576
100 o Only allow one SGC handshake restart for SSL/TLS CVE-2011-4619
101 o Check for malformed RFC3779 data CVE-2011-4577
102
103 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8q and OpenSSL 0.9.8r [8 Feb 2011]:
104
105 o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014
106
107 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8p and OpenSSL 0.9.8q [2 Dec 2010]:
108
109 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180
110 o Fix for CVE-2010-4252
111
112 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8o and OpenSSL 0.9.8p [16 Nov 2010]:
113
114 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
115
116 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 0.9.8o [1 Jun 2010]:
117
118 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-0742.
119 o Various DTLS fixes.
120 o Recognise SHA2 certificates if only SSL algorithms added.
121 o Fix for no-rc4 compilation.
122 o Chil ENGINE unload workaround.
123
124 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8m and OpenSSL 0.9.8n [24 Mar 2010]:
125
126 o CFB cipher definition fixes.
127 o Fix security issues CVE-2010-0740 and CVE-2010-0433.
128
129 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8l and OpenSSL 0.9.8m [25 Feb 2010]:
130
131 o Cipher definition fixes.
132 o Workaround for slow RAND_poll() on some WIN32 versions.
133 o Remove MD2 from algorithm tables.
134 o SPKAC handling fixes.
135 o Support for RFC5746 TLS renegotiation extension.
136 o Compression memory leak fixed.
137 o Compression session resumption fixed.
138 o Ticket and SNI coexistence fixes.
139 o Many fixes to DTLS handling.
140
141 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8k and OpenSSL 0.9.8l [5 Nov 2009]:
142
143 o Temporary work around for CVE-2009-3555: disable renegotiation.
144
145 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8j and OpenSSL 0.9.8k [25 Mar 2009]:
146
147 o Fix various build issues.
148 o Fix security issues (CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591, CVE-2009-0789)
149
150 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8i and OpenSSL 0.9.8j [7 Jan 2009]:
151
152 o Fix security issue (CVE-2008-5077)
153 o Merge FIPS 140-2 branch code.
154
155 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8g and OpenSSL 0.9.8h [28 May 2008]:
156
157 o CryptoAPI ENGINE support.
158 o Various precautionary measures.
159 o Fix for bugs affecting certificate request creation.
160 o Support for local machine keyset attribute in PKCS#12 files.
161
162 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8f and OpenSSL 0.9.8g [19 Oct 2007]:
163
164 o Backport of CMS functionality to 0.9.8.
165 o Fixes for bugs introduced with 0.9.8f.
166
167 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8e and OpenSSL 0.9.8f [11 Oct 2007]:
168
169 o Add gcc 4.2 support.
170 o Add support for AES and SSE2 assembly lanugauge optimization
171 for VC++ build.
172 o Support for RFC4507bis and server name extensions if explicitly
173 selected at compile time.
174 o DTLS improvements.
175 o RFC4507bis support.
176 o TLS Extensions support.
177
178 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8d and OpenSSL 0.9.8e [23 Feb 2007]:
179
180 o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
181 o RFC3779 support.
182
183 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8c and OpenSSL 0.9.8d [28 Sep 2006]:
184
185 o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
186 o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343)
187 o Changes to ciphersuite selection algorithm
188
189 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8b and OpenSSL 0.9.8c [5 Sep 2006]:
190
191 o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339
192 o New cipher Camellia
193
194 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8a and OpenSSL 0.9.8b [4 May 2006]:
195
196 o Cipher string fixes.
197 o Fixes for VC++ 2005.
198 o Updated ECC cipher suite support.
199 o New functions EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free().
200 o Zlib compression usage fixes.
201 o Built in dynamic engine compilation support on Win32.
202 o Fixes auto dynamic engine loading in Win32.
203
204 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8 and OpenSSL 0.9.8a [11 Oct 2005]:
205
206 o Fix potential SSL 2.0 rollback, CVE-2005-2969
207 o Extended Windows CE support
208
209 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.8 [5 Jul 2005]:
210
211 o Major work on the BIGNUM library for higher efficiency and to
212 make operations more streamlined and less contradictory. This
213 is the result of a major audit of the BIGNUM library.
214 o Addition of BIGNUM functions for fields GF(2^m) and NIST
215 curves, to support the Elliptic Crypto functions.
