More info for nettle-2.1.

Rev: nettle/NEWS:1.7

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f7d31333009801b3227efaea8fcea58ceb64d6cc..b3d72461dca1cd2d34e3dc93dba177843ca44ac9 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-NEWS for the 2.5 release
-
-       XXX: Remaining: Manual update. Key generation for dsa256.
+NEWS for the 2.1 release
 
        *Important*: this release breaks source and binary
-       compatibility for the digital signature functions.
+       compatibility for the digital signature functions, and for the
+       DES and BLOWFISH ciphers which have weak keys.
+
        Incompatible changes:
 
        * The functions rsa_md5_sign, rsa_sha1_sign and
-          rsa_sha256_sign, and the corresponding _digest varians, now
+          rsa_sha256_sign, and the corresponding _digest variants, now
           have a return value which callers should check. The functions
           return failure if the key is too small for the type of
           signature.
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ NEWS for the 2.5 release
        * The functions dsa_sign and dsa_verify are renamed to
           dsa_sha1_sign and dsa_sha1_verify. The _-digest variants are
           renamed similarly. These functions now have a return value
-          which callers sould check, and they return failure if the
+          which callers should check, and they return failure if the
           number q is not of the appropriate size.
 
        * The return value from des_set_key, des3_set_key and
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ NEWS for the 2.5 release
 
        Other changes:
 
+       * Support for the Camellia block cipher.
+
+       * New function aes_invert_key, useful for applications that
+         need both encryption and decryption using the same AES key.
+         
        * des_set_key and des3_set_key no longer check the key parity
          bits. Parity bits are silently ignored. A new function
          des_check_parity is provided, for applications that care
@@ -43,13 +48,18 @@ NEWS for the 2.5 release
           testing, this support should be considered somewhat
           experimental.
 
+       * Key generation for RSA and DSA changed to use Maurer's
+         algorithm to generate provably prime numbers (as usual, the
+         mathematical proof does not guaranteee that the
+         implementation is bug free).
+         
        * x86_64 assembler implementation actually included in the
          distribution (was accidentally left out in nettle-2.0).
 
        * Configure script now detects if the compiler uses a 32-bit
           or 64-bit on x86_64 (prevously did this for sparc only).
           Also sets the default location for installing libraries
-          (libdir) depending on system type andd the ABI used.
+          (libdir) depending on system type and the ABI used.
 
        * Added the nettle and gmp libraries as dependencies when
           linking shared library libhogweed.so. On systems using