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This file gives a brief overview of the major changes between each OpenSSL |
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release. For more details please read the CHANGES file. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1u and OpenSSL 1.0.1v [under development] |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1t and OpenSSL 1.0.1u [22 Sep 2016] |
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o OCSP Status Request extension unbounded memory growth (CVE-2016-6304) |
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o SWEET32 Mitigation (CVE-2016-2183) |
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o OOB write in MDC2_Update() (CVE-2016-6303) |
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o Malformed SHA512 ticket DoS (CVE-2016-6302) |
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o OOB write in BN_bn2dec() (CVE-2016-2182) |
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o OOB read in TS_OBJ_print_bio() (CVE-2016-2180) |
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o Pointer arithmetic undefined behaviour (CVE-2016-2177) |
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o Constant time flag not preserved in DSA signing (CVE-2016-2178) |
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o DTLS buffered message DoS (CVE-2016-2179) |
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o DTLS replay protection DoS (CVE-2016-2181) |
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o Certificate message OOB reads (CVE-2016-6306) |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1s and OpenSSL 1.0.1t [3 May 2016] |
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o Prevent padding oracle in AES-NI CBC MAC check (CVE-2016-2107) |
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o Fix EVP_EncodeUpdate overflow (CVE-2016-2105) |
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o Fix EVP_EncryptUpdate overflow (CVE-2016-2106) |
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o Prevent ASN.1 BIO excessive memory allocation (CVE-2016-2109) |
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o EBCDIC overread (CVE-2016-2176) |
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o Modify behavior of ALPN to invoke callback after SNI/servername |
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callback, such that updates to the SSL_CTX affect ALPN. |
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o Remove LOW from the DEFAULT cipher list. This removes singles DES from |
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the default. |
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o Only remove the SSLv2 methods with the no-ssl2-method option. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1r and OpenSSL 1.0.1s [1 Mar 2016] |
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o Disable weak ciphers in SSLv3 and up in default builds of OpenSSL. |
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o Disable SSLv2 default build, default negotiation and weak ciphers |
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(CVE-2016-0800) |
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o Fix a double-free in DSA code (CVE-2016-0705) |
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o Disable SRP fake user seed to address a server memory leak |
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(CVE-2016-0798) |
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o Fix BN_hex2bn/BN_dec2bn NULL pointer deref/heap corruption |
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(CVE-2016-0797) |
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o Fix memory issues in BIO_*printf functions (CVE-2016-0799) |
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o Fix side channel attack on modular exponentiation (CVE-2016-0702) |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1q and OpenSSL 1.0.1r [28 Jan 2016] |
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o Protection for DH small subgroup attacks |
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o SSLv2 doesn't block disabled ciphers (CVE-2015-3197) |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1p and OpenSSL 1.0.1q [3 Dec 2015] |
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o Certificate verify crash with missing PSS parameter (CVE-2015-3194) |
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o X509_ATTRIBUTE memory leak (CVE-2015-3195) |
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o Rewrite EVP_DecodeUpdate (base64 decoding) to fix several bugs |
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o In DSA_generate_parameters_ex, if the provided seed is too short, |
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return an error |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1o and OpenSSL 1.0.1p [9 Jul 2015] |
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o Alternate chains certificate forgery (CVE-2015-1793) |
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o Race condition handling PSK identify hint (CVE-2015-3196) |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1n and OpenSSL 1.0.1o [12 Jun 2015] |
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o Fix HMAC ABI incompatibility |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1m and OpenSSL 1.0.1n [11 Jun 2015] |
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o Malformed ECParameters causes infinite loop (CVE-2015-1788) |
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o Exploitable out-of-bounds read in X509_cmp_time (CVE-2015-1789) |
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o PKCS7 crash with missing EnvelopedContent (CVE-2015-1790) |
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o CMS verify infinite loop with unknown hash function (CVE-2015-1792) |
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o Race condition handling NewSessionTicket (CVE-2015-1791) |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1l and OpenSSL 1.0.1m [19 Mar 2015] |
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o Segmentation fault in ASN1_TYPE_cmp fix (CVE-2015-0286) |
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o ASN.1 structure reuse memory corruption fix (CVE-2015-0287) |
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o PKCS7 NULL pointer dereferences fix (CVE-2015-0289) |
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o DoS via reachable assert in SSLv2 servers fix (CVE-2015-0293) |
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o Use After Free following d2i_ECPrivatekey error fix (CVE-2015-0209) |
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o X509_to_X509_REQ NULL pointer deref fix (CVE-2015-0288) |
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o Removed the export ciphers from the DEFAULT ciphers |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1k and OpenSSL 1.0.1l [15 Jan 2015] |
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o Build fixes for the Windows and OpenVMS platforms |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1j and OpenSSL 1.0.1k [8 Jan 2015] |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3571 |
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o Fix for CVE-2015-0206 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3569 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3572 |
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o Fix for CVE-2015-0204 |
