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author | lloyd <[email protected]> | 2006-12-16 11:23:50 +0000 |
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committer | lloyd <[email protected]> | 2006-12-16 11:23:50 +0000 |
commit | ac03897f61d5eb14a9f0a3cfb0f3200c0ce394c5 (patch) | |
tree | 8c73510d7d2e2b1f5749527b5f9712b303424097 /doc | |
parent | 7493f28abbd50ea6707d54fd4ab0199c5ae72f33 (diff) |
Update the version number in configure.pl to 1.6.0, update the readme
and changelog files. First checkin of the new stable branch.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/log.txt | 149 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/log-15.txt | 148 |
2 files changed, 150 insertions, 147 deletions
diff --git a/doc/log.txt b/doc/log.txt index 585a59910..5b2fa390b 100644 --- a/doc/log.txt +++ b/doc/log.txt @@ -1,148 +1,3 @@ -* 1.5.13, December 10, 2006 - - Compilation fixes for the bzip2, zlib, and GNU MP modules - - Better support for Intel C++ and EKOpath C++ on x86-64 - -* 1.5.12, October 27, 2006 - - Cleanups in the initialization routines - - Add some x86-64 assembly for multiply-add - - Fix problems generating very small (below 384 bit) RSA keys - - Support out of tree builds - - Bring some of the documentation up to date - - More improvements to the Python bindings - -* 1.5.11, September 10, 2006 - - Removed the Algorithm base class - - Various cleanups in the public key inheritance hierarchy - - Major overhaul of the configure/build setup - - Added x86 assembler implementations of Serpent and low-level MPI code - - Optimizations for the SHA-1 x86 assembler - - Various improvements to the Python wrappers - - Work around a Visual Studio compiler bug - -* 1.5.10, August 13, 2006 - - Add x86 assembler versions of MD4, MD5, and SHA-1 - - Expand InitializerOptions' language to support on/off switches - - Fix definition of OID 2.5.4.8; was accidentally changed in 1.5.9 - - Fix possible resource leaks in the mmap allocator - - Slightly optimized buffering in MDx_HashFunction - - Initialization failures are dealt with somewhat better - - Add an example implementing Pollard's Rho algorithm - - Better option handling in the test/benchmark tool - - Expand the xor_ciph example to support longer keys - - Some updates to the documentation - -* 1.5.9, July 12, 2006 - - Fixed bitrot in the AEP engine - - Fix support for marking certificate/CRL extensions as critical - - Significant cleanups in the library state / initialization code - - LibraryInitializer takes an explicit InitializerOptions object - - Make Mutex_Factory an abstract class, add Default_Mutex_Factory - - Change configuration access to using global_state() - - Add support for global named mutexes throughout the library - - Add some STL wrappers for the delete operator - - Change how certificates are created to be more flexible and general - -* 1.5.8, June 23, 2006 - - Many internal cleanups to the X.509 cert/CRL code - - Allow for application code to support new X.509 extensions - - Change the return type of X509_Certificate::{subject,issuer}_info - - Allow for alternate character set handling mechanisms - - Fix a bug that was slowing squaring performance somewhat - - Fix a very hard to hit overflow bug in the C version of word3_muladd - - Minor cleanups to the assembler modules - - Disable es_unix module on FreeBSD due to build problem on FreeBSD 6.1 - - Support for GCC 2.95.x has been dropped in this release - -* 1.5.7, May 28, 2006 - - Further, major changes to the BER/DER coding system - - Updated the Qt mutex module to use Mutex_Factory - - Moved the library global state object into an anonymous namespace - - Drop the Visual C++ x86 assembly module due to bugs - -* 1.5.6, March 1, 2006 - - The low-level DER/BER coding system was redesigned and rewritten - - Portions of the certificate code were cleaned up internally - - Use macros to substantially clean up the GCC assembly code - - Added 32-bit x86 assembly for Visual C++ (by Luca Piccarreta) - - Avoid a couple of spurious warnings