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diff --git a/doc/log.txt b/doc/log.txt index d3bc51004..ca83c9bfe 100644 --- a/doc/log.txt +++ b/doc/log.txt @@ -10,85 +10,94 @@ Release Notes Version 1.10.0, Not Yet Released ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Further updates to the documentation +* Further updates to the documentation - * New options to ``configure.py`` control what tools are used for - documentation generation. The ``--use-sphinx`` option enables - using Sphinx to convert ReST into HTML; otherwise the ReST sources - are installed directly. If ``--use-doxygen`` is used, Doxygen will - run as well. Documentation generation can be triggered via the - ``docs`` target in the makefile; it will also be installed by - the install target on Unix. +* New options to ``configure.py`` control what tools are used for + documentation generation. The ``--use-sphinx`` option enables using + Sphinx to convert ReST into HTML; otherwise the ReST sources are + installed directly. If ``--use-doxygen`` is used, Doxygen will run + as well. Documentation generation can be triggered via the ``docs`` + target in the makefile; it will also be installed by the install + target on Unix. Version 1.9.16, 2011-04-11 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Second release candidate for 1.10.0 +* Second release candidate for 1.10.0 - * The documentation, previously written in LaTeX, is now in - reStructuredText suitable for processing by Sphinx, which can - generate nicely formatted HTML and PDFs. The documentation has - also been greatly updated and expanded. +* The documentation, previously written in LaTeX, is now in + reStructuredText suitable for processing by `Sphinx + <http://sphinx.pocoo.org>`_, which can generate nicely formatted + HTML and PDFs. The documentation has also been greatly updated and + expanded. - * The class EC_Domain_Params has been renamed EC_Group, with a - typedef for backwards compatability. +* The class ``EC_Domain_Params`` has been renamed ``EC_Group``, with a + typedef for backwards compatability. - * EC_Group's string constructor didn't understand the standard - names like "secp160r1", forcing use of the OIDs. +* ``EC_Group``'s string constructor didn't understand the standard + names like "secp160r1", forcing use of the OIDs. - * 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 its - runtime linky magic. +* 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 + its runtime linky magic. - * Remove the socket wrapper code; it was not actually used by - anything in the library, only in the examples, and you can use - whatever kind of (blocking) socket interface you like with the - SSL/TLS code. It's available as socket.h in the examples directory - if you want to use it. +* Remove the socket wrapper code; it was not actually used by anything + in the library, only in the examples, and you can use whatever kind + of (blocking) socket interface you like with the SSL/TLS code. It's + available as socket.h in the examples directory if you want to use + it. - * Disable the by-default 'strong' checking of private keys that are - loaded from storage. You can always request key material sanity - checking using Private_Key::check_key. +* Disable the by-default 'strong' checking of private keys that are + loaded from storage. You can always request key material sanity + checking using Private_Key::check_key. - * Bring back removed functions min_keylength_of, max_keylength_of, - keylength_multiple_of in lookup.h to avoid breaking applications - written against 1.8 +* Bring back removed functions ``min_keylength_of``, + ``max_keylength_of``, ``keylength_multiple_of`` in ``lookup.h`` to + avoid breaking applications written against 1.8 Version 1.9.15, 2011-03-21 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * First release candidate for 1.10.0 - * Modify how message expansion is done in SHA-256 and SHA-512. - Instead of expanding the entire message at the start, compute them - in the minimum number of registers. Values are computed 15 rounds - before they are needed. On a Core i7-860, GCC 4.5.2, went from - 143 to 157 MiB/s in SHA-256, and 211 to 256 MiB/s in SHA-512. - * Pipe will delete empty output queues as soon as they are no longer - needed, even if earlier messages still have data unread. However an - (empty) entry in a deque of pointers will remain until all prior - messages are completely emptied. - * Avoid reading the SPARC %tick register on OpenBSD as unlike Linux - the kernel will not trap and emulate it for us, causing a illegal - instruction crash. - * Improve detection and autoconfiguration for ARM processors. +* First release candidate for 1.10.0 + +* Modify how message expansion is done in SHA-256 and SHA-512. + Instead of expanding the entire message at the start, compute them + in the minimum number of registers. Values are computed 15 rounds + before they are needed. On a Core i7-860, GCC 4.5.2, went from 143 + to 157 MiB/s in SHA-256, and 211 to 256 MiB/s in SHA-512. + +* Pipe will delete empty output queues as soon as they are no longer + needed, even if earlier messages still have data unread. However an + (empty) entry in a deque of pointers will remain until all prior + messages are completely emptied. + +* Avoid reading the SPARC ``%tick`` register on OpenBSD as unlike + Linux the kernel will not trap and emulate it for us, causing a + illegal instruction crash. + +* Improve detection and autoconfiguration for ARM processors. Version 1.9.14, 2011-03-01 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add support for bcrypt, OpenBSD's password hashing scheme - * Add support for NIST's AES key wrapping algorithm - * Fix an infinite loop in zlib filters introduced in 1.9.11 (PR 142) +* Add support for bcrypt, OpenBSD's password hashing scheme. It is + described in :ref:`bcrypt`. + +* Add support for NIST's AES key wrapping algorithm, as described in + :rfc:`3394`. It is available by including ``rfc3394.h``. + +* Fix an infinite loop in zlib filters introduced in 1.9.11 (PR 142) 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 - * Fix problems in the amalgamation build - * Fix building under Clang 2.9 and Sun Studio 12 +* 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 +* Fix problems in the amalgamation build +* Fix building under Clang 2.9 and Sun Studio 12 2010 ---------------------------------------- @@ -96,172 +105,172 @@ Version 1.9.13, 2011-02-19 Version 1.9.12, 2010-12-13 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add the Keccak hash function - * Fix compilation problems in Python wrappers - * Fix compilation problem in OpenSSL engine - * Update SQLite3 database encryption codec +* Add the Keccak hash function +* Fix compilation problems in Python wrappers +* Fix compilation problem in OpenSSL engine +* Update SQLite3 database encryption codec Version 1.9.11, 2010-11-29 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Many SSL/TLS APIs have changed. This API is still unstable. - * The SSL interface requires TR1 (uses std::tr1::function) - * Fix SSL handshake failures when using RC4 ciphersuites - * Fix a number of CRL encoding and decoding bugs - * Counter mode now always encrypts 256 blocks in parallel - * Code where u32bit was used to represent a length now uses size_t - * Use small tables in the first round of AES - * Removed AES class: app must choose AES-128, AES-192, or AES-256 - * Add hex encoding/decoding functions that can be used without a Pipe - * Add base64 encoding functions that can be used without a Pipe - * Add to_string function to X509_Certificate - * Add support for dynamic engine loading on Windows - * Replace BlockCipher::BLOCK_SIZE attribute with function block_size() - * Replace HashFunction::HASH_BLOCK_SIZE attribute with hash_block_size() - * Changed semantics of MemoryRegion::resize and clear to match STL - * Removed MemoryRegion::append, replaced by push_back and operator+= - * Move PBKDF lookup to engine system - * The IDEA key schedule has been changed to run in constant time - * Avoid a possible timing vulnerability in Montgomery reduction - * Add Algorithm and Key_Length_Specification classes - * Switch default PKCS #8 encryption algorithm from AES-128 to AES-256 - * Update Skein-512 to match the v1.3 specification - * Allow using PBKDF2 with empty passphrases - * Add compile-time deprecation warnings for GCC, Clang, and MSVC - * Support use of HMAC(SHA-256) and CMAC(Blowfish) in passhash9 - * Improve support for Intel Atom processors - * Fix compilation problems under Sun Studio and Clang +* Many SSL/TLS APIs have changed. This API is still unstable. +* The SSL interface requires TR1 (uses std::tr1::function) +* Fix SSL handshake failures when using RC4 ciphersuites +* Fix a number of CRL encoding and decoding bugs +* Counter mode now always encrypts 256 blocks in parallel +* Code where u32bit was used to represent a length now uses size_t +* Use small tables in the first round of AES +* Removed AES class: app must choose AES-128, AES-192, or AES-256 +* Add hex encoding/decoding functions that can be used without a Pipe +* Add base64 encoding functions that can be used without a Pipe +* Add to_string function to X509_Certificate +* Add support for dynamic engine loading on Windows +* Replace BlockCipher::BLOCK_SIZE attribute with function block_size() +* Replace HashFunction::HASH_BLOCK_SIZE attribute with hash_block_size() +* Changed semantics of MemoryRegion::resize and clear to match STL +* Removed MemoryRegion::append, replaced by push_back and operator+= +* Move PBKDF lookup to engine system +* The IDEA key schedule has been changed to run in constant time +* Avoid a possible timing vulnerability in Montgomery reduction +* Add Algorithm and Key_Length_Specification classes +* Switch default PKCS #8 encryption algorithm from AES-128 to AES-256 +* Update Skein-512 to match the v1.3 specification +* Allow using PBKDF2 with empty passphrases +* Add compile-time deprecation warnings for GCC, Clang, and MSVC +* Support use of HMAC(SHA-256) and CMAC(Blowfish) in passhash9 +* Improve support for Intel Atom processors +* Fix compilation problems under Sun Studio and Clang Version 1.8.11, 2010-11-02 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fix a number of CRL encoding and decoding bugs - * When building a debug library under VC++, use the debug runtime - * Fix compilation under Sun Studio on Linux and Solaris - * Add several functions for compatability with 1.9 - * In the examples, read most input files as binary - * The Perl build script has been removed in this release +* Fix a number of CRL encoding and decoding bugs +* When building a debug library under VC++, use the debug runtime +* Fix compilation under Sun Studio on Linux and Solaris +* Add several functions for compatability with 1.9 +* In the examples, read most input files as binary +* The Perl build script has been removed in this release Version 1.8.10, 2010-08-31 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Switch default PKCS #8 encryption algorithm from 3DES to AES-256 - * Increase default hash iterations from 2048 to 10000 in PBES1 and PBES2 - * Use small tables in the first round of AES - * Add PBKDF typedef and get_pbkdf