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o Fix for CVE-2015-0205 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-8275 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3570 |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1i and OpenSSL 1.0.1j [15 Oct 2014] |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3513 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3567 |
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o Mitigation for CVE-2014-3566 (SSL protocol vulnerability) |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3568 |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1h and OpenSSL 1.0.1i [6 Aug 2014] |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3512 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3511 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3510 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3507 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3506 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3505 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3509 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-5139 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3508 |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1g and OpenSSL 1.0.1h [5 Jun 2014] |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-0224 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-0221 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-0198 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-0195 |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-3470 |
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o Fix for CVE-2010-5298 |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1f and OpenSSL 1.0.1g [7 Apr 2014] |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-0160 |
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o Add TLS padding extension workaround for broken servers. |
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o Fix for CVE-2014-0076 |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1e and OpenSSL 1.0.1f [6 Jan 2014] |
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o Don't include gmt_unix_time in TLS server and client random values |
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o Fix for TLS record tampering bug CVE-2013-4353 |
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o Fix for TLS version checking bug CVE-2013-6449 |
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o Fix for DTLS retransmission bug CVE-2013-6450 |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1d and OpenSSL 1.0.1e [11 Feb 2013]: |
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o Corrected fix for CVE-2013-0169 |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1c and OpenSSL 1.0.1d [4 Feb 2013]: |
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o Fix renegotiation in TLS 1.1, 1.2 by using the correct TLS version. |
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o Include the fips configuration module. |
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o Fix OCSP bad key DoS attack CVE-2013-0166 |
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o Fix for SSL/TLS/DTLS CBC plaintext recovery attack CVE-2013-0169 |
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o Fix for TLS AESNI record handling flaw CVE-2012-2686 |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1b and OpenSSL 1.0.1c [10 May 2012]: |
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o Fix TLS/DTLS record length checking bug CVE-2012-2333 |
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o Don't attempt to use non-FIPS composite ciphers in FIPS mode. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1a and OpenSSL 1.0.1b [26 Apr 2012]: |
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o Fix compilation error on non-x86 platforms. |
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o Make FIPS capable OpenSSL ciphers work in non-FIPS mode. |
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o Fix SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1 clash with SSL_OP_ALL in OpenSSL 1.0.0 |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1 and OpenSSL 1.0.1a [19 Apr 2012]: |
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o Fix for ASN1 overflow bug CVE-2012-2110 |
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o Workarounds for some servers that hang on long client hellos. |
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o Fix SEGV in AES code. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0h and OpenSSL 1.0.1 [14 Mar 2012]: |
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o TLS/DTLS heartbeat support. |
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o SCTP support. |
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o RFC 5705 TLS key material exporter. |
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o RFC 5764 DTLS-SRTP negotiation. |
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o Next Protocol Negotiation. |
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o PSS signatures in certificates, requests and CRLs. |
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o Support for password based recipient info for CMS. |
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o Support TLS v1.2 and TLS v1.1. |
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o Preliminary FIPS capability for unvalidated 2.0 FIPS module. |
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o SRP support. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0g and OpenSSL 1.0.0h [12 Mar 2012]: |
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o Fix for CMS/PKCS#7 MMA CVE-2012-0884 |
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o Corrected fix for CVE-2011-4619 |
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o Various DTLS fixes. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0f and OpenSSL 1.0.0g [18 Jan 2012]: |
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o Fix for DTLS DoS issue CVE-2012-0050 |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0e and OpenSSL 1.0.0f [4 Jan 2012]: |
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o Fix for DTLS plaintext recovery attack CVE-2011-4108 |
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o Clear block padding bytes of SSL 3.0 records CVE-2011-4576 |
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o Only allow one SGC handshake restart for SSL/TLS CVE-2011-4619 |
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o Check parameters are not NULL in GOST ENGINE CVE-2012-0027 |
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o Check for malformed RFC3779 data CVE-2011-4577 |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0d and OpenSSL 1.0.0e [6 Sep 2011]: |
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o Fix for CRL vulnerability issue CVE-2011-3207 |
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o Fix for ECDH crashes CVE-2011-3210 |
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o Protection against EC timing attacks. |
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o Support ECDH ciphersuites for certificates using SHA2 algorithms. |
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o Various DTLS fixes. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0c and OpenSSL 1.0.0d [8 Feb 2011]: |
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o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014 |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0b and OpenSSL 1.0.0c [2 Dec 2010]: |