216 o Major work on Elliptic Crypto; ECDH and ECDSA added, including
217 the use through EVP, X509 and ENGINE.
218 o New ASN.1 mini-compiler that's usable through the OpenSSL
219 configuration file.
220 o Added support for ASN.1 indefinite length constructed encoding.
221 o New PKCS#12 'medium level' API to manipulate PKCS#12 files.
222 o Complete rework of shared library construction and linking
223 programs with shared or static libraries, through a separate
224 Makefile.shared.
225 o Rework of the passing of parameters from one Makefile to another.
226 o Changed ENGINE framework to load dynamic engine modules
227 automatically from specifically given directories.
228 o New structure and ASN.1 functions for CertificatePair.
229 o Changed the ZLIB compression method to be stateful.
230 o Changed the key-generation and primality testing "progress"
231 mechanism to take a structure that contains the ticker
232 function and an argument.
233 o New engine module: GMP (performs private key exponentiation).
234 o New engine module: VIA PadLOck ACE extension in VIA C3
235 Nehemiah processors.
236 o Added support for IPv6 addresses in certificate extensions.
237 See RFC 1884, section 2.2.
238 o Added support for certificate policy mappings, policy
239 constraints and name constraints.
240 o Added support for multi-valued AVAs in the OpenSSL
241 configuration file.
242 o Added support for multiple certificates with the same subject
243 in the 'openssl ca' index file.
244 o Make it possible to create self-signed certificates using
245 'openssl ca -selfsign'.
246 o Make it possible to generate a serial number file with
247 'openssl ca -create_serial'.
248 o New binary search functions with extended functionality.
249 o New BUF functions.
250 o New STORE structure and library to provide an interface to all
251 sorts of data repositories. Supports storage of public and
252 private keys, certificates, CRLs, numbers and arbitrary blobs.
253 This library is unfortunately unfinished and unused withing
254 OpenSSL.
255 o New control functions for the error stack.
256 o Changed the PKCS#7 library to support one-pass S/MIME
257 processing.
258 o Added the possibility to compile without old deprecated
259 functionality with the OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED macro or the
260 'no-deprecated' argument to the config and Configure scripts.
261 o Constification of all ASN.1 conversion functions, and other
262 affected functions.
263 o Improved platform support for PowerPC.
264 o New FIPS 180-2 algorithms (SHA-224, -256, -384 and -512).
265 o New X509_VERIFY_PARAM structure to support parametrisation
266 of X.509 path validation.
267 o Major overhaul of RC4 performance on Intel P4, IA-64 and
268 AMD64.
269 o Changed the Configure script to have some algorithms disabled
270 by default. Those can be explicitely enabled with the new
271 argument form 'enable-xxx'.
272 o Change the default digest in 'openssl' commands from MD5 to
273 SHA-1.
274 o Added support for DTLS.
275 o New BIGNUM blinding.
276 o Added support for the RSA-PSS encryption scheme
277 o Added support for the RSA X.931 padding.
278 o Added support for BSD sockets on NetWare.
279 o Added support for files larger than 2GB.
280 o Added initial support for Win64.
281 o Added alternate pkg-config files.
282
283 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.7m [23 Feb 2007]:
284
285 o FIPS 1.1.1 module linking.
286 o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
287
288 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7k and OpenSSL 0.9.7l [28 Sep 2006]:
289
290 o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
291 o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343)
292
293 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7j and OpenSSL 0.9.7k [5 Sep 2006]:
294
295 o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339
296
297 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7i and OpenSSL 0.9.7j [4 May 2006]:
298
299 o Visual C++ 2005 fixes.
300 o Update Windows build system for FIPS.
301
302 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7h and OpenSSL 0.9.7i [14 Oct 2005]:
303
304 o Give EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE it's old value, except for a FIPS build.
305
306 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.7h [11 Oct 2005]:
307
308 o Fix SSL 2.0 Rollback, CVE-2005-2969
309 o Allow use of fixed-length exponent on DSA signing
310 o Default fixed-window RSA, DSA, DH private-key operations
311
312 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7f and OpenSSL 0.9.7g [11 Apr 2005]:
313
314 o More compilation issues fixed.
315 o Adaptation to more modern Kerberos API.
316 o Enhanced or corrected configuration for Solaris64, Mingw and Cygwin.
317 o Enhanced x86_64 assembler BIGNUM module.
