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| author | Jack Lloyd <[email protected]> | 2018-08-01 14:33:37 -0400 |
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| committer | Jack Lloyd <[email protected]> | 2018-08-01 14:33:37 -0400 |
| commit | 034d8e93c9b98699706507617bf548728d31d0dd (patch) | |
| tree | 9488538068f3a788d41f6cfc88d698f467f422ee /news.rst | |
| parent | 6da5c1619d829dd23206c265a9f1c697f82c15f4 (diff) | |
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@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Release Notes Version 2.8.0, Not Yet Released ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +* During primality testing, use a Lucas test in addition to Miller-Rabin. It is + possible to construct a composite integer which passes n Miller-Rabin tests + with probability (1/4)**n. So for a incautious verifier using a small number + of tests (under 16 or so) it is possible if unlikely they would accept such a + composite as prime. Adding a Lucas test precludes such an attack. (GH #1636) + * Add support for using the ARMv8 instructions for SM4 encryption (GH #1622) * Fixed a bug that caused CCM to fail with an exception when used with L=8 @@ -14,7 +20,7 @@ Version 2.8.0, Not Yet Released * The default algorithm used in passhash9 has changed from SHA-256 to SHA-512, and the default work factor increased from 10 to 15. -* In ECC private keys, include the public key data for compatability with +* In ECC private keys, include the public key data for compatibility with GnuTLS (GH #1634 #1635) * Add functions to get name of cipher, hash and MAC objects to FFI. |