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o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180 |
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o Fix for CVE-2010-4252 |
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o Fix mishandling of absent EC point format extension. |
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o Fix various platform compilation issues. |
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o Corrected fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0a and OpenSSL 1.0.0b [16 Nov 2010]: |
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o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864. |
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o Fix for CVE-2010-2939 |
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o Fix WIN32 build system for GOST ENGINE. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.0a [1 Jun 2010]: |
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o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-1633. |
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o GOST MAC and CFB fixes. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 1.0.0 [29 Mar 2010]: |
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o RFC3280 path validation: sufficient to process PKITS tests. |
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o Integrated support for PVK files and keyblobs. |
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o Change default private key format to PKCS#8. |
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o CMS support: able to process all examples in RFC4134 |
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o Streaming ASN1 encode support for PKCS#7 and CMS. |
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o Multiple signer and signer add support for PKCS#7 and CMS. |
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o ASN1 printing support. |
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o Whirlpool hash algorithm added. |
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o RFC3161 time stamp support. |
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o New generalised public key API supporting ENGINE based algorithms. |
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o New generalised public key API utilities. |
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o New ENGINE supporting GOST algorithms. |
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o SSL/TLS GOST ciphersuite support. |
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o PKCS#7 and CMS GOST support. |
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o RFC4279 PSK ciphersuite support. |
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o Supported points format extension for ECC ciphersuites. |
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o ecdsa-with-SHA224/256/384/512 signature types. |
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o dsa-with-SHA224 and dsa-with-SHA256 signature types. |
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o Opaque PRF Input TLS extension support. |
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o Updated time routines to avoid OS limitations. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8m and OpenSSL 0.9.8n [24 Mar 2010]: |
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o CFB cipher definition fixes. |
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o Fix security issues CVE-2010-0740 and CVE-2010-0433. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8l and OpenSSL 0.9.8m [25 Feb 2010]: |
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o Cipher definition fixes. |
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o Workaround for slow RAND_poll() on some WIN32 versions. |
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o Remove MD2 from algorithm tables. |
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o SPKAC handling fixes. |
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o Support for RFC5746 TLS renegotiation extension. |
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o Compression memory leak fixed. |
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o Compression session resumption fixed. |
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o Ticket and SNI coexistence fixes. |
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o Many fixes to DTLS handling. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8k and OpenSSL 0.9.8l [5 Nov 2009]: |
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o Temporary work around for CVE-2009-3555: disable renegotiation. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8j and OpenSSL 0.9.8k [25 Mar 2009]: |
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o Fix various build issues. |
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o Fix security issues (CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591, CVE-2009-0789) |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8i and OpenSSL 0.9.8j [7 Jan 2009]: |
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o Fix security issue (CVE-2008-5077) |
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o Merge FIPS 140-2 branch code. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8g and OpenSSL 0.9.8h [28 May 2008]: |
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o CryptoAPI ENGINE support. |
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o Various precautionary measures. |
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o Fix for bugs affecting certificate request creation. |
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o Support for local machine keyset attribute in PKCS#12 files. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8f and OpenSSL 0.9.8g [19 Oct 2007]: |
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o Backport of CMS functionality to 0.9.8. |
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o Fixes for bugs introduced with 0.9.8f. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8e and OpenSSL 0.9.8f [11 Oct 2007]: |
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o Add gcc 4.2 support. |
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o Add support for AES and SSE2 assembly lanugauge optimization |
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for VC++ build. |
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o Support for RFC4507bis and server name extensions if explicitly |
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selected at compile time. |
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o DTLS improvements. |
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o RFC4507bis support. |
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o TLS Extensions support. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8d and OpenSSL 0.9.8e [23 Feb 2007]: |
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o Various ciphersuite selection fixes. |
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o RFC3779 support. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8c and OpenSSL 0.9.8d [28 Sep 2006]: |
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o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940) |
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o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343) |
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o Changes to ciphersuite selection algorithm |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8b and OpenSSL 0.9.8c [5 Sep 2006]: |