318 o More constification.
319 o Added processing of proxy certificates (RFC 3820).
320
321 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7e and OpenSSL 0.9.7f [22 Mar 2005]:
322
323 o Several compilation issues fixed.
324 o Many memory allocation failure checks added.
325 o Improved comparison of X509 Name type.
326 o Mandatory basic checks on certificates.
327 o Performance improvements.
328
329 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7d and OpenSSL 0.9.7e [25 Oct 2004]:
330
331 o Fix race condition in CRL checking code.
332 o Fixes to PKCS#7 (S/MIME) code.
333
334 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7c and OpenSSL 0.9.7d [17 Mar 2004]:
335
336 o Security: Fix Kerberos ciphersuite SSL/TLS handshaking bug
337 o Security: Fix null-pointer assignment in do_change_cipher_spec()
338 o Allow multiple active certificates with same subject in CA index
339 o Multiple X509 verification fixes
340 o Speed up HMAC and other operations
341
342 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7b and OpenSSL 0.9.7c [30 Sep 2003]:
343
344 o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.
345 o New -ignore_err option to OCSP utility.
346 o Various interop and bug fixes in S/MIME code.
347 o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates.
348
349 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7a and OpenSSL 0.9.7b [10 Apr 2003]:
350
351 o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of
352 Bleichbacher's attack
353 o Security: make RSA blinding default.
354 o Configuration: Irix fixes, AIX fixes, better mingw support.
355 o Support for new platforms: linux-ia64-ecc.
356 o Build: shared library support fixes.
357 o ASN.1: treat domainComponent correctly.
358 o Documentation: fixes and additions.
359
360 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7 and OpenSSL 0.9.7a [19 Feb 2003]:
361
362 o Security: Important security related bugfixes.
363 o Enhanced compatibility with MIT Kerberos.
364 o Can be built without the ENGINE framework.
365 o IA32 assembler enhancements.
366 o Support for new platforms: FreeBSD/IA64 and FreeBSD/Sparc64.
367 o Configuration: the no-err option now works properly.
368 o SSL/TLS: now handles manual certificate chain building.
369 o SSL/TLS: certain session ID malfunctions corrected.
370
371 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.7 [30 Dec 2002]:
372
373 o New library section OCSP.
374 o Complete rewrite of ASN1 code.
375 o CRL checking in verify code and openssl utility.
376 o Extension copying in 'ca' utility.
377 o Flexible display options in 'ca' utility.
378 o Provisional support for international characters with UTF8.
379 o Support for external crypto devices ('engine') is no longer
380 a separate distribution.
381 o New elliptic curve library section.
382 o New AES (Rijndael) library section.
383 o Support for new platforms: Windows CE, Tandem OSS, A/UX, AIX 64-bit,
384 Linux x86_64, Linux 64-bit on Sparc v9
385 o Extended support for some platforms: VxWorks
386 o Enhanced support for shared libraries.
387 o Now only builds PIC code when shared library support is requested.
388 o Support for pkg-config.
389 o Lots of new manuals.
390 o Makes symbolic links to or copies of manuals to cover all described
391 functions.
392 o Change DES API to clean up the namespace (some applications link also
393 against libdes providing similar functions having the same name).
394 Provide macros for backward compatibility (will be removed in the
395 future).
396 o Unify handling of cryptographic algorithms (software and engine)
397 to be available via EVP routines for asymmetric and symmetric ciphers.
398 o NCONF: new configuration handling routines.
399 o Change API to use more 'const' modifiers to improve error checking
400 and help optimizers.
401 o Finally remove references to RSAref.
402 o Reworked parts of the BIGNUM code.
403 o Support for new engines: Broadcom ubsec, Accelerated Encryption
404 Processing, IBM 4758.
405 o A few new engines added in the demos area.
406 o Extended and corrected OID (object identifier) table.
407 o PRNG: query at more locations for a random device, automatic query for
408 EGD style random sources at several locations.
409 o SSL/TLS: allow optional cipher choice according to server's preference.
410 o SSL/TLS: allow server to explicitly set new session ids.
411 o SSL/TLS: support Kerberos cipher suites (RFC2712).
412 Only supports MIT Kerberos for now.
413 o SSL/TLS: allow more precise control of renegotiations and sessions.
414 o SSL/TLS: add callback to retrieve SSL/TLS messages.
