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author | lloyd <[email protected]> | 2011-04-19 18:36:38 +0000 |
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committer | lloyd <[email protected]> | 2011-04-19 18:36:38 +0000 |
commit | 7530ebcc5a3ffddf00cef432d6ff409783ae9902 (patch) | |
tree | 5c16cfe3bb97136211d3eb4c4be19e4023decb37 /doc/log.txt | |
parent | 73d4e7850e38228d25589dc154039dd4fced59a9 (diff) |
Document changes to passhash9 and ECDSA keys that I forgot to include
in the 1.9.16 change notes.
Update the passhash9 ref to match reality.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/log.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/log.txt | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/log.txt b/doc/log.txt index 4c9e5e054..b8a23079b 100644 --- a/doc/log.txt +++ b/doc/log.txt @@ -40,6 +40,21 @@ Version 1.9.16, 2011-04-11 * ``EC_Group``'s string constructor didn't understand the standard names like "secp160r1", forcing use of the OIDs. +* Two constructors for ECDSA private keys, the one that creates a new + random key, and the one that provides a preset private key as a + ``BigInt``, have been merged. This matches the existing interface + for DSA and DH keys. If you previously used the version taking a + ``BigInt`` private key, you'll have to additionally pass in a + ``RandomNumberGenerator`` object starting in this release. + +* It is now possible to create ECDH keys with a preset ``BigInt`` + private key; previously no method for this was available. + +* The overload of ``generate_passhash9`` that takes an explicit + algorithm identifier has been merged with the one that does not. + The algorithm identifier code has been moved from the second + parameter to the fourth. See :ref:`passhash9` for details. + * Change shared library versioning to match the normal Unix conventions. Instead of ``libbotan-X.Y.Z.so``, the shared lib is named ``libbotan.so.X.Y.Z``; this allows the runtime linker to do @@ -98,7 +113,7 @@ Version 1.9.13, 2011-02-19 * Update Keccak to the round 3 variant * Fix ordering in GOST 34.10 signatures to match DNSSEC specifications * Use ``size_t`` instead of ``u32bit`` for small integers in DER/BER codecs -* Add new build option --distribution-info +* Add new build option ``--distribution-info`` * Fix problems in the amalgamation build * Fix building under Clang 2.9 and Sun Studio 12 @@ -209,7 +224,7 @@ Version 1.9.8, 2010-06-14 * Use constant time multiplication in IDEA * Avoid possible timing attack against OAEP decoding * Removed FORK-256; rarely used and it has been broken -* Rename --use-boost-python to --with-boost-python +* Rename ``--use-boost-python`` to ``--with-boost-python`` * Skip building shared libraries on MinGW/Cygwin * Fix creation of 512 and 768 bit DL groups using the DSA kosherizer * Fix compilation on GCC versions before 4.3 (missing cpuid.h) |