From: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 04:47:51 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: doc update
X-Git-Tag: gnutls_3_4_0~74
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cd63908bc897231728c819ef8e9e2660daae6fa2;p=thirdparty%2Fgnutls.git

doc update
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 06f6e4577d..147fca026c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ list. It has to be explicitly enabled, e.g., with a string like
 
 ** libgnutls: DSA signatures and DHE-DSS are no longer included in the
 default priorities list. They have to be explicitly enabled, e.g., with
-a string like "NORMAL:+DHE-DSS:+SIGN-DSA-SHA256:+SIGN-DSA-SHA1". This
-string will be needed when using the OpenPGP ciphersuites.
+a string like "NORMAL:+DHE-DSS:+SIGN-DSA-SHA256:+SIGN-DSA-SHA1". The
+DSA ciphersuites were dropped because they had no deployment at all
+on the internet, to justify their inclusion.
 
 ** libgnutls: Added API to utilize system specific private keys in
 "gnutls/system-keys.h". It is currently provided as technology preview
@@ -28,18 +29,18 @@ and is restricted to windows CNG keys.
 RFC6125 comparison of hostnames. That introduces a dependency on libidn.
 
 ** libgnutls: Added support for encrypt-then-authenticate in CBC
-** ciphersuites (RFC7366 -taking into account its errata text). This
-is enabled by default and can be disabled using the %NO_ETM priority
+ciphersuites (RFC7366 -taking into account its errata text). This is
+enabled by default and can be disabled using the %NO_ETM priority
 string.
 
 ** libgnutls: Depend on p11-kit 0.23.1 to comply with the final
-PKCS #11 URL draft (draft-pechanec-pkcs11uri-21).
+PKCS #11 URLs draft (draft-pechanec-pkcs11uri-21).
 
 ** libgnutls: Use getrandom() or getentropy() when available. That
-avoids the complexity of file descriptor handling and the issues with
-applications closing all open file descriptors.
+avoids the complexity of file descriptor handling and issues with
+applications closing all open file descriptors on startup.
 
-** libgnutls: Use pthread_atfork() to detect fork.
+** libgnutls: Use pthread_atfork() to detect fork when available.
 
 ** libgnutls: Added support for the extended master secret
 (triple-handshake fix) following draft-ietf-tls-session-hash-02.
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ applications closing all open file descriptors.
 draft-mavrogiannopoulos-chacha-tls-04 and draft-irtf-cfrg-chacha20-poly1305-10.
 That is currently provided as technology preview and is not enabled by
 default, since there are no assigned ciphersuite points by IETF and there 
-is no guarrantee of compatibility between draft versions.
+is no guarrantee of compatibility between draft versions. The ciphersuite
+priority string to enable it is "+CHACHA20-POLY1305".
 
 ** libgnutls: Added a new simple and hard to misuse AEAD API (crypto.h).
 
@@ -61,9 +63,6 @@ default.
 was already defunc as support for the EXPORT ciphersuites was removed in
 GnuTLS 3.2.0.
 
-** libgnutls: When printing a certificate request print the signature
-algorithm as well.
-
 ** libgnutls: If a key purpose (extended key usage) is specified for verification,
 it is applied into intermediate certificates. The verification result
 GNUTLS_CERT_PURPOSE_MISMATCH is also introduced.