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