for better compatability with 1.9 - * Add version of S2K::derive_key taking salt and iteration count - * Enable the /proc-walking entropy source on NetBSD - * Fix the doxygen makefile target +* Switch default PKCS #8 encryption algorithm from 3DES to AES-256 +* Increase default hash iterations from 2048 to 10000 in PBES1 and PBES2 +* Use small tables in the first round of AES +* Add PBKDF typedef and get_pbkdf for better compatability with 1.9 +* Add version of S2K::derive_key taking salt and iteration count +* Enable the /proc-walking entropy source on NetBSD +* Fix the doxygen makefile target Version 1.9.10, 2010-08-12 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add a constant time AES implementation using SSSE3 - * Add support for loading new Engines at runtime - * Use GCC byteswap intrinsics where possible - * Drop support for building with Python 2.4 - * Fix benchmarking of block ciphers in ECB mode - * Consolidate the two x86 assembly engines - * Rename S2K to PBKDF +* Add a constant time AES implementation using SSSE3 +* Add support for loading new Engines at runtime +* Use GCC byteswap intrinsics where possible +* Drop support for building with Python 2.4 +* Fix benchmarking of block ciphers in ECB mode +* Consolidate the two x86 assembly engines +* Rename S2K to PBKDF Version 1.9.9, 2010-06-28 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add new X509::BER_encode and PKCS8::BER_encode - * Give all Filter objects a name() function - * Add Keyed_Filter::valid_iv_length - * Increase default iteration counts for private key encryption - * Fix compilation of mp_asm64 on 64-bit MIPS with GCC 4.4 and later - * Fix compilation under Apple's GCC 4.2 - * Expand and update the Doxygen documentation +* Add new X509::BER_encode and PKCS8::BER_encode +* Give all Filter objects a name() function +* Add Keyed_Filter::valid_iv_length +* Increase default iteration counts for private key encryption +* Fix compilation of mp_asm64 on 64-bit MIPS with GCC 4.4 and later +* Fix compilation under Apple's GCC 4.2 +* Expand and update the Doxygen documentation Version 1.8.9, 2010-06-16 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Use constant time multiplication in IDEA - * Avoid possible timing attack against OAEP decoding - * Add new X509::BER_encode and PKCS8::BER_encode - * Enable DLL builds under Windows - * Add Win32 installer support - * Add support for the Clang compiler - * Fix problem in semcem.h preventing build under Clang or GCC 3.4 - * Fix bug that prevented creation of DSA groups under 1024 bits - * Fix crash in GMP_Engine if library is shutdown and reinitialized - * Work around problem with recent binutils in x86-64 SHA-1 - * The Perl build script is no longer supported and refuses to run by default +* Use constant time multiplication in IDEA +* Avoid possible timing attack against OAEP decoding +* Add new X509::BER_encode and PKCS8::BER_encode +* Enable DLL builds under Windows +* Add Win32 installer support +* Add support for the Clang compiler +* Fix problem in semcem.h preventing build under Clang or GCC 3.4 +* Fix bug that prevented creation of DSA groups under 1024 bits +* Fix crash in GMP_Engine if library is shutdown and reinitialized +* Work around problem with recent binutils in x86-64 SHA-1 +* The Perl build script is no longer supported and refuses to run by default Version 1.9.8, 2010-06-14 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add support for wide multiplications on 64-bit Windows - * 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 - * 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) - * Fix compilation under the Clang compiler +* Add support for wide multiplications on 64-bit Windows +* 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 +* 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) +* Fix compilation under the Clang compiler Version 1.9.7, 2010-04-27 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * TLS: Support reading SSLv2 client hellos - * TLS: Add support for SEED ciphersuites (RFC 4162) - * Add Comb4P hash combiner function - * Fix checking of EMSA_Raw signatures with leading 0 bytes +* TLS: Support reading SSLv2 client hellos +* TLS: Add support for SEED ciphersuites (RFC 4162) +* Add Comb4P hash combiner function +* Fix checking of EMSA_Raw signatures with leading 0 bytes Version 1.9.6, 2010-04-09 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * TLS: Add support for TLS v1.1 - * TLS: Support server name indicator extension - * TLS: Fix server handshake - * TLS: Fix server using DSA certificates - * TLS: Avoid timing channel between CBC padding check and MAC verification +* TLS: Add support for TLS v1.1 +* TLS: Support server name indicator extension +* TLS: Fix server handshake +* TLS: Fix server using DSA certificates +* TLS: Avoid timing channel between CBC padding check and MAC verification Version 1.9.5, 2010-03-29 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Numerous ECC optimizations - * Fix GOST 34.10-2001 X.509 key loading - * Allow PK_Signer's fault protection checks to be toggled off - * Avoid using pool-based locking allocator if we can't mlock - * Remove all runtime options - * New BER_Decoder::{decode_and_check, decode_octet_string_bigint} - * Remove SecureBuffer in favor of SecureVector length parameter - * HMAC_RNG: Perform a poll along with user-supplied entropy - * Fix crash in MemoryRegion if Allocator::get failed - * Fix small compilation problem on FreeBSD +* Numerous ECC optimizations +* Fix GOST 34.10-2001 X.509 key loading +* Allow PK_Signer's fault protection checks to be toggled off +* Avoid using pool-based locking allocator if we can't mlock +* Remove all runtime options +* New BER_Decoder::{decode_and_check, decode_octet_string_bigint} +* Remove SecureBuffer in favor of SecureVector length parameter +* HMAC_RNG: Perform a poll along with user-supplied entropy +* Fix crash in MemoryRegion if Allocator::get failed +* Fix small compilation problem on FreeBSD Version 1.9.4, 2010-03-09 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add the Ajisai SSLv3/TLSv1.0 implementation - * Add GOST 34.10-2001 public key signature scheme - * Add SIMD implementation of Noekeon - * Add SSE2 implementation of IDEA - * Extend Salsa20 to support longer IVs (XSalsa20) - * Perform XTS encryption and decryption in parallel where possible - * Perform CBC decryption in parallel where possible - * Add SQLite3 db encryption codec, contributed by Olivier de Gaalon - * Add a block cipher cascade construction - * Add support for password hashing for authentication (passhash9.h) - * Add support for Win32 high resolution system timers - * Major refactoring and API changes in the public key code - * Use consistency checking (anti-fault attack) for all signature schemes - * Changed S2K interface: derive_key now takes salt, iteration count - * Remove dependency on TR1 for ECC and CVC code - * Renamed ECKAEG to its more usual name, ECDH - * Fix crash in GMP_Engine if library is shutdown and reinitialized - * Fix an invalid memory read in MD4 - * Fix Visual C++ static builds - * Remove Timer class entirely - * Switch default PKCS #8 encryption algorithm from 3DES to AES-128 - * New option --gen-amalgamation for creating a SQLite-style amalgamation - * Many headers are now explicitly internal-use-only and are not installed - * Greatly improve the Win32 installer - * Several fixes for Visual C++ debug builds +* Add the Ajisai SSLv3/TLSv1.0 implementation +* Add GOST 34.10-2001 public key signature scheme +* Add SIMD implementation of Noekeon +* Add SSE2 implementation of IDEA +* Extend Salsa20 to support longer IVs (XSalsa20) +* Perform XTS encryption and decryption in parallel where possible +* Perform CBC decryption in parallel where possible +* Add SQLite3 db encryption codec, contributed by Olivier de Gaalon +* Add a block cipher cascade construction +* Add support for password hashing for authentication (passhash9.h) +* Add support for Win32 high resolution system timers +* Major refactoring and API changes in the public key code +* Use consistency checking (anti-fault attack) for all signature schemes +* Changed S2K interface: derive_key now takes salt, iteration count +* Remove dependency on TR1 for ECC and CVC code +* Renamed ECKAEG to its more usual name, ECDH +* Fix crash in GMP_Engine if library is shutdown and reinitialized +* Fix an invalid memory read in MD4 +* Fix Visual C++ static builds +* Remove Timer class entirely +* Switch default PKCS #8 encryption algorithm from 3DES to AES-128 +* New option --gen-amalgamation for creating a SQLite-style amalgamation +* Many headers are now explicitly internal-use-only and are not installed +* Greatly improve the Win32 installer +* Several fixes for Visual C++ debug builds 2009 ---------------------------------------- @@ -269,119 +278,119 @@ Version 1.9.4, 2010-03-09 Version 1.9.3, 2009-11-19 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add new AES implementation using Intel's AES instruction intrinsics - * Add an implementation of format preserving encryption - * Allow use of any hash function in X.509 certificate creation - * Optimizations for MARS, Skipjack, and AES - * Set macros for available SIMD instructions in build.h - * Add support for using InnoSetup to package Windows builds - * By default build a DLL on Windows +* Add new AES implementation using Intel's AES instruction intrinsics +* Add an implementation of format preserving encryption +* Allow use of any hash function in X.509 certificate creation +* Optimizations for MARS, Skipjack, and AES +* Set macros for available SIMD instructions in build.h +* Add support for using InnoSetup to package Windows builds +* By default build a DLL on Windows Version 1.9.2, 2009-11-03 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add SIMD version of XTEA - * Support both SSE2 and AltiVec SIMD for Serpent and XTEA - * Optimizations for SHA-1 and SHA-2 - * Add AltiVec runtime detection - * Fix x86 CPU identification with Intel C++ and Visual C++ +* Add SIMD version of XTEA +* Support both SSE2 and AltiVec SIMD for Serpent and XTEA +* Optimizations for SHA-1 and SHA-2 +* Add AltiVec runtime detection +* Fix x86 CPU identification with Intel C++ and Visual C++ Version 1.8.8, 2009-11-03 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Alter Skein-512 to match the tweaked 1.2 specification - * Fix use of inline asm for access to x86 bswap function - * Allow building the library without AES enabled - * Add 'powerpc64' alias to ppc64 arch for Gentoo ebuild +* Alter Skein-512 to match the tweaked 1.2 specification +* Fix use of inline asm for access to x86 bswap function +* Allow building the library without AES enabled +* Add 'powerpc64' alias to ppc64 arch for Gentoo ebuild Version 1.9.1, 2009-10-23 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Better support for Python and Perl wrappers - * Add an implementation of Blue Midnight Wish (Round 2 tweak version) - * Modify Skein-512 to match the tweaked 1.2 specification - * Add threshold secret sharing (draft-mcgrew-tss-02) - * Add runtime cpu feature detection for x86/x86-64 - * Add code for general runtime self testing for hashes, MACs, and ciphers - * Optimize