under Visual C++ - - Some slight cleanups in X509_PublicKey::key_id - -* 1.5.5, February 4, 2006 - - Fixed a potential infinite loop in the memory pool code (Matt Johnston) - - Made Pooling_Allocator::Memory_Block an actual class of sorts - - Some small optimizations to the division and modulo computations - - Cleaned up the implementation of some of the BigInt operators - - Reduced use of dynamic memory allocation in low-level BigInt functions - - A few simplifications in the Randpool mixing function - - Removed power(), as it was not particularly useful (or fast) - - Fixed some annoying bugs in the benchmark code - - Added a real credits file - -* 1.5.4, January 29, 2006 - - Integrated x86 and amd64 assembly code, contributed by Luca Piccarreta - - Fixed a memory access off-by-one in the Karatsuba code - - Changed Pooling_Allocator's free list search to a log(N) algorithm - - Merged ModularReducer with its only subclass, Barrett_Reducer - - Fixed sign-handling bugs in some of the division and modulo code - - Renamed the module description files to modinfo.txt - - Further cleanups in the initialization code - - Removed BigInt::add and BigInt::sub - - Merged all the division-related functions into just divide() - - Modified the <mp_asmi.h> functions to allow for better optimizations - - Made the number of bits polled from an EntropySource user configurable - - Avoid including <algorithm> in <botan/secmem.h> - - Fixed some build problems with Sun Forte - - Removed some dead code from bigint_modop - - Fix the definition of same_mem - -* 1.5.3, January 24, 2006 - - Many optimizations in the low-level multiple precision integer code - - Added hooks for assembly implementations of the MPI code - - Support for the X.509 issuer alternative name extension in new certs - - Fixed a bug in the decompression modules; found and patched by Matt Johnston - - New Windows mutex module (mux_win32), by Luca Piccarreta - - Changed the Windows timer module to use QueryPerformanceCounter - - mem_pool.cpp was using std::set iterators instead of std::multiset ones - - Fixed a bug in X509_CA preventing users from disabling particular extensions - - Fixed the mp_asm64 module, which was entirely broken in 1.5.2 - - Fixed some module build problems on FreeBSD and Tru64 - -* 1.5.2, January 15, 2006 - - Fixed an off-by-one memory read in MISTY1::key() - - Fixed a nasty memory leak in Output_Buffers::retire() - - Reimplemented the memory allocator from scratch - - Improved memory caching in Montgomery exponentiation - - Optimizations for multiple precision addition and subtraction - - Fixed a build problem in the hardware timer module on 64-bit PowerPC - - Changed default Karatsuba cutoff to 12 words (was 14) - - Removed MemoryRegion::bits(), which was unused and incorrect - - Changed maximum HMAC keylength to 1024 bits - - Various minor Makefile and build system changes - - Avoid using std::min in <secmem.h> to bypass Windows libc macro pollution - - Switched checks/clock.cpp back to using clock() by default - - Enabled the symmetric algorithm tests, which were accidentally off in 1.5.1 - - Removed the Default_Mutex's unused clone() member function - -* 1.5.1, January 8, 2006 - - Implemented Montgomery exponentiation - - Implemented generalized Karatsuba multiplication and squaring - - Implemented Comba squaring for 4, 6, and 8 word inputs - - Added new Modular_Exponentiator and Power_Mod classes - - Removed FixedBase_Exp and FixedExponent_Exp - - Fixed a performance regression in get_allocator introduced in 1.5.0 - - Engines can now offer S2K algorithms and block cipher padding methods - - Merged the remaining global 'algolist' code into Default_Engine - - The low-level MPI code is linked as C again - - Replaced BigInt's get_nibble with the more general get_substring - - Some documentation updates - -* 1.5.0, January 1, 2006 - - Moved all global/shared library state into a single object - - Mutex objects are created through mutex factories instead of a global - - Removed ::get_mutex(), ::initialize_mutex(), and Mutex::clone() - - Removed the RNG_Quality enum entirely - - There is now only a single global-use PRNG - - Removed the no_aliases and no_oids options for LibraryInitializer - - Removed the deprecated algorithms SEAL, ISAAC, and HAVAL - - Change es_ftw to use unbuffered I/O +* 1.6.0, December 17, 2006 + - Minor cleanups diff --git a/doc/misc/log-15.txt b/doc/misc/log-15.