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o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339 |
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o New cipher Camellia |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8a and OpenSSL 0.9.8b [4 May 2006]: |
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o Cipher string fixes. |
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o Fixes for VC++ 2005. |
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o Updated ECC cipher suite support. |
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o New functions EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(). |
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o Zlib compression usage fixes. |
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o Built in dynamic engine compilation support on Win32. |
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o Fixes auto dynamic engine loading in Win32. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8 and OpenSSL 0.9.8a [11 Oct 2005]: |
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o Fix potential SSL 2.0 rollback, CVE-2005-2969 |
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o Extended Windows CE support |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.8 [5 Jul 2005]: |
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o Major work on the BIGNUM library for higher efficiency and to |
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make operations more streamlined and less contradictory. This |
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is the result of a major audit of the BIGNUM library. |
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o Addition of BIGNUM functions for fields GF(2^m) and NIST |
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curves, to support the Elliptic Crypto functions. |
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o Major work on Elliptic Crypto; ECDH and ECDSA added, including |
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the use through EVP, X509 and ENGINE. |
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o New ASN.1 mini-compiler that's usable through the OpenSSL |
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configuration file. |
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o Added support for ASN.1 indefinite length constructed encoding. |
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o New PKCS#12 'medium level' API to manipulate PKCS#12 files. |
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o Complete rework of shared library construction and linking |
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programs with shared or static libraries, through a separate |
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Makefile.shared. |
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o Rework of the passing of parameters from one Makefile to another. |
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o Changed ENGINE framework to load dynamic engine modules |
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automatically from specifically given directories. |
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o New structure and ASN.1 functions for CertificatePair. |
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o Changed the ZLIB compression method to be stateful. |
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o Changed the key-generation and primality testing "progress" |
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mechanism to take a structure that contains the ticker |
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function and an argument. |
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o New engine module: GMP (performs private key exponentiation). |
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o New engine module: VIA PadLOck ACE extension in VIA C3 |
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Nehemiah processors. |
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o Added support for IPv6 addresses in certificate extensions. |
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See RFC 1884, section 2.2. |
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o Added support for certificate policy mappings, policy |
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constraints and name constraints. |
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o Added support for multi-valued AVAs in the OpenSSL |
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configuration file. |
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o Added support for multiple certificates with the same subject |
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in the 'openssl ca' index file. |
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o Make it possible to create self-signed certificates using |
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'openssl ca -selfsign'. |
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o Make it possible to generate a serial number file with |
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'openssl ca -create_serial'. |
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o New binary search functions with extended functionality. |
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o New BUF functions. |
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o New STORE structure and library to provide an interface to all |
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sorts of data repositories. Supports storage of public and |
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private keys, certificates, CRLs, numbers and arbitrary blobs. |
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This library is unfortunately unfinished and unused withing |
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OpenSSL. |
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o New control functions for the error stack. |
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o Changed the PKCS#7 library to support one-pass S/MIME |
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processing. |
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o Added the possibility to compile without old deprecated |
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functionality with the OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED macro or the |
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'no-deprecated' argument to the config and Configure scripts. |
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o Constification of all ASN.1 conversion functions, and other |
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affected functions. |
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o Improved platform support for PowerPC. |
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o New FIPS 180-2 algorithms (SHA-224, -256, -384 and -512). |
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o New X509_VERIFY_PARAM structure to support parametrisation |
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of X.509 path validation. |
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o Major overhaul of RC4 performance on Intel P4, IA-64 and |
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AMD64. |
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o Changed the Configure script to have some algorithms disabled |
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by default. Those can be explicitely enabled with the new |