XTEA; twice as fast as before on Core2 and Opteron - * Convert CTR_BE and OFB from filters to stream ciphers - * New parsing code for SCAN algorithm names - * Enable SSE2 optimizations under Visual C++ - * Remove all use of C++ exception specifications - * Add support for GNU/Hurd and Clang/LLVM +* Better support for Python and Perl wrappers +* Add an implementation of Blue Midnight Wish (Round 2 tweak version) +* Modify Skein-512 to match the tweaked 1.2 specification +* Add threshold secret sharing (draft-mcgrew-tss-02) +* Add runtime cpu feature detection for x86/x86-64 +* Add code for general runtime self testing for hashes, MACs, and ciphers +* Optimize XTEA; twice as fast as before on Core2 and Opteron +* Convert CTR_BE and OFB from filters to stream ciphers +* New parsing code for SCAN algorithm names +* Enable SSE2 optimizations under Visual C++ +* Remove all use of C++ exception specifications +* Add support for GNU/Hurd and Clang/LLVM Version 1.9.0, 2009-09-09 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add support for parallel invocation of block ciphers where possible - * Add SSE2 implementation of Serpent - * Add Rivest's package transform (an all or nothing transform) - * Minor speedups to the Turing key schedule - * Fix processing multiple messages in XTS mode - * Add --no-autoload option to configure.py, for minimized builds - * The previously used configure.pl script is no longer supported +* Add support for parallel invocation of block ciphers where possible +* Add SSE2 implementation of Serpent +* Add Rivest's package transform (an all or nothing transform) +* Minor speedups to the Turing key schedule +* Fix processing multiple messages in XTS mode +* Add --no-autoload option to configure.py, for minimized builds +* The previously used configure.pl script is no longer supported Version 1.8.7, 2009-09-09 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fix processing multiple messages in XTS mode - * Add --no-autoload option to configure.py, for minimized builds +* Fix processing multiple messages in XTS mode +* Add --no-autoload option to configure.py, for minimized builds Version 1.8.6, 2009-08-13 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add Cryptobox, a set of simple password-based encryption routines - * Only read world-readable files when walking /proc for entropy - * Fix building with TR1 disabled - * Fix x86 bswap support for Visual C++ - * Fixes for compilation under Sun C++ - * Add support for Dragonfly BSD (contributed by Patrick Georgi) - * Add support for the Open64 C++ compiler - * Build fixes for MIPS systems running Linux - * Minor changes to license, now equivalent to the FreeBSD/NetBSD license +* Add Cryptobox, a set of simple password-based encryption routines +* Only read world-readable files when walking /proc for entropy +* Fix building with TR1 disabled +* Fix x86 bswap support for Visual C++ +* Fixes for compilation under Sun C++ +* Add support for Dragonfly BSD (contributed by Patrick Georgi) +* Add support for the Open64 C++ compiler +* Build fixes for MIPS systems running Linux +* Minor changes to license, now equivalent to the FreeBSD/NetBSD license Version 1.8.5, 2009-07-23 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Change configure.py to work on stock Python 2.4 - * Avoid a crash in Skein_512::add_data processing a zero-length input - * Small build fixes for SPARC, ARM, and HP-PA processors - * The test suite now returns an error code from main() if any tests failed +* Change configure.py to work on stock Python 2.4 +* Avoid a crash in Skein_512::add_data processing a zero-length input +* Small build fixes for SPARC, ARM, and HP-PA processors +* The test suite now returns an error code from main() if any tests failed Version 1.8.4, 2009-07-12 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fix a bug in nonce generation in the Miller-Rabin test +* Fix a bug in nonce generation in the Miller-Rabin test Version 1.8.3, 2009-07-11 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add a new Python configuration script - * Add the Skein-512 SHA-3 candidate hash function - * Add the XTS block cipher mode from IEEE P1619 - * Fix random_prime when generating a prime of less than 7 bits - * Improve handling of low-entropy situations during PRNG seeding - * Change random device polling to prefer /dev/urandom over /dev/random - * Use an input insensitive implementation of same_mem instead of memcmp - * Correct DataSource::discard_next to return the number of discarded bytes - * Provide a default value for AutoSeeded_RNG::reseed - * Fix Gentoo bug 272242 +* Add a new Python configuration script +* Add the Skein-512 SHA-3 candidate hash function +* Add the XTS block cipher mode from IEEE P1619 +* Fix random_prime when generating a prime of less than 7 bits +* Improve handling of low-entropy situations during PRNG seeding +* Change random device polling to prefer /dev/urandom over /dev/random +* Use an input insensitive implementation of same_mem instead of memcmp +* Correct DataSource::discard_next to return the number of discarded bytes +* Provide a default value for AutoSeeded_RNG::reseed +* Fix Gentoo bug 272242 Version 1.8.2, 2009-04-07 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Make entropy polling more flexible and in most cases faster - * GOST 28147 now supports multiple sbox parameters - * Added the GOST 34.11 hash function - * Fix botan-config problems on MacOS X +* Make entropy polling more flexible and in most cases faster +* GOST 28147 now supports multiple sbox parameters +* Added the GOST 34.11 hash function +* Fix botan-config problems on MacOS X Version 1.8.1, 2009-01-20 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Avoid a valgrind warning in es_unix.cpp on 32-bit Linux - * Fix memory leak in PKCS8 load_key and encrypt_key - * Relicense api.tex from CC-By-SA 2.5 to BSD - * Fix botan-config on MacOS X, Solaris +* Avoid a valgrind warning in es_unix.cpp on 32-bit Linux +* Fix memory leak in PKCS8 load_key and encrypt_key +* Relicense api.tex from CC-By-SA 2.5 to BSD +* Fix botan-config on MacOS X, Solaris 2008 ---------------------------------------- @@ -389,277 +398,277 @@ Version 1.8.1, 2009-01-20 Version 1.8.0, 2008-12-08 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fix compilation on Solaris with GCC +* Fix compilation on Solaris with GCC Version 1.7.24, 2008-12-01 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fix a compatibility problem with SHA-512/EMSA3 signature padding - * Fix bug preventing EGD/PRNGD entropy poller from working - * Fix integer overflow in Pooling_Allocator::get_more_core (bug id #27) - * Add EMSA3_Raw, a variant of EMSA3 called CKM_RSA_PKCS in PKCS #11 - * Add support for SHA-224 in EMSA2 and EMSA3 PK signature padding schemes - * Add many more test vectors for RSA with EMSA2, EMSA3, and EMSA4 - * Wrap private structs in SSE2 SHA-1 code in anonymous namespace - * Change configure.pl's CPU autodetection output to be more consistent - * Disable using OpenSSL's AES due to crashes of unknown cause - * Fix warning in /proc walking entropy poller - * Fix compilation with IBM XLC for Cell 0.9-200709 +* Fix a compatibility problem with SHA-512/EMSA3 signature padding +* Fix bug preventing EGD/PRNGD entropy poller from working +* Fix integer overflow in Pooling_Allocator::get_more_core (bug id #27) +* Add EMSA3_Raw, a variant of EMSA3 called CKM_RSA_PKCS in PKCS #11 +* Add support for SHA-224 in EMSA2 and EMSA3 PK signature padding schemes +* Add many more test vectors for RSA with EMSA2, EMSA3, and EMSA4 +* Wrap private structs in SSE2 SHA-1 code in anonymous namespace +* Change configure.pl's CPU autodetection output to be more consistent +* Disable using OpenSSL's AES due to crashes of unknown cause +* Fix warning in /proc walking entropy poller +* Fix compilation with IBM XLC for Cell 0.9-200709 Version 1.7.23, 2008-11-23 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Change to use TR1 (thus enabling ECDSA) with GCC and ICC - * Optimize almost all hash functions, especially MD4 and Tiger - * Add configure.pl options --{with,without}-{bzip2,zlib,openssl,gnump} - * Change Timer to be pure virtual, and add ANSI_Clock_Timer - * Cache socket descriptors in the EGD entropy source - * Avoid bogging down startup in /proc walking entropy source - * Remove Buffered_EntropySource helper class - * Add a Default_Benchmark_Timer typedef in benchmark.h - * Add examples using benchmark.h and Algorithm_Factory - * Add ECC tests from InSiTo - * Minor documentation updates +* Change to use TR1 (thus enabling ECDSA) with GCC and ICC +* Optimize almost all hash functions, especially MD4 and Tiger +* Add configure.pl options --{with,without}-{bzip2,zlib,openssl,gnump} +* Change Timer to be pure virtual, and add ANSI_Clock_Timer +* Cache socket descriptors in the EGD entropy source +* Avoid bogging down startup in /proc walking entropy source +* Remove Buffered_EntropySource helper class +* Add a Default_Benchmark_Timer typedef in benchmark.h +* Add examples using benchmark.h and Algorithm_Factory +* Add ECC tests from InSiTo +* Minor documentation updates Version 1.7.22, 2008-11-17 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add provider preferences to Algorithm_Factory - * Fix memory leaks in PBE_PKCS5v20 and get_pbe introduced in 1.7.21 - * Optimize AES encryption and decryption (about 10% faster) - * Enable SSE2 optimized SHA-1 implementation on Intel Prescott CPUs - * Fix nanoseconds overflow in benchmark code - * Remove Engine::add_engine +* Add provider preferences to Algorithm_Factory +* Fix memory leaks in PBE_PKCS5v20 and get_pbe introduced in 1.7.21 +* Optimize AES encryption and decryption (about 10% faster) +* Enable SSE2 optimized SHA-1 implementation on Intel Prescott CPUs +* Fix nanoseconds overflow in benchmark code +* Remove Engine::add_engine Version 1.7.21, 2008-11-11 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Make algorithm lookup much more configuable - * Add facilities for runtime performance testing of algorithms - * Drop use of entropy estimation in the PRNGs - * Increase intervals between HMAC_RNG automatic reseeding - * Drop InitializerOptions class, all options but thread safety +* Make algorithm lookup much more configuable +* Add facilities for runtime performance testing of algorithms +* Drop use of entropy estimation in the PRNGs +* Increase intervals between HMAC_RNG automatic reseeding +* Drop InitializerOptions class, all options but thread safety Version 1.7.20, 2008-11-09 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Namespace pkg-config file by major and minor versions - * Cache device descriptors in Device_EntropySource - * Split base.h into {block_cipher,stream_cipher,mac,hash}.h - * Removed get_mgf function from lookup.h +* Namespace pkg-config file by major and minor versions +* Cache device descriptors in Device_EntropySource +* Split base.h into {block_cipher,stream_cipher,mac,hash}.h +* Removed get_mgf function from lookup.h Version 1.7.19, 2008-11-06 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add HMAC_RNG, based on a design by Hugo Krawczyk - * Optimized the Turing stream cipher (about 20% faster on x86-64) - * Modify Randpool's reseeding