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..585a59910 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/misc/log-15.txt @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ + +* 1.5.13, December 10, 2006 + - Compilation fixes for the bzip2, zlib, and GNU MP modules + - Better support for Intel C++ and EKOpath C++ on x86-64 + +* 1.5.12, October 27, 2006 + - Cleanups in the initialization routines + - Add some x86-64 assembly for multiply-add + - Fix problems generating very small (below 384 bit) RSA keys + - Support out of tree builds + - Bring some of the documentation up to date + - More improvements to the Python bindings + +* 1.5.11, September 10, 2006 + - Removed the Algorithm base class + - Various cleanups in the public key inheritance hierarchy + - Major overhaul of the configure/build setup + - Added x86 assembler implementations of Serpent and low-level MPI code + - Optimizations for the SHA-1 x86 assembler + - Various improvements to the Python wrappers + - Work around a Visual Studio compiler bug + +* 1.5.10, August 13, 2006 + - Add x86 assembler versions of MD4, MD5, and SHA-1 + - Expand InitializerOptions' language to support on/off switches + - Fix definition of OID 2.5.4.8; was accidentally changed in 1.5.9 + - Fix possible resource leaks in the mmap allocator + - Slightly optimized buffering in MDx_HashFunction + - Initialization failures are dealt with somewhat better + - Add an example implementing Pollard's Rho algorithm + - Better option handling in the test/benchmark tool + - Expand the xor_ciph example to support longer keys + - Some updates to the documentation + +* 1.5.9, July 12, 2006 + - Fixed bitrot in the AEP engine + - Fix support for marking certificate/CRL extensions as critical + - Significant cleanups in the library state / initialization code + - LibraryInitializer takes an explicit InitializerOptions object + - Make Mutex_Factory an abstract class, add Default_Mutex_Factory + - Change configuration access to using global_state() + - Add support for global named mutexes throughout the library + - Add some STL wrappers for the delete operator + - Change how certificates are created to be more flexible and general + +* 1.5.8, June 23, 2006 + - Many internal cleanups to the X.509 cert/CRL code + - Allow for application code to support new X.509 extensions + - Change the return type of X509_Certificate::{subject,issuer}_info + - Allow for alternate character set handling mechanisms + - Fix a bug that was slowing squaring performance somewhat + - Fix a very hard to hit overflow bug in the C version of word3_muladd + - Minor cleanups to the assembler modules + - Disable es_unix module on FreeBSD due to build problem on FreeBSD 6.1 + - Support for GCC 2.95.x has been dropped in this release + +* 1.5.7, May 28, 2006 + - Further, major changes to the BER/DER coding system + - Updated the Qt mutex module to use Mutex_Factory + - Moved the library global state object into an anonymous namespace + - Drop the Visual C++ x86 assembly module due to bugs + +* 1.5.6, March 1, 2006 + - The low-level DER/BER coding system was redesigned and rewritten + - Portions of the certificate code were cleaned up internally + - Use macros to substantially clean up the GCC assembly code + - Added 32-bit x86 assembly for Visual C++ (by Luca Piccarreta) + - Avoid a couple of spurious warnings under Visual C++ + - Some slight cleanups in X509_PublicKey::key_id + +* 1.5.5, February 4, 2006 + - Fixed a potential infinite loop in the memory pool code (Matt Johnston) + - Made Pooling_Allocator::Memory_Block an actual class of sorts + - Some small optimizations to the division and