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argument form 'enable-xxx'. |
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o Change the default digest in 'openssl' commands from MD5 to |
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SHA-1. |
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o Added support for DTLS. |
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o New BIGNUM blinding. |
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o Added support for the RSA-PSS encryption scheme |
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o Added support for the RSA X.931 padding. |
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o Added support for BSD sockets on NetWare. |
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o Added support for files larger than 2GB. |
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o Added initial support for Win64. |
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o Added alternate pkg-config files. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.7m [23 Feb 2007]: |
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o FIPS 1.1.1 module linking. |
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o Various ciphersuite selection fixes. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7k and OpenSSL 0.9.7l [28 Sep 2006]: |
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o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940) |
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o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343) |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7j and OpenSSL 0.9.7k [5 Sep 2006]: |
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o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339 |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7i and OpenSSL 0.9.7j [4 May 2006]: |
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o Visual C++ 2005 fixes. |
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o Update Windows build system for FIPS. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7h and OpenSSL 0.9.7i [14 Oct 2005]: |
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o Give EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE it's old value, except for a FIPS build. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.7h [11 Oct 2005]: |
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o Fix SSL 2.0 Rollback, CVE-2005-2969 |
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o Allow use of fixed-length exponent on DSA signing |
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o Default fixed-window RSA, DSA, DH private-key operations |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7f and OpenSSL 0.9.7g [11 Apr 2005]: |
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o More compilation issues fixed. |
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o Adaptation to more modern Kerberos API. |
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o Enhanced or corrected configuration for Solaris64, Mingw and Cygwin. |
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o Enhanced x86_64 assembler BIGNUM module. |
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o More constification. |
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o Added processing of proxy certificates (RFC 3820). |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7e and OpenSSL 0.9.7f [22 Mar 2005]: |
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o Several compilation issues fixed. |
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o Many memory allocation failure checks added. |
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o Improved comparison of X509 Name type. |
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o Mandatory basic checks on certificates. |
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o Performance improvements. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7d and OpenSSL 0.9.7e [25 Oct 2004]: |
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o Fix race condition in CRL checking code. |
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o Fixes to PKCS#7 (S/MIME) code. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7c and OpenSSL 0.9.7d [17 Mar 2004]: |
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o Security: Fix Kerberos ciphersuite SSL/TLS handshaking bug |
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o Security: Fix null-pointer assignment in do_change_cipher_spec() |
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o Allow multiple active certificates with same subject in CA index |
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o Multiple X509 verification fixes |
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o Speed up HMAC and other operations |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7b and OpenSSL 0.9.7c [30 Sep 2003]: |
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o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs. |
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o New -ignore_err option to OCSP utility. |
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o Various interop and bug fixes in S/MIME code. |
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o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7a and OpenSSL 0.9.7b [10 Apr 2003]: |
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o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of |
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Bleichbacher's attack |
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o Security: make RSA blinding default. |
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o Configuration: Irix fixes, AIX fixes, better mingw support. |
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o Support for new platforms: linux-ia64-ecc. |
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o Build: shared library support fixes. |
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o ASN.1: treat domainComponent correctly. |
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o Documentation: fixes and additions. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7 and OpenSSL 0.9.7a [19 Feb 2003]: |
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o Security: Important security related bugfixes. |
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o Enhanced compatibility with MIT Kerberos. |
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o Can be built without the ENGINE framework. |
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o IA32 assembler enhancements. |
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o Support for new platforms: FreeBSD/IA64 and FreeBSD/Sparc64. |
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o Configuration: the no-err option now works properly. |
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o SSL/TLS: now handles manual certificate chain building. |
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o SSL/TLS: certain session ID malfunctions corrected. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.7 [30 Dec 2002]: |
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o New library section OCSP. |
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o Complete rewrite of ASN1 code. |
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o CRL checking in verify code and openssl utility. |
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o Extension copying in 'ca' utility. |
