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author | lloyd <[email protected]> | 2013-02-28 20:49:20 +0000 |
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committer | lloyd <[email protected]> | 2013-02-28 20:49:20 +0000 |
commit | 2a86d1ef1aae29037704c4b26fd79f9fb64c747f (patch) | |
tree | c23fe60525df1988f07693c10f18e083c114c7c2 /doc/relnotes | |
parent | 5d06d27894869db54c9dcad2e71326fca294521e (diff) |
Blocking_Client fixes. Add relnote
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/relnotes/1_11_2.rst | 37 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_11_2.rst b/doc/relnotes/1_11_2.rst index 95a86cbdf..d73198f4b 100644 --- a/doc/relnotes/1_11_2.rst +++ b/doc/relnotes/1_11_2.rst @@ -1,14 +1,12 @@ Version 1.11.2, Not Yet Released ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -* The default TLS policy formerly preferred AES over RC4, and allowed - 3DES by default. Now the default policy is to negotiate only either - AES or RC4, and to prefer RC4. +* A bug in the release script caused the `botan_version.py` included + in :doc:`1.11.1 <1_11_1>` to be invalid, which required a manual + edit to fix (:pr:`226`) -* The new filter :cpp:class:`Threaded_Fork` acts like a normal - :cpp:class:`Fork,` sending its input to a number of different - filters, but each subchain of filters in the fork runs in its own - thread. Contributed by Joel Low. +Memory Zeroization Changes +"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" * Previously `clear_mem` was implemented by an inlined call to `std::memset`. However an optimizing compiler might notice cases @@ -19,14 +17,31 @@ Version 1.11.2, Not Yet Released something like LTO) might still skip the writes. It would be nice if there was an automated way to test this. +New Parallel Filter +"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" + +* The new filter :cpp:class:`Threaded_Fork` acts like a normal + :cpp:class:`Fork,` sending its input to a number of different + filters, but each subchain of filters in the fork runs in its own + thread. Contributed by Joel Low. + +TLS Enhancements and Bug Fixes +"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" + +* The default TLS policy formerly preferred AES over RC4, and allowed + 3DES by default. Now the default policy is to negotiate only either + AES or RC4, and to prefer RC4. + +* New TLS :cpp:class:`Blocking_Client` provides a thread per + connection style API similar to that provided in 1.10 + +Other API Changes +"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" + * The API of `Credentials_Manager::trusted_certificate_authorities` has changed to return a vector of `Certificate_Store*` instead of `X509_Certificate`. This allows the list of trusted CAs to be more easily updated dynamically or loaded lazily. -* A bug in the release script caused the `botan_version.py` included - in :doc:`1.11.1 <1_11_1>` to be invalid, which required a manual - edit to fix (:pr:`226`) - * The `asn1_int.h` header was split into `asn1_alt_name.h`, `asn1_attribute.h` and `asn1_time.h`. |