modulo computations + - Cleaned up the implementation of some of the BigInt operators + - Reduced use of dynamic memory allocation in low-level BigInt functions + - A few simplifications in the Randpool mixing function + - Removed power(), as it was not particularly useful (or fast) + - Fixed some annoying bugs in the benchmark code + - Added a real credits file + +* 1.5.4, January 29, 2006 + - Integrated x86 and amd64 assembly code, contributed by Luca Piccarreta + - Fixed a memory access off-by-one in the Karatsuba code + - Changed Pooling_Allocator's free list search to a log(N) algorithm + - Merged ModularReducer with its only subclass, Barrett_Reducer + - Fixed sign-handling bugs in some of the division and modulo code + - Renamed the module description files to modinfo.txt + - Further cleanups in the initialization code + - Removed BigInt::add and BigInt::sub + - Merged all the division-related functions into just divide() + - Modified the <mp_asmi.h> functions to allow for better optimizations + - Made the number of bits polled from an EntropySource user configurable + - Avoid including <algorithm> in <botan/secmem.h> + - Fixed some build problems with Sun Forte + - Removed some dead code from bigint_modop + - Fix the definition of same_mem + +* 1.5.3, January 24, 2006 + - Many optimizations in the low-level multiple precision integer code + - Added hooks for assembly implementations of the MPI code + - Support for the X.509 issuer alternative name extension in new certs + - Fixed a bug in the decompression modules; found and patched by Matt Johnston + - New Windows mutex module (mux_win32), by Luca Piccarreta + - Changed the Windows timer module to use QueryPerformanceCounter + - mem_pool.cpp was using std::set iterators instead of std::multiset ones + - Fixed a bug in X509_CA preventing users from disabling particular extensions + - Fixed the mp_asm64 module, which was entirely broken in 1.5.2 + - Fixed some module build problems on FreeBSD and Tru64 + +* 1.5.2, January 15, 2006 + - Fixed an off-by-one memory read in MISTY1::key() + - Fixed a nasty memory leak in Output_Buffers::retire() + - Reimplemented the memory allocator from scratch + - Improved memory caching in Montgomery exponentiation + - Optimizations for multiple precision addition and subtraction + - Fixed a build problem in the hardware timer module on 64-bit PowerPC + - Changed default Karatsuba cutoff to 12 words (was 14) + - Removed MemoryRegion::bits(), which was unused and incorrect + - Changed maximum HMAC keylength to 1024 bits + - Various minor Makefile and build system changes + - Avoid using std::min in <secmem.h> to bypass Windows libc macro pollution + - Switched checks/clock.cpp back to using clock() by default + - Enabled the symmetric algorithm tests, which were accidentally off in 1.5.1 + - Removed the Default_Mutex's unused clone() member function + +* 1.5.1, January 8, 2006 + - Implemented Montgomery exponentiation + - Implemented generalized Karatsuba multiplication and squaring + - Implemented Comba squaring for 4, 6, and 8 word inputs + - Added new Modular_Exponentiator and Power_Mod classes + - Removed FixedBase_Exp and FixedExponent_Exp + - Fixed a performance regression in get_allocator introduced in 1.5.0 + - Engines can now offer S2K algorithms and block cipher padding methods + - Merged the remaining global 'algolist' code into Default_Engine + - The low-level MPI code is linked as C again + - Replaced BigInt's get_nibble with the more general get_substring + - Some documentation updates + +* 1.5.0, January 1, 2006 + - Moved all global/shared library state into a single object + - Mutex objects are created through mutex factories instead of a global + - Removed ::get_mutex(), ::initialize_mutex(), and Mutex::clone() + - Removed the RNG_Quality enum entirely + - There is now only a single global-use PRNG + - Removed the no_aliases and no_oids options for LibraryInitializer + - Removed the deprecated algorithms SEAL, ISAAC, and HAVAL + - Change es_ftw to use unbuffered I/O |