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o Flexible display options in 'ca' utility. |
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o Provisional support for international characters with UTF8. |
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o Support for external crypto devices ('engine') is no longer |
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a separate distribution. |
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o New elliptic curve library section. |
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o New AES (Rijndael) library section. |
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o Support for new platforms: Windows CE, Tandem OSS, A/UX, AIX 64-bit, |
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Linux x86_64, Linux 64-bit on Sparc v9 |
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o Extended support for some platforms: VxWorks |
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o Enhanced support for shared libraries. |
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o Now only builds PIC code when shared library support is requested. |
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o Support for pkg-config. |
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o Lots of new manuals. |
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o Makes symbolic links to or copies of manuals to cover all described |
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functions. |
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o Change DES API to clean up the namespace (some applications link also |
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against libdes providing similar functions having the same name). |
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Provide macros for backward compatibility (will be removed in the |
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future). |
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o Unify handling of cryptographic algorithms (software and engine) |
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to be available via EVP routines for asymmetric and symmetric ciphers. |
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o NCONF: new configuration handling routines. |
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o Change API to use more 'const' modifiers to improve error checking |
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and help optimizers. |
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o Finally remove references to RSAref. |
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o Reworked parts of the BIGNUM code. |
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o Support for new engines: Broadcom ubsec, Accelerated Encryption |
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Processing, IBM 4758. |
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o A few new engines added in the demos area. |
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o Extended and corrected OID (object identifier) table. |
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o PRNG: query at more locations for a random device, automatic query for |
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EGD style random sources at several locations. |
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o SSL/TLS: allow optional cipher choice according to server's preference. |
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o SSL/TLS: allow server to explicitly set new session ids. |
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o SSL/TLS: support Kerberos cipher suites (RFC2712). |
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Only supports MIT Kerberos for now. |
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o SSL/TLS: allow more precise control of renegotiations and sessions. |
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o SSL/TLS: add callback to retrieve SSL/TLS messages. |
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o SSL/TLS: support AES cipher suites (RFC3268). |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6j and OpenSSL 0.9.6k [30 Sep 2003]: |
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o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs. |
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o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6i and OpenSSL 0.9.6j [10 Apr 2003]: |
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o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of |
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Bleichbacher's attack |
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o Security: make RSA blinding default. |
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o Build: shared library support fixes. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6h and OpenSSL 0.9.6i [19 Feb 2003]: |
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o Important security related bugfixes. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6g and OpenSSL 0.9.6h [5 Dec 2002]: |
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o New configuration targets for Tandem OSS and A/UX. |
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o New OIDs for Microsoft attributes. |
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o Better handling of SSL session caching. |
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o Better comparison of distinguished names. |
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o Better handling of shared libraries in a mixed GNU/non-GNU environment. |
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o Support assembler code with Borland C. |
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o Fixes for length problems. |
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o Fixes for uninitialised variables. |
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o Fixes for memory leaks, some unusual crashes and some race conditions. |
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o Fixes for smaller building problems. |
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o Updates of manuals, FAQ and other instructive documents. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6f and OpenSSL 0.9.6g [9 Aug 2002]: |
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o Important building fixes on Unix. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6e and OpenSSL 0.9.6f [8 Aug 2002]: |
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o Various important bugfixes. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6d and OpenSSL 0.9.6e [30 Jul 2002]: |
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o Important security related bugfixes. |
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o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6c and OpenSSL 0.9.6d [9 May 2002]: |
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o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes. |
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o Fix DH parameter generation for 'non-standard' generators. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c [21 Dec 2001]: |
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o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes. |
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o BIGNUM library fixes. |
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o RSA OAEP and random number generation fixes. |