415 o SSL/TLS: support AES cipher suites (RFC3268).
416
417 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6j and OpenSSL 0.9.6k [30 Sep 2003]:
418
419 o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.
420 o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates.
421
422 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6i and OpenSSL 0.9.6j [10 Apr 2003]:
423
424 o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of
425 Bleichbacher's attack
426 o Security: make RSA blinding default.
427 o Build: shared library support fixes.
428
429 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6h and OpenSSL 0.9.6i [19 Feb 2003]:
430
431 o Important security related bugfixes.
432
433 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6g and OpenSSL 0.9.6h [5 Dec 2002]:
434
435 o New configuration targets for Tandem OSS and A/UX.
436 o New OIDs for Microsoft attributes.
437 o Better handling of SSL session caching.
438 o Better comparison of distinguished names.
439 o Better handling of shared libraries in a mixed GNU/non-GNU environment.
440 o Support assembler code with Borland C.
441 o Fixes for length problems.
442 o Fixes for uninitialised variables.
443 o Fixes for memory leaks, some unusual crashes and some race conditions.
444 o Fixes for smaller building problems.
445 o Updates of manuals, FAQ and other instructive documents.
446
447 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6f and OpenSSL 0.9.6g [9 Aug 2002]:
448
449 o Important building fixes on Unix.
450
451 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6e and OpenSSL 0.9.6f [8 Aug 2002]:
452
453 o Various important bugfixes.
454
455 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6d and OpenSSL 0.9.6e [30 Jul 2002]:
456
457 o Important security related bugfixes.
458 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
459
460 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6c and OpenSSL 0.9.6d [9 May 2002]:
461
462 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
463 o Fix DH parameter generation for 'non-standard' generators.
464
465 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c [21 Dec 2001]:
466
467 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
468 o BIGNUM library fixes.
469 o RSA OAEP and random number generation fixes.
470 o Object identifiers corrected and added.
471 o Add assembler BN routines for IA64.
472 o Add support for OS/390 Unix, UnixWare with gcc, OpenUNIX 8,
473 MIPS Linux; shared library support for Irix, HP-UX.
474 o Add crypto accelerator support for AEP, Baltimore SureWare,
475 Broadcom and Cryptographic Appliance's keyserver
476 [in 0.9.6c-engine release].
477
478 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6a and OpenSSL 0.9.6b [9 Jul 2001]:
479
480 o Security fix: PRNG improvements.
481 o Security fix: RSA OAEP check.
482 o Security fix: Reinsert and fix countermeasure to Bleichbacher's
483 attack.
484 o MIPS bug fix in BIGNUM.
485 o Bug fix in "openssl enc".
486 o Bug fix in X.509 printing routine.
487 o Bug fix in DSA verification routine and DSA S/MIME verification.
488 o Bug fix to make PRNG thread-safe.
489 o Bug fix in RAND_file_name().
490 o Bug fix in compatibility mode trust settings.
491 o Bug fix in blowfish EVP.
492 o Increase default size for BIO buffering filter.
493 o Compatibility fixes in some scripts.
494
495 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.6a [5 Apr 2001]:
496
497 o Security fix: change behavior of OpenSSL to avoid using
498 environment variables when running as root.
499 o Security fix: check the result of RSA-CRT to reduce the
500 possibility of deducing the private key from an incorrectly
501 calculated signature.
502 o Security fix: prevent Bleichenbacher's DSA attack.
503 o Security fix: Zero the premaster secret after deriving the
504 master secret in DH ciphersuites.
505 o Reimplement SSL_peek(), which had various problems.
506 o Compatibility fix: the function des_encrypt() renamed to
507 des_encrypt1() to avoid clashes with some Unixen libc.
508 o Bug fixes for Win32, HP/UX and Irix.
509 o Bug fixes in BIGNUM, SSL, PKCS#7, PKCS#12, X.509, CONF and
510 memory checking routines.
511 o Bug fixes for RSA operations in threaded environments.
512 o Bug fixes in misc. openssl applications.
513 o Remove a few potential memory leaks.
514 o Add tighter checks of BIGNUM routines.
515 o Shared library support has been reworked for generality.
516 o More documentation.
517 o New function BN_rand_range().
518 o Add "-rand" option to openssl s_client and s_server.
519
520 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6 [10 Oct 2000]:
521
522 o Some documentation for BIO and SSL libraries.