algorithm to poll more sources - * Add a new AutoSeeded_RNG in auto_rng.h - * OpenPGP_S2K changed to take hash object instead of name - * Add automatic identification for Intel's Prescott processors +* Add HMAC_RNG, based on a design by Hugo Krawczyk +* Optimized the Turing stream cipher (about 20% faster on x86-64) +* Modify Randpool's reseeding algorithm to poll more sources +* Add a new AutoSeeded_RNG in auto_rng.h +* OpenPGP_S2K changed to take hash object instead of name +* Add automatic identification for Intel's Prescott processors Version 1.7.18, 2008-10-22 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add Doxygen comments from InSiTo - * Add ECDSA and ECKAEG benchmarks - * Add configure.pl switch --with-tr1-implementation - * Fix configure.pl's --with-endian and --with-unaligned-mem options - * Added support for pkg-config - * Optimize byteswap with x86 inline asm for Visual C++ by Yves Jerschow - * Use const references to avoid copying overhead in CurveGFp, GFpModulus +* Add Doxygen comments from InSiTo +* Add ECDSA and ECKAEG benchmarks +* Add configure.pl switch --with-tr1-implementation +* Fix configure.pl's --with-endian and --with-unaligned-mem options +* Added support for pkg-config +* Optimize byteswap with x86 inline asm for Visual C++ by Yves Jerschow +* Use const references to avoid copying overhead in CurveGFp, GFpModulus Version 1.7.17, 2008-10-12 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add missing ECDSA object identifiers - * Fix error in x86 and x86-64 assembler affecting GF(p) math - * Remove Boost dependency from GF(p) math - * Modify botan-config to not print -L/usr/lib or -L/usr/local/lib - * Add BOTAN_DLL macro to over 30 classes missing it - * Rename the two SHA-2 base classes for consistency +* Add missing ECDSA object identifiers +* Fix error in x86 and x86-64 assembler affecting GF(p) math +* Remove Boost dependency from GF(p) math +* Modify botan-config to not print -L/usr/lib or -L/usr/local/lib +* Add BOTAN_DLL macro to over 30 classes missing it +* Rename the two SHA-2 base classes for consistency Version 1.7.16, 2008-10-09 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add several missing pieces needed for ECDSA and ECKAEG - * Add Card Verifiable Certificates from InSiTo - * Add SHA-224 from InSiTo - * Add BSI variant of EMSA1 from InSiTo - * Add GF(p) and ECDSA tests from InSiTo - * Split ECDSA and ECKAEG into distinct modules - * Allow OpenSSL and GNU MP engines to be built with public key algos disabled - * Rename sha256.h to sha2_32.h and sha_64.h to sha2_64.h +* Add several missing pieces needed for ECDSA and ECKAEG +* Add Card Verifiable Certificates from InSiTo +* Add SHA-224 from InSiTo +* Add BSI variant of EMSA1 from InSiTo +* Add GF(p) and ECDSA tests from InSiTo +* Split ECDSA and ECKAEG into distinct modules +* Allow OpenSSL and GNU MP engines to be built with public key algos disabled +* Rename sha256.h to sha2_32.h and sha_64.h to sha2_64.h Version 1.7.15, 2008-10-07 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add GF(p) arithmetic from InSiTo - * Add ECDSA and ECKAEG implementations from InSiTo - * Minimize internal dependencies, allowing for smaller build configurations - * Add new User Manual and Architecture Guide from FlexSecure GmbH - * Alter configure.pl options for better autotools compatibility - * Update build instructions for recent changes to configure.pl - * Fix CPU detection using /proc/cpuinfo +* Add GF(p) arithmetic from InSiTo +* Add ECDSA and ECKAEG implementations from InSiTo +* Minimize internal dependencies, allowing for smaller build configurations +* Add new User Manual and Architecture Guide from FlexSecure GmbH +* Alter configure.pl options for better autotools compatibility +* Update build instructions for recent changes to configure.pl +* Fix CPU detection using /proc/cpuinfo Version 1.7.14, 2008-09-30 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Split library into parts allowing modular builds - * Add (very preliminary) CMS support to the main library - * Some constructors now require object pointers instead of names - * Support multiple implementations of the same algorithm - * Build support for Pentium-M processors, from Derek Scherger - * Build support for MinGW/MSYS, from Zbigniew Zagorski - * Use inline assembly for bswap on 32-bit x86 +* Split library into parts allowing modular builds +* Add (very preliminary) CMS support to the main library +* Some constructors now require object pointers instead of names +* Support multiple implementations of the same algorithm +* Build support for Pentium-M processors, from Derek Scherger +* Build support for MinGW/MSYS, from Zbigniew Zagorski +* Use inline assembly for bswap on 32-bit x86 Version 1.7.13, 2008-09-27 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add SSLv3 MAC, SSLv3 PRF, and TLS v1.0 PRF from Ajisai - * Allow all examples to compile even if compression not enabled - * Make CMAC's polynomial doubling operation a public class method - * Use the -m64 flag when compiling with Sun Forte on x86-64 - * Clean up and slightly optimize CMAC::final_result +* Add SSLv3 MAC, SSLv3 PRF, and TLS v1.0 PRF from Ajisai +* Allow all examples to compile even if compression not enabled +* Make CMAC's polynomial doubling operation a public class method +* Use the -m64 flag when compiling with Sun Forte on x86-64 +* Clean up and slightly optimize CMAC::final_result Version 1.7.12, 2008-09-18 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add x86 assembly for Visual Studio C++, by Luca Piccarreta - * Add a Perl XS module, by Vaclav Ovsik - * Add SWIG-based wrapper for Botan - * Add SSE2 implementation of SHA-1, by Dean Gaudet - * Remove the BigInt::sig_words cache due to bugs - * Combined the 4 Blowfish sboxes, suggested by Yves Jerschow - * Changed BigInt::grow_by and BigInt::grow_to to be non-const - * Add private assignment operators to classes that don't support assignment - * Benchmark RSA encryption and signatures - * Added test programs for random_prime and ressol - * Add high resolution timers for IA-64, HP-PA, S390x - * Reduce use of the RNG during benchmarks - * Fix builds on STI Cell PPU - * Add support for IBM's XLC compiler - * Add IETF 8192 bit MODP group +* Add x86 assembly for Visual Studio C++, by Luca Piccarreta +* Add a Perl XS module, by Vaclav Ovsik +* Add SWIG-based wrapper for Botan +* Add SSE2 implementation of SHA-1, by Dean Gaudet +* Remove the BigInt::sig_words cache due to bugs +* Combined the 4 Blowfish sboxes, suggested by Yves Jerschow +* Changed BigInt::grow_by and BigInt::grow_to to be non-const +* Add private assignment operators to classes that don't support assignment +* Benchmark RSA encryption and signatures +* Added test programs for random_prime and ressol +* Add high resolution timers for IA-64, HP-PA, S390x +* Reduce use of the RNG during benchmarks +* Fix builds on STI Cell PPU +* Add support for IBM's XLC compiler +* Add IETF 8192 bit MODP group Version 1.7.11, 2008-09-11 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added the Salsa20 stream cipher - * Optimized Montgomery reduction, Karatsuba squaring - * Added 16x16->32 word Comba multiplication and squaring - * Use a much larger Karatsuba cutoff point - * Remove bigint_mul_add_words - * Inlined several BigInt functions - * Add useful information to the generated build.h - * Rename alg_{ia32,amd64} modules to asm_{ia32,amd64} - * Fix the Windows build +* Added the Salsa20 stream cipher +* Optimized Montgomery reduction, Karatsuba squaring +* Added 16x16->32 word Comba multiplication and squaring +* Use a much larger Karatsuba cutoff point +* Remove bigint_mul_add_words +* Inlined several BigInt functions +* Add useful information to the generated build.h +* Rename alg_{ia32,amd64} modules to asm_{ia32,amd64} +* Fix the Windows build Version 1.7.10, 2008-09-05 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Public key benchmarks run using a selection of random keys - * New benchmark timer options are clock_gettime, gettimeofday, times, clock - * Including reinterpret_cast optimization for xor_buf in default header - * Split byte swapping and word rotation functions into distinct headers - * Add IETF modp 6144 group and 2048 and 3072 bit DSS groups - * Optimizes BigInt right shift - * Add aliases in DL_Group::Format enum - * BigInt now caches the significant word count +* Public key benchmarks run using a selection of random keys +* New benchmark timer options are clock_gettime, gettimeofday, times, clock +* Including reinterpret_cast optimization for xor_buf in default header +* Split byte swapping and word rotation functions into distinct headers +* Add IETF modp 6144 group and 2048 and 3072 bit DSS groups +* Optimizes BigInt right shift +* Add aliases in DL_Group::Format enum +* BigInt now caches the significant word count Version 1.7.9, 2008-08-27 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Make clear() in most algorithm base classes a pure virtual - * Add noexec stack marker for GNU linker in assembly code - * Avoid string operations in ressol - * Compilation fixes for MinGW and Visual Studio C++ 2008 - * Some autoconfiguration fixes for Windows +* Make clear() in most algorithm base classes a pure virtual +* Add noexec stack marker for GNU linker in assembly code +* Avoid string operations in ressol +* Compilation fixes for MinGW and Visual Studio C++ 2008 +* Some autoconfiguration fixes for Windows Version 1.6.5, 2008-08-27 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add noexec stack marker for GNU linker in assembly code - * Fix autoconfiguration problem on x86 with GCC 4.2 and 4.3 +* Add noexec stack marker for GNU linker in assembly code +* Fix autoconfiguration problem on x86 with GCC 4.2 and 4.3 Version 1.7.8, 2008-07-15 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added the block cipher Noekeon - * Remove global deref_alias function - * X509_Store takes timeout options as constructor arguments - * Add Shanks-Tonelli algorithm, contributed by FlexSecure GmbH - * Extend random_prime() for generating primes of any bit length - * Remove Config class - * Allow adding new entropy via base RNG interface - * Reseeding a X9.31 PRNG also reseeds the underlying PRNG +* Added the block cipher Noekeon +* Remove global deref_alias function +* X509_Store takes timeout options as constructor arguments +* Add Shanks-Tonelli algorithm, contributed by FlexSecure GmbH +* Extend random_prime() for generating primes of any bit length +* Remove Config class +* Allow adding new entropy via base RNG interface +* Reseeding a X9.31 PRNG also reseeds the underlying PRNG Version 1.7.7, 2008-06-28 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Remove the global PRNG object - * The PK filter objects were removed - * Add a test suite for the ANSI X9.31 PRNG - * Much cleaner and (mostly) thread-safe reimplementation of es_ftw - * Remove both default arguments to ANSI_X931_RNG's constructor - * Remove the randomizing version of OctetString::change - * Make the cipher and MAC to use in Randpool configurable - * Move RandomNumberGenerator declaration to rng.h - * RSA_PrivateKey will not generate keys smaller than 1024 bits - * Fix an error decoding BER