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o Object identifiers corrected and added. |
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o Add assembler BN routines for IA64. |
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o Add support for OS/390 Unix, UnixWare with gcc, OpenUNIX 8, |
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MIPS Linux; shared library support for Irix, HP-UX. |
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o Add crypto accelerator support for AEP, Baltimore SureWare, |
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Broadcom and Cryptographic Appliance's keyserver |
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[in 0.9.6c-engine release]. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6a and OpenSSL 0.9.6b [9 Jul 2001]: |
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o Security fix: PRNG improvements. |
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o Security fix: RSA OAEP check. |
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o Security fix: Reinsert and fix countermeasure to Bleichbacher's |
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attack. |
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o MIPS bug fix in BIGNUM. |
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o Bug fix in "openssl enc". |
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o Bug fix in X.509 printing routine. |
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o Bug fix in DSA verification routine and DSA S/MIME verification. |
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o Bug fix to make PRNG thread-safe. |
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o Bug fix in RAND_file_name(). |
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o Bug fix in compatibility mode trust settings. |
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o Bug fix in blowfish EVP. |
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o Increase default size for BIO buffering filter. |
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o Compatibility fixes in some scripts. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.6a [5 Apr 2001]: |
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o Security fix: change behavior of OpenSSL to avoid using |
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environment variables when running as root. |
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o Security fix: check the result of RSA-CRT to reduce the |
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possibility of deducing the private key from an incorrectly |
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calculated signature. |
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o Security fix: prevent Bleichenbacher's DSA attack. |
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o Security fix: Zero the premaster secret after deriving the |
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master secret in DH ciphersuites. |
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o Reimplement SSL_peek(), which had various problems. |
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o Compatibility fix: the function des_encrypt() renamed to |
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des_encrypt1() to avoid clashes with some Unixen libc. |
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o Bug fixes for Win32, HP/UX and Irix. |
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o Bug fixes in BIGNUM, SSL, PKCS#7, PKCS#12, X.509, CONF and |
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memory checking routines. |
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o Bug fixes for RSA operations in threaded environments. |
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o Bug fixes in misc. openssl applications. |
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o Remove a few potential memory leaks. |
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o Add tighter checks of BIGNUM routines. |
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o Shared library support has been reworked for generality. |
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o More documentation. |
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o New function BN_rand_range(). |
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o Add "-rand" option to openssl s_client and s_server. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6 [10 Oct 2000]: |
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o Some documentation for BIO and SSL libraries. |
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o Enhanced chain verification using key identifiers. |
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o New sign and verify options to 'dgst' application. |
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o Support for DER and PEM encoded messages in 'smime' application. |
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o New 'rsautl' application, low level RSA utility. |
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o MD4 now included. |
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o Bugfix for SSL rollback padding check. |
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o Support for external crypto devices [1]. |
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o Enhanced EVP interface. |
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[1] The support for external crypto devices is currently a separate |
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distribution. See the file README.ENGINE. |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5 and OpenSSL 0.9.5a [1 Apr 2000]: |
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o Bug fixes for Win32, SuSE Linux, NeXTSTEP and FreeBSD 2.2.8 |
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o Shared library support for HPUX and Solaris-gcc |
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o Support of Linux/IA64 |
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o Assembler support for Mingw32 |
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o New 'rand' application |
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o New way to check for existence of algorithms from scripts |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5 [25 May 2000]: |
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o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command |
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o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application |
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o Automation of 'req' application |
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o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows |
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o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs |
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o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions |
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o Options to allow passwords to be obtained from various sources |
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o New public key PEM format and options to handle it |
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o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities |
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o Usable certificate chain verification |
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o Certificate purpose checking |