523 o Enhanced chain verification using key identifiers.
524 o New sign and verify options to 'dgst' application.
525 o Support for DER and PEM encoded messages in 'smime' application.
526 o New 'rsautl' application, low level RSA utility.
527 o MD4 now included.
528 o Bugfix for SSL rollback padding check.
529 o Support for external crypto devices [1].
530 o Enhanced EVP interface.
531
532 [1] The support for external crypto devices is currently a separate
533 distribution. See the file README.ENGINE.
534
535 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5 and OpenSSL 0.9.5a [1 Apr 2000]:
536
537 o Bug fixes for Win32, SuSE Linux, NeXTSTEP and FreeBSD 2.2.8
538 o Shared library support for HPUX and Solaris-gcc
539 o Support of Linux/IA64
540 o Assembler support for Mingw32
541 o New 'rand' application
542 o New way to check for existence of algorithms from scripts
543
544 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5 [25 May 2000]:
545
546 o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command
547 o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application
548 o Automation of 'req' application
549 o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows
550 o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs
551 o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions
552 o Options to allow passwords to be obtained from various sources
553 o New public key PEM format and options to handle it
554 o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities
555 o Usable certificate chain verification
556 o Certificate purpose checking
557 o Certificate trust settings
558 o Support of authority information access extension
559 o Extensions in certificate requests
560 o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines
561 o Initial (incomplete) support for international character sets
562 o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD
563 o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function
564 o TLS/SSL protocol bugfixes: Accept TLS 'client hello' in SSL 3.0
565 record; allow fragmentation and interleaving of handshake and other
566 data
567 o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC
568 o Work around for Netscape client certificate hang bug
569 o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other
570 RSA functionality
571 o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information
572 via a per-thread stack
573 o PRNG robustness improved
574 o EGD support
575 o BIGNUM library bug fixes
576 o Faster DSA parameter generation
577 o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux
578 o Experimental MacOS support
579
580 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4 [9 Aug 1999]:
581
582 o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used
583 by several software packages and are more secure than the standard
584 form
585 o PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation
586 o Password callbacks have a new void * argument for application data
587 o Avoid various memory leaks
588 o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O
589 must be handled by the application (BIO pair)
590
591 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3 [24 May 1999]:
592 o Lots of enhancements and cleanups to the Configuration mechanism
593 o RSA OEAP related fixes
594 o Added `openssl ca -revoke' option for revoking a certificate
595 o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs
596 o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files
597 o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points
598 extension support
599 o Preliminary (experimental) S/MIME support
600 o Support for ASN.1 UTF8String and VisibleString
601 o Full integration of PKCS#12 code
602 o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions
603 o Option to disable selected ciphers
604
605 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b [22 Mar 1999]:
606 o Fixed a security hole related to session resumption
607 o Fixed RSA encryption routines for the p < q case
608 o "ALL" in cipher lists now means "everything except NULL ciphers"
609 o Support for Triple-DES CBCM cipher
610 o Support of Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP) for RSA
611 o First support for new TLSv1 ciphers
612 o Added a few new BIOs (syslog BIO, reliable BIO)
613 o Extended support for DSA certificate/keys.
614 o Extended support for Certificate Signing Requests (CSR)
615 o Initial support for X.509v3 extensions
616 o Extended support for compression inside the SSL record layer
617 o Overhauled Win32 builds
618 o Cleanups and fixes to the Big Number (BN) library
619 o Support for ASN.1 GeneralizedTime
620 o Splitted ASN.1 SETs from SEQUENCEs
621 o ASN1 and PEM support for Netscape Certificate Sequences
622 o Overhauled Perl interface
623 o Lots of source tree cleanups.
624 o Lots of memory leak fixes.
625 o Lots of bug fixes.
626
627 Major changes between SSLeay 0.9.0b and OpenSSL 0.9.1c [23 Dec 1998]:
628 o Integration of the popular NO_RSA/NO_DSA patches
629 o Initial support for compression inside the SSL record layer
630 o Added BIO proxy and filtering functionality
631 o Extended Big Number (BN) library
632 o Added RIPE MD160 message digest
633 o Addeed support for RC2/64bit cipher
634 o Extended ASN.1 parser routines
635 o Adjustations of the source tree for CVS
636 o Support for various new platforms
637