UNIVERSAL types with special taggings +* Remove the global PRNG object +* The PK filter objects were removed +* Add a test suite for the ANSI X9.31 PRNG +* Much cleaner and (mostly) thread-safe reimplementation of es_ftw +* Remove both default arguments to ANSI_X931_RNG's constructor +* Remove the randomizing version of OctetString::change +* Make the cipher and MAC to use in Randpool configurable +* Move RandomNumberGenerator declaration to rng.h +* RSA_PrivateKey will not generate keys smaller than 1024 bits +* Fix an error decoding BER UNIVERSAL types with special taggings Version 1.7.6, 2008-05-05 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Initial support for Windows DLLs, from Joel Low - * Reset the position pointer when a new block is generated in X9.32 PRNG - * Timer objects are now treated as entropy sources - * Moved several ASN.1-related enums from enums.h to an appropriate header - * Removed the AEP module, due to inability to test - * Removed Global_RNG and rng.h - * Removed system_clock - * Removed Library_State::UI and the pulse callback logic +* Initial support for Windows DLLs, from Joel Low +* Reset the position pointer when a new block is generated in X9.32 PRNG +* Timer objects are now treated as entropy sources +* Moved several ASN.1-related enums from enums.h to an appropriate header +* Removed the AEP module, due to inability to test +* Removed Global_RNG and rng.h +* Removed system_clock +* Removed Library_State::UI and the pulse callback logic Version 1.7.5, 2008-04-12 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * The API of X509_CA::sign_request was altered to avoid race conditions - * New type Pipe::message_id to represent the Pipe message number - * Remove the Named_Mutex_Holder for a small performance gain - * Removed several unused or rarely used functions from Config - * Ignore spaces inside of a decimal string in BigInt::decode - * Allow using a std::istream to initialize a DataSource_Stream object - * Fix compilation problem in zlib compression module - * The chunk sized used by Pooling_Allocator is now a compile time setting - * The size of random blinding factors is now a compile time setting - * The install target no longer tries to set a particular owner/group +* The API of X509_CA::sign_request was altered to avoid race conditions +* New type Pipe::message_id to represent the Pipe message number +* Remove the Named_Mutex_Holder for a small performance gain +* Removed several unused or rarely used functions from Config +* Ignore spaces inside of a decimal string in BigInt::decode +* Allow using a std::istream to initialize a DataSource_Stream object +* Fix compilation problem in zlib compression module +* The chunk sized used by Pooling_Allocator is now a compile time setting +* The size of random blinding factors is now a compile time setting +* The install target no longer tries to set a particular owner/group Version 1.7.4, 2008-03-10 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Use unaligned memory read/writes on systems that allow it, for performance - * Assembly for x86-64 for accessing the bswap instruction - * Use larger buffers in ARC4 and WiderWAKE for significant throughput increase - * Unroll loops in SHA-160 for a few percent increase in performance - * Fix compilation with GCC 3.2 in es_ftw and es_unix - * Build fix for NetBSD systems - * Prevent es_dev from being built except on Unix systems +* Use unaligned memory read/writes on systems that allow it, for performance +* Assembly for x86-64 for accessing the bswap instruction +* Use larger buffers in ARC4 and WiderWAKE for significant throughput increase +* Unroll loops in SHA-160 for a few percent increase in performance +* Fix compilation with GCC 3.2 in es_ftw and es_unix +* Build fix for NetBSD systems +* Prevent es_dev from being built except on Unix systems Version 1.6.4, 2008-03-08 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fix a compilation problem with Visual Studio C++ 2003 +* Fix a compilation problem with Visual Studio C++ 2003 Version 1.7.3, 2008-01-23 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * New invocation syntax for configure.pl with several new options - * Support for IPv4 addresses in a subject alternative name - * New fast poll for the generic Unix entropy source (es_unix) - * The es_file entropy source has been replaced by the es_dev module - * The malloc allocator does not inherit from Pooling_Allocator anymore - * The path that es_unix will search in are now fully user-configurable - * Truncate X9.42 PRF output rather than allow counter overflow - * PowerPC is now assumed to be big-endian +* New invocation syntax for configure.pl with several new options +* Support for IPv4 addresses in a subject alternative name +* New fast poll for the generic Unix entropy source (es_unix) +* The es_file entropy source has been replaced by the es_dev module +* The malloc allocator does not inherit from Pooling_Allocator anymore +* The path that es_unix will search in are now fully user-configurable +* Truncate X9.42 PRF output rather than allow counter overflow +* PowerPC is now assumed to be big-endian 2007 ---------------------------------------- @@ -667,54 +676,54 @@ Version 1.7.3, 2008-01-23 Version 1.7.2, 2007-10-13 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Initialize the global library state lazily - * Add plain CBC-MAC for backwards compatibility with old systems - * Clean up some of the self test code - * Throw a sensible exception if a DL_Group is not found - * Truncate KDF2 output rather than allowing counter overflow - * Add newly assigned OIDs for SHA-2 and DSA with SHA-224/256 - * Fix a Visual Studio compilation problem in x509stat.cpp +* Initialize the global library state lazily +* Add plain CBC-MAC for backwards compatibility with old systems +* Clean up some of the self test code +* Throw a sensible exception if a DL_Group is not found +* Truncate KDF2 output rather than allowing counter overflow +* Add newly assigned OIDs for SHA-2 and DSA with SHA-224/256 +* Fix a Visual Studio compilation problem in x509stat.cpp Version 1.7.1, 2007-07-23 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fix a race condition in the algorithm object cache - * HMAC key schedule optimization - * The build header sets a macro defining endianness, if known - * New word load/store abstraction allowing further optimization - * Modify most of the library to avoid use the C-style casts - * Use higher resolution timers in symmetric benchmarks +* Fix a race condition in the algorithm object cache +* HMAC key schedule optimization +* The build header sets a macro defining endianness, if known +* New word load/store abstraction allowing further optimization +* Modify most of the library to avoid use the C-style casts +* Use higher resolution timers in symmetric benchmarks Version 1.6.3, 2007-07-23 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fix a race condition in the algorithm lookup cache - * Fix problems building the memory pool on some versions of Visual C++ +* Fix a race condition in the algorithm lookup cache +* Fix problems building the memory pool on some versions of Visual C++ Version 1.7.0, 2007-05-19 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * DSA parameter generation now follows FIPS 186-3 - * Added OIDs for Rabin-Williams and Nyberg-Rueppel - * Somewhat better support for out of tree builds - * Minor optimizations for RC2 and Tiger - * Documentation updates - * Update the todo list +* DSA parameter generation now follows FIPS 186-3 +* Added OIDs for Rabin-Williams and Nyberg-Rueppel +* Somewhat better support for out of tree builds +* Minor optimizations for RC2 and Tiger +* Documentation updates +* Update the todo list Version 1.6.2, 2007-03-24 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fix autodection on Athlon64s running Linux - * Fix builds on QNX and compilers using STLport - * Remove a call to abort() that crept into production +* Fix autodection on Athlon64s running Linux +* Fix builds on QNX and compilers using STLport +* Remove a call to abort() that crept into production Version 1.6.1, 2007-01-20 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fix some base64 decoder bugs - * Add a new option to base64 encoding, to always append a newline - * Fix some build problems under Visual Studio with debug enabled - * Fix a bug in BER_Decoder that was triggered under some compilers +* Fix some base64 decoder bugs +* Add a new option to base64 encoding, to always append a newline +* Fix some build problems under Visual Studio with debug enabled +* Fix a bug in BER_Decoder that was triggered under some compilers 2006 ---------------------------------------- @@ -722,191 +731,191 @@ Version 1.6.1, 2007-01-20 Version 1.6.0, 2006-12-17 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Minor cleanups versus 1.5.13 +* Minor cleanups versus 1.5.13 Version 1.5.13, 2006-12-10 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Compilation fixes for the bzip2, zlib, and GNU MP modules - * Better support for Intel C++ and EKOpath C++ on x86-64 +* Compilation fixes for the bzip2, zlib, and GNU MP modules +* Better support for Intel C++ and EKOpath C++ on x86-64 Version 1.5.12, 2006-10-27 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * 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 +* 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 Version 1.5.11, 2006-09-10 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * 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 +* 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 Version 1.5.10, 2006-08-13 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * 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 +* 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 Version 1.5.9, 2006-07-12 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * 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 +* 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 Version 1.5.8, 2006-06-23 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * 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 +* 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 Version 1.5.7, 2006-05-28 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * 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 +* 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 Version 1.5.6, 2006-03-01 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * 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 +* 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 Version 1.5.5, 2006-02-04 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * 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 +* 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 Version 1.5.4, 2006-01-29 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * 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 +* 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 Version 1.5.3, 2006-01-24 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * 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 +* 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 Version 1.5.2, 2006-01-15 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * 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 +* 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 Version 1.4.12, 2006-01-15 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed an off-by-one memory read in MISTY1::key() - * Fixed a nasty memory leak in Output_Buffers::retire() - * Changed maximum HMAC keylength to 1024 bits - * Fixed a build problem in the hardware timer module on 64-bit PowerPC +* Fixed an off-by-one memory read in MISTY1::key() +* Fixed a nasty memory leak in Output_Buffers::retire() +* Changed maximum HMAC keylength to 1024 bits +* Fixed a build problem in the hardware timer module on 64-bit PowerPC Version 1.5.1, 2006-01-08 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * 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 +* 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 Version 1.5.0, 2006-01-01 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * 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 +* 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 2005 ---------------------------------------- @@ -914,102 +923,102 @@ Version 1.5.0, 2006-01-01 Version 1.4.11, 2005-12-31 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Changed Whirlpool diffusion matrix to match updated algorithm spec - * Fixed several engine module build errors introduced in 1.4.10 - * Fixed two build problems in es_capi; reported by Matthew Gregan - * Added a constructor to DataSource_Memory taking a std::string - * Placing the same Filter in multiple Pipes triggers an exception - * The configure script accepts --docdir and --libdir - * Merged doc/rngs.txt into the main API document - * Thanks to Joel Low for several bug reports on early tarballs of 1.4.11 +* Changed Whirlpool diffusion matrix to match updated algorithm spec +* Fixed several engine module build errors introduced in 1.4.10 +* Fixed two build problems in es_capi; reported by Matthew Gregan +* Added a constructor to DataSource_Memory taking a std::string +* Placing the same Filter in multiple Pipes triggers an exception +* The configure script accepts --docdir and --libdir +* Merged doc/rngs.txt into the main API document +* Thanks to Joel Low for several bug reports on early tarballs of 1.4.11 Version 1.4.10, 2005-12-18 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added an implementation of KASUMI, the block cipher used in 3G phones - * Refactored Pipe; output queues are now managed by a distinct class - * Made certain Filter facilities only available to subclasses of Fanout_Filter - * There is no longer any overhead in Pipe for a message that has been read out - * It is now possible to generate RSA keys as small as 128 bits - * Changed some of the core classes to derive from Algorithm as a virtual base - * Changed Randpool to use HMAC instead of a plain hash as the mixing function - * Fixed a bug in the allocators; found and fixed by Matthew Gregan - * Enabled the use of binary file I/O, when requested by the application - * The OpenSSL engine's block cipher code was missing some deallocation calls - * Disabled the es_ftw module on NetBSD, due to header problems there - * Fixed a problem preventing tm_hard from building on MacOS X on PowerPC - * Some cleanups for the modules that use inline assembler - * config.h is now stored in build/ instead of build/include/botan/ - * The header util.h was split into bit_ops.h, parsing.h, and util.h - * Cleaned up some redundant include directives +* Added an implementation of KASUMI, the block cipher used in 3G phones +* Refactored Pipe; output queues are now managed by a distinct class +* Made certain Filter facilities only available to subclasses of Fanout_Filter +* There is no longer any overhead in Pipe for a message that has been read out +* It is now possible to generate RSA keys as small as 128 bits +* Changed some of the core classes to derive from Algorithm as a virtual base +* Changed Randpool to use HMAC instead of a plain hash as the mixing function +* Fixed a bug in the allocators; found and fixed by Matthew Gregan +* Enabled the use of binary file I/O, when requested by the application +* The OpenSSL engine's block cipher code was missing some deallocation calls +* Disabled the es_ftw module on NetBSD, due to header problems there +* Fixed a problem preventing tm_hard from building on MacOS X on PowerPC +* Some cleanups for the modules that use inline assembler +* config.h is now stored in build/ instead of build/include/botan/ +* The header util.h was split into bit_ops.h, parsing.h, and util.h +* Cleaned up some redundant include directives Version 1.4.9, 2005-11-06 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added the IBM-created AES candidate algorithm MARS - * Added the South Korean block cipher SEED - * Added the stream cipher Turing - * Added the new hash function FORK-256 - * Deprecated the ISAAC stream cipher - * Twofish and RC6 are significantly faster with GCC - * Much better support for 64-bit PowerPC - * Added support for high-resolution PowerPC timers - * Fixed a bug in the configure script causing problems on FreeBSD - * Changed ANSI X9.31 to support arbitrary block ciphers - * Make the configure script a bit less noisy - * Added more test vectors for some algorithms, including all the AES finalists - * Various cosmetic source code cleanups +* Added the IBM-created AES candidate algorithm MARS +* Added the South Korean block cipher SEED +* Added the stream cipher Turing +* Added the new hash function FORK-256 +* Deprecated the ISAAC stream cipher +* Twofish and RC6 are significantly faster with GCC +* Much better support for 64-bit PowerPC +* Added support for high-resolution PowerPC timers +* Fixed a bug in the configure script causing problems on FreeBSD +* Changed ANSI X9.31 to support arbitrary block ciphers +* Make the configure script a bit less noisy +* Added more test vectors for some algorithms, including all the AES finalists +* Various cosmetic source code cleanups Version 1.4.8, 2005-10-16 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Resolved a bad performance problem in the allocators; fix by Matt Johnston - * Worked around a Visual Studio 2003 compilation problem introduced in 1.4.7 - * Renamed OMAC to CMAC to match the official NIST naming - * Added single byte versions of update() to PK_Signer and PK_Verifier - * Removed the unused reverse_bits and reverse_bytes functions +* Resolved a bad performance problem in the allocators; fix by Matt Johnston +* Worked around a Visual Studio 2003 compilation problem introduced in 1.4.7 +* Renamed OMAC to CMAC to match the official NIST naming +* Added single byte versions of update() to PK_Signer and PK_Verifier +* Removed the unused reverse_bits and reverse_bytes functions Version 1.4.7, 2005-09-25 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed major performance problems with recent versions of GNU C++ - * Added an implementation of the X9.31 PRNG - * Removed the X9.17 and FIPS 186-2 PRNG algorithms - * Changed defaults to use X9.31 PRNGs as global PRNG objects - * Documentation updates to reflect the PRNG changes - * Some cleanups related to the engine code - * Removed two useless headers, base_eng.h and secalloc.h - * Removed PK_Verifier::valid_signature - * Fixed configure/build system bugs affecting MacOS X builds - * Added support for the EKOPath x86-64 compiler - * Added missing destructor for BlockCipherModePaddingMethod - * Fix some build problems with Visual C++ 2005 beta - * Fix some build problems with Visual C++ 2003 Workshop +* Fixed major performance problems with recent versions of GNU C++ +* Added an implementation of the X9.31 PRNG +* Removed the X9.17 and FIPS 186-2 PRNG algorithms +* Changed defaults to use X9.31 PRNGs as global PRNG objects +* Documentation updates to reflect the PRNG changes +* Some cleanups related to the engine code +* Removed two useless headers, base_eng.h and secalloc.h +* Removed PK_Verifier::valid_signature +* Fixed configure/build system bugs affecting MacOS X builds +* Added support for the EKOPath x86-64 compiler +* Added missing destructor for BlockCipherModePaddingMethod +* Fix some build problems with Visual C++ 2005 beta +* Fix some build problems with Visual C++ 2003 Workshop Version 1.4.6, 2005-03-13 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fix an error in the shutdown code introduced in 1.4.5 - * Setting base/pkcs8_tries to 0 disables the builtin fail-out - * Support for XMPP identifiers in X.509 certificates - * Duplicate entries in X.509 DNs are removed - * More fixes for Borland C++, from Friedemann Kleint - * Add a workaround for buggy iostreams +* Fix an error in the shutdown code introduced in 1.4.5 +* Setting base/pkcs8_tries to 0 disables the builtin fail-out +* Support for XMPP identifiers in X.509 certificates +* Duplicate entries in X.509 DNs are removed +* More fixes for Borland C++, from Friedemann Kleint +* Add a workaround for buggy iostreams Version 1.4.5, 2005-02-26 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add support for AES encryption of private keys - * Minor fixes for PBES2 parameter decoding - * Internal cleanups for global state variables - * GCC 3.x version detection was broken in non-English locales - * Work around a Sun Forte bug affecting mem_pool.h - * Several fixes for Borland C++ 5.5, from Friedemann Kleint - * Removed inclusion of init.h into base.h - * Fixed a major bug in reading from certificate stores - * Cleaned up a couple of mutex leaks - * Removed some left-over debugging code - * Removed SSL3_MAC, SSL3_PRF, and TLS_PRF +* Add support for AES encryption of private keys +* Minor fixes for PBES2 parameter decoding +* Internal cleanups for global state variables +* GCC 3.x version detection was broken in non-English locales +* Work around a Sun Forte bug affecting mem_pool.h +* Several fixes for Borland C++ 5.5, from Friedemann Kleint +* Removed inclusion of init.h into base.h +* Fixed a major bug in reading from certificate stores +* Cleaned up a couple of mutex leaks +* Removed some left-over debugging code +* Removed SSL3_MAC, SSL3_PRF, and TLS_PRF 2004 ---------------------------------------- @@ -1017,139 +1026,139 @@ Version 1.4.5, 2005-02-26 Version 1.4.4, 2004-12-02 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Further tweaks to the pooling allocator - * Modified EMSA3 to support SSL/TLS signatures - * Changes to support Qt/QCA, from Justin Karneges - * Moved mux_qt module code into mod_qt - * Fixes for HP-UX from Mike Desjardins +* Further tweaks to the pooling allocator +* Modified EMSA3 to support SSL/TLS signatures +* Changes to support Qt/QCA, from Justin Karneges +* Moved mux_qt module code into mod_qt +* Fixes for HP-UX from Mike Desjardins Version 1.4.3, 2004-11-06 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Split up SecureAllocator into Allocator and Pooling_Allocator - * Memory locking allocators are more likely to be used - * Fixed the placement of includes in some modules - * Fixed broken installation procedure - * Fixes in configure script to support alternate install programs - * Modules can specify the minimum version they support +* Split up SecureAllocator into Allocator and Pooling_Allocator +* Memory locking allocators are more likely to be used +* Fixed the placement of includes in some modules +* Fixed broken installation procedure +* Fixes in configure script to support alternate install programs +* Modules can specify the minimum version they support Version 1.4.2, 2004-10-31 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed a major CRL handling bug - * Cipher and hash operations can be offloaded to engines - * Added support for cipher and hash offload in OpenSSL engine - * Improvements for 64-bit CPUs without a widening multiply instruction - * Support for SHA2-* and Whirlpool with EMSA2 - * Fixed a long-standing build problem with conflicting include files - * Fixed some examples that hadn't been updated for 1.4.x - * Portability fixes for Solaris, BSD, HP-UX, and others - * Lots of fixes and cleanups in the configure script - * Updated the Gentoo ebuild file +* Fixed a major CRL handling bug +* Cipher and hash operations can be offloaded to engines +* Added support for cipher and hash offload in OpenSSL engine +* Improvements for 64-bit CPUs without a widening multiply instruction +* Support for SHA2-* and Whirlpool with EMSA2 +* Fixed a long-standing build problem with conflicting include files +* Fixed some examples that hadn't been updated for 1.4.x +* Portability fixes for Solaris, BSD, HP-UX, and others +* Lots of fixes and cleanups in the configure script +* Updated the Gentoo ebuild file Version 1.4.1, 2004-10-10 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed major errors in the X.509 and PKCS #8 copy_key functions - * Added a LAST_MESSAGE meta-message number for Pipe - * Added new aliases (3DES and DES-EDE) for Triple-DES - * Added some new functions to PK_Verifier - * Cleaned up the KDF interface - * Disabled tm_posix on BSD due to header issues - * Fixed a build problem on PowerPC with GNU C++ pre-3.4 +* Fixed major errors in the X.509 and PKCS #8 copy_key functions +* Added a LAST_MESSAGE meta-message number for Pipe +* Added new aliases (3DES and DES-EDE) for Triple-DES +* Added some new functions to PK_Verifier +* Cleaned up the KDF interface +* Disabled tm_posix on BSD due to header issues +* Fixed a build problem on PowerPC with GNU C++ pre-3.4 Version 1.4.0, 2004-06-26 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added the FIPS 186 RNG back - * Added copy_key functions for X.509 public keys and PKCS #8 private keys - * Fixed PKCS #1 signatures with RIPEMD-128 - * Moved some code around to avoid warnings with Sun ONE compiler - * Fixed a bug in botan-config affecting OpenBSD - * Fixed some build problems on Tru64, HP-UX - * Fixed compile problems with Intel C++, Compaq C++ +* Added the FIPS 186 RNG back +* Added copy_key functions for X.509 public keys and PKCS #8 private keys +* Fixed PKCS #1 signatures with RIPEMD-128 +* Moved some code around to avoid warnings with Sun ONE compiler +* Fixed a bug in botan-config affecting OpenBSD +* Fixed some build problems on Tru64, HP-UX +* Fixed compile problems with Intel C++, Compaq C++ Version 1.3.14, 2004-06-12 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added support for AEP's AEP1000/AEP2000 crypto cards - * Added a Mutex module using Qt, from Justin Karneges - * Added support for engine loading in LibraryInitializer - * Tweaked SecureAllocator, giving 20% better performance under heavy load - * Added timer and memory locking modules for Win32 (tm_win32, ml_win32) - * Renamed PK_Engine to Engine_Core - * Improved the Karatsuba cutoff points - * Fixes for compiling with GCC 3.4 and Sun C++ 5.5 - * Fixes for Linux/s390, OpenBSD, and Solaris - * Added support for Linux/s390x - * The configure script was totally broken for 'generic' OS - * Removed Montgomery reduction due to bugs - * Removed an unused header, pkcs8alg.h - * check --validate returns an error code if any tests failed - * Removed duplicate entry in Unix command list for es_unix - * Moved the Cert_Usage enumeration into X509_Store - * Added new timing methods for PK benchmarks, clock_gettime and RDTSC - * Fixed a few minor bugs in the configure script - * Removed some deprecated functions from x509cert.h and pkcs10.h - * Removed the 'minimal' module, has to be updated for Engine support - * Changed MP_WORD_BITS macro to BOTAN_MP_WORD_BITS to clean up namespace - * Documentation updates +* Added support for AEP's AEP1000/AEP2000 crypto cards +* Added a Mutex module using Qt, from Justin Karneges +* Added support for engine loading in LibraryInitializer +* Tweaked SecureAllocator, giving 20% better performance under heavy load +* Added timer and memory locking modules for Win32 (tm_win32, ml_win32) +* Renamed PK_Engine to Engine_Core +* Improved the Karatsuba cutoff points +* Fixes for compiling with GCC 3.4 and Sun C++ 5.5 +* Fixes for Linux/s390, OpenBSD, and Solaris +* Added support for Linux/s390x +* The configure script was totally broken for 'generic' OS +* Removed Montgomery reduction due to bugs +* Removed an unused header, pkcs8alg.h +* check --validate returns an error code if any tests failed +* Removed duplicate entry in Unix command list for es_unix +* Moved the Cert_Usage enumeration into X509_Store +* Added new timing methods for PK benchmarks, clock_gettime and RDTSC +* Fixed a few minor bugs in the configure script +* Removed some deprecated functions from x509cert.h and pkcs10.h +* Removed the 'minimal' module, has to be updated for Engine support +* Changed MP_WORD_BITS macro to BOTAN_MP_WORD_BITS to clean up namespace +* Documentation updates Version 1.3.13, 2004-05-15 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Major fixes for Cygwin builds - * Minor MacOS X install fixes - * The configure script is a little better at picking the right modules - * Removed ml_unix from the 'unix' module set for Cygwin compatibility - * Fixed a stupid compile problem in pkcs10.h +* Major fixes for Cygwin builds +* Minor MacOS X install fixes +* The configure script is a little better at picking the right modules +* Removed ml_unix from the 'unix' module set for Cygwin compatibility +* Fixed a stupid compile problem in pkcs10.h Version 1.3.12, 2004-05-02 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added ability to remove old entries from CRLs - * Swapped the first two arguments of X509_CA::update_crl() - * Added an < operator for MemoryRegion, so it can be used as a std::map key - * Changed X.509 searching by DNS name from substring to full string compares - * Renamed a few X509_Certificate and PKCS10_Request member functions - * Fixed a problem when decoding some PKCS #10 requests - * Hex_Decoder would not check inputs, reported by Vaclav Ovsik - * Changed default CRL expire time from 30 days to 7 days - * X509_CRL's default PEM header is now "X509 CRL", for OpenSSL compatibility - * Corrected errors in the API doc, fixes from Ken Perano - * More documentation about the Pipe/Filter code +* Added ability to remove old entries from CRLs +* Swapped the first two arguments of X509_CA::update_crl() +* Added an < operator for MemoryRegion, so it can be used as a std::map key +* Changed X.509 searching by DNS name from substring to full string compares +* Renamed a few X509_Certificate and PKCS10_Request member functions +* Fixed a problem when decoding some PKCS #10 requests +* Hex_Decoder would not check inputs, reported by Vaclav Ovsik +* Changed default CRL expire time from 30 days to 7 days +* X509_CRL's default PEM header is now "X509 CRL", for OpenSSL compatibility +* Corrected errors in the API doc, fixes from Ken Perano +* More documentation about the Pipe/Filter code Version 1.3.11, 2004-04-01 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed two show-stopping bugs in PKCS10_Request - * Added some sanity checks in Pipe/Filter - * The DNS and URI entries would get swapped in subjectAlternativeNames - * MAC_Filter is now willing to not take a key at creation time - * Setting the expiration times of certs and CRLs is more flexible - * Fixed problems building on AIX with GCC - * Fixed some problems in the tutorial pointed out by Dominik Vogt - * Documentation updates +* Fixed two show-stopping bugs in PKCS10_Request +* Added some sanity checks in Pipe/Filter +* The DNS and URI entries would get swapped in subjectAlternativeNames +* MAC_Filter is now willing to not take a key at creation time +* Setting the expiration times of certs and CRLs is more flexible +* Fixed problems building on AIX with GCC +* Fixed some problems in the tutorial pointed out by Dominik Vogt +* Documentation updates Version 1.3.10, 2004-03-27 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added support for OpenPGP's ASCII armor format - * Cleaned up the RNG system; seeding is much more flexible - * Added simple autoconfiguration abilities to configure.pl - * Fixed a GCC 2.95.x compile problem - * Updated the example configuration file - * Documentation updates +* Added support for OpenPGP's ASCII armor format +* Cleaned up the RNG system; seeding is much more flexible +* Added simple autoconfiguration abilities to configure.pl +* Fixed a GCC 2.95.x compile problem +* Updated the example configuration file +* Documentation updates Version 1.3.9, 2004-03-07 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added an engine using OpenSSL (requires 0.9.7 or later) - * X509_Certificate would lose email addresses stored in the DN - * Fixed a missing initialization in a BigInt constructor - * Fixed several Visual C++ compile problems - * Fixed some BeOS build problems - * Fixed the WiderWake benchmark +* Added an engine using OpenSSL (requires 0.9.7 or later) +* X509_Certificate would lose email addresses stored in the DN +* Fixed a missing initialization in a BigInt constructor +* Fixed several Visual C++ compile problems +* Fixed some BeOS build problems +* Fixed the WiderWake benchmark 2003 ---------------------------------------- @@ -1157,329 +1166,329 @@ Version 1.3.9, 2004-03-07 Version 1.3.8, 2003-12-30 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Internal changes to PK algorithms to divide data and algorithms - * DSA/DH/NR/ElGamal constructors accept taking just the private key again - * ElGamal keys now support being imported/exported as ASN.1 objects - * Much more consistent and complete error checking in PK algorithms - * Support for arbitrary backends (engines) for PK operations - * Added Montgomery reductions - * Added an engine that uses GNU MP (requires 4.1 or later) - * Removed the obsolete mp_gmp module - * Moved several initialization/shutdown functions to init.h - * Major refactoring of the memory containers - * New non-locking container, MemoryVector - * Fixed 64-bit problems in BigInt::set_bit/clear_bit - * Renamed PK_Key::check_params() to check_key() - * Some incompatible changes to OctetString - * Added version checking macros in version.h - * Removed the fips140 module pending rewrite - * Added some functions and hooks to help GUIs - * Moved more shared code into MDx_HashFunction - * Added a policy hook for specifying the encoding of X.509 strings +* Internal changes to PK algorithms to divide data and algorithms +* DSA/DH/NR/ElGamal constructors accept taking just the private key again +* ElGamal keys now support being imported/exported as ASN.1 objects +* Much more consistent and complete error checking in PK algorithms +* Support for arbitrary backends (engines) for PK operations +* Added Montgomery reductions +* Added an engine that uses GNU MP (requires 4.1 or later) +* Removed the obsolete mp_gmp module +* Moved several initialization/shutdown functions to init.h +* Major refactoring of the memory containers +* New non-locking container, MemoryVector +* Fixed 64-bit problems in BigInt::set_bit/clear_bit +* Renamed PK_Key::check_params() to check_key() +* Some incompatible changes to OctetString +* Added version checking macros in version.h +* Removed the fips140 module pending rewrite +* Added some functions and hooks to help GUIs +* Moved more shared code into MDx_HashFunction +* Added a policy hook for specifying the encoding of X.509 strings Version 1.3.7, 2003-12-12 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed a big security problem in es_unix - * Fixed several stability problems in es_unix - * Expanded the list of programs es_unix will try to use - * SecureAllocator now only preallocates blocks in special cases - * Added a special case in Global_RNG::seed for forcing a full poll - * Removed the FIPS 186 RNG added in 1.3.5 pending further testing - * Configure updates for PowerPC CPUs - * Removed the (never tested) VAX support - * Added support for S/390 Linux +* Fixed a big security problem in es_unix +* Fixed several stability problems in es_unix +* Expanded the list of programs es_unix will try to use +* SecureAllocator now only preallocates blocks in special cases +* Added a special case in Global_RNG::seed for forcing a full poll +* Removed the FIPS 186 RNG added in 1.3.5 pending further testing +* Configure updates for PowerPC CPUs +* Removed the (never tested) VAX support +* Added support for S/390 Linux Version 1.3.6, 2003-12-07 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added a new module 'minimal', which disables most algorithms - * SecureAllocator allocates a few blocks at startup - * A few minor MPI cleanups - * RPM spec file cleanups and fixes +* Added a new module 'minimal', which disables most algorithms +* SecureAllocator allocates a few blocks at startup +* A few minor MPI cleanups +* RPM spec file cleanups and fixes Version 1.3.5, 2003-11-30 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Major improvements in ASN.1 string handling - * Added partial support for ASN.1 UTF8 STRINGs and BMP STRINGs - * Added partial support for the X.509v3 certificate policies extension - * Centralized the handling of character set information - * Added FIPS 140-2 startup self tests - * Added a module (fips140) for doing extra FIPS 140-2 tests - * Added FIPS 186-2 RNG - * Improved ASN.1 BIT STRING handling - * Removed a memory leak in PKCS10_Request - * The encoding of DirectoryString now follows PKIX guidelines - * Fixed some of the character set dependencies - * Fixed a DER encoding error for tags greater than 30 - * The BER decoder can now handle tags larger than 30 - * Fixed tm_hard.cpp to recognize SPARC on more systems - * Workarounds for a GCC 2.95.x bug in x509find.cpp - * RPM changed to install into /usr instead of /usr/local - * Added support for QNX +* Major improvements in ASN.1 string handling +* Added partial support for ASN.1 UTF8 STRINGs and BMP STRINGs +* Added partial support for the X.509v3 certificate policies extension +* Centralized the handling of character set information +* Added FIPS 140-2 startup self tests +* Added a module (fips140) for doing extra FIPS 140-2 tests +* Added FIPS 186-2 RNG +* Improved ASN.1 BIT STRING handling +* Removed a memory leak in PKCS10_Request +* The encoding of DirectoryString now follows PKIX guidelines +* Fixed some of the character set dependencies +* Fixed a DER encoding error for tags greater than 30 +* The BER decoder can now handle tags larger than 30 +* Fixed tm_hard.cpp to recognize SPARC on more systems +* Workarounds for a GCC 2.95.x bug in x509find.cpp +* RPM changed to install into /usr instead of /usr/local +* Added support for QNX Version 1.2.8, 2003-11-21 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Merged several important bug fixes from 1.3.x +* Merged several important bug fixes from 1.3.x Version 1.3.4, 2003-11-21 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added a module that does certain MPI operations using GNU MP - * Added the X9.42 Diffie-Hellman PRF - * The Zlib and Bzip2 objects now use custom allocators - * Added member functions for directly hashing/MACing SecureVectors - * Minor optimizations to the MPI addition and subtraction algorithms - * Some cleanups in the low-level MPI code - * Created separate AES-{128,192,256} objects +* Added a module that does certain MPI operations using GNU MP +* Added the X9.42 Diffie-Hellman PRF +* The Zlib and Bzip2 objects now use custom allocators +* Added member functions for directly hashing/MACing SecureVectors +* Minor optimizations to the MPI addition and subtraction algorithms +* Some cleanups in the low-level MPI code +* Created separate AES-{128,192,256} objects Version 1.3.3, 2003-11-17 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * The library can now be repeatedly initialized and shutdown without crashing - * Fixed an off-by-one error in the CTS code - * Fixed an error in the EMSA4 verification code - * Fixed a memory leak in mutex.cpp (pointed out by James Widener) - * Fixed a memory leak in Pthread_Mutex - * Fixed several memory leaks in the testing code - * Bulletproofed the EMSA/EME/KDF/MGF retrieval functions - * Minor cleanups in SecureAllocator - * Removed a needless mutex guarding the (stateless) global timer - * Fixed a piece of bash-specific code in botan-config - * X.509 objects report more information about decoding errors - * Cleaned up some of the exception handling - * Updated the example config file with new OIDSs - * Moved the build instructions into a separate document, building.tex +* The library can now be repeatedly initialized and shutdown without crashing +* Fixed an off-by-one error in the CTS code +* Fixed an error in the EMSA4 verification code +* Fixed a memory leak in mutex.cpp (pointed out by James Widener) +* Fixed a memory leak in Pthread_Mutex +* Fixed several memory leaks in the testing code +* Bulletproofed the EMSA/EME/KDF/MGF retrieval functions +* Minor cleanups in SecureAllocator +* Removed a needless mutex guarding the (stateless) global timer +* Fixed a piece of bash-specific code in botan-config +* X.509 objects report more information about decoding errors +* Cleaned up some of the exception handling +* Updated the example config file with new OIDSs +* Moved the build instructions into a separate document, building.tex Version 1.3.2, 2003-11-13 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed a bug preventing DSA signatures from verifying on X.509 objects - * Made the X509_Store search routines more efficient and flexible - * Added a function to X509_PublicKey to do easy public/private key matching - * Added support for decoding indefinite length BER data - * Changed Pipe's peek() to take an offset - * Removed Filter::set_owns in favor of the new incr_owns function - * Removed BigInt::zero() and BigInt::one() - * Renamed the PEM related options from base/pem_* to pem/* - * Added an option to specify the line width when encoding PEM - * Removed the "rng/safe_longterm" option; it's always on now - * Changed the cipher used for RNG super-encryption from ARC4 to WiderWake4+1 - * Cleaned up the base64/hex encoders and decoders - * Added an ASN.1/BER decoder as an example - * AES had its internals marked 'public' in previous versions - * Changed the value of the ASN.1 NO_OBJECT enum - * Various new hacks in the configure script - * Removed the already nominal support for SunOS +* Fixed a bug preventing DSA signatures from verifying on X.509 objects +* Made the X509_Store search routines more efficient and flexible +* Added a function to X509_PublicKey to do easy public/private key matching +* Added support for decoding indefinite length BER data +* Changed Pipe's peek() to take an offset +* Removed Filter::set_owns in favor of the new incr_owns function +* Removed BigInt::zero() and BigInt::one() +* Renamed the PEM related options from base/pem_* to pem/* +* Added an option to specify the line width when encoding PEM +* Removed the "rng/safe_longterm" option; it's always on now +* Changed the cipher used for RNG super-encryption from ARC4 to WiderWake4+1 +* Cleaned up the base64/hex encoders and decoders +* Added an ASN.1/BER decoder as an example +* AES had its internals marked 'public' in previous versions +* Changed the value of the ASN.1 NO_OBJECT enum +* Various new hacks in the configure script +* Removed the already nominal support for SunOS Version 1.3.1, 2003-11-04 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Generalized a few pieces of the DER encoder - * PKCS8::load_key would fail if handed an unencrypted key - * Added a failsafe so PKCS #8 key decoding can't go into an infinite loop +* Generalized a few pieces of the DER encoder +* PKCS8::load_key would fail if handed an unencrypted key +* Added a failsafe so PKCS #8 key decoding can't go into an infinite loop Version 1.3.0, 2003-11-02 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Major redesign of the PKCS #8 private key import/export system - * Added a small amount of UI interface code for getting passphrases - * Added heuristics that tell if a key, cert, etc is stored as PEM or BER - * Removed CS-Cipher, SHARK, ThreeWay, MD5-MAC, and EMAC - * Removed certain deprecated constructors of RSA, DSA, DH, RW, NR - * Made PEM decoding more forgiving of extra text before the header +* Major redesign of the PKCS #8 private key import/export system +* Added a small amount of UI interface code for getting passphrases +* Added heuristics that tell if a key, cert, etc is stored as PEM or BER +* Removed CS-Cipher, SHARK, ThreeWay, MD5-MAC, and EMAC +* Removed certain deprecated constructors of RSA, DSA, DH, RW, NR +* Made PEM decoding more forgiving of extra text before the header Version 1.2.7, 2003-10-31 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added support for reading configuration files - * Added constructors so NR and RW keys can be imported easily - * Fixed mp_asm64, which was completely broken in 1.2.6 - * Removed tm_hw_ia32 module; replaced by tm_hard - * Added support for loading certain oddly formed RSA certificates - * Fixed spelling of NON_REPUDIATION enum - * Renamed the option default_to_ca to v1_assume_ca - * Fixed a minor bug in X.509 certificate generation - * Fixed a latent bug in the OID lookup code - * Updated the RPM spec file - * Added to the tutorial +* Added support for reading configuration files +* Added constructors so NR and RW keys can be imported easily +* Fixed mp_asm64, which was completely broken in 1.2.6 +* Removed tm_hw_ia32 module; replaced by tm_hard +* Added support for loading certain oddly formed RSA certificates +* Fixed spelling of NON_REPUDIATION enum +* Renamed the option default_to_ca to v1_assume_ca +* Fixed a minor bug in X.509 certificate generation +* Fixed a latent bug in the OID lookup code +* Updated the RPM spec file +* Added to the tutorial Version 1.2.6, 2003