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o Certificate trust settings |
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o Support of authority information access extension |
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o Extensions in certificate requests |
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o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines |
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o Initial (incomplete) support for international character sets |
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o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD |
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o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function |
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o TLS/SSL protocol bugfixes: Accept TLS 'client hello' in SSL 3.0 |
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record; allow fragmentation and interleaving of handshake and other |
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data |
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o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC |
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o Work around for Netscape client certificate hang bug |
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o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other |
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RSA functionality |
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o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information |
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via a per-thread stack |
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o PRNG robustness improved |
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o EGD support |
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o BIGNUM library bug fixes |
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o Faster DSA parameter generation |
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o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux |
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o Experimental MacOS support |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4 [9 Aug 1999]: |
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o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used |
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by several software packages and are more secure than the standard |
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form |
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o PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation |
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o Password callbacks have a new void * argument for application data |
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o Avoid various memory leaks |
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o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O |
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must be handled by the application (BIO pair) |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3 [24 May 1999]: |
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o Lots of enhancements and cleanups to the Configuration mechanism |
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o RSA OEAP related fixes |
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o Added `openssl ca -revoke' option for revoking a certificate |
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o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs |
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o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files |
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o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points |
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extension support |
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o Preliminary (experimental) S/MIME support |
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o Support for ASN.1 UTF8String and VisibleString |
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o Full integration of PKCS#12 code |
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o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions |
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o Option to disable selected ciphers |
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Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b [22 Mar 1999]: |
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o Fixed a security hole related to session resumption |
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o Fixed RSA encryption routines for the p < q case |
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o "ALL" in cipher lists now means "everything except NULL ciphers" |
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o Support for Triple-DES CBCM cipher |
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o Support of Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP) for RSA |
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o First support for new TLSv1 ciphers |
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o Added a few new BIOs (syslog BIO, reliable BIO) |
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o Extended support for DSA certificate/keys. |
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o Extended support for Certificate Signing Requests (CSR) |
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o Initial support for X.509v3 extensions |
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o Extended support for compression inside the SSL record layer |
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o Overhauled Win32 builds |
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o Cleanups and fixes to the Big Number (BN) library |
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o Support for ASN.1 GeneralizedTime |
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o Splitted ASN.1 SETs from SEQUENCEs |
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o ASN1 and PEM support for Netscape Certificate Sequences |
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o Overhauled Perl interface |
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o Lots of source tree cleanups. |
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o Lots of memory leak fixes. |
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o Lots of bug fixes. |
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Major changes between SSLeay 0.9.0b and OpenSSL 0.9.1c [23 Dec 1998]: |
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o Integration of the popular NO_RSA/NO_DSA patches |
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o Initial support for compression inside the SSL record layer |
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o Added BIO proxy and filtering functionality |
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o Extended Big Number (BN) library |
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o Added RIPE MD160 message digest |
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o Addeed support for RC2/64bit cipher |
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o Extended ASN.1 parser routines |
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o Adjustations of the source tree for CVS |
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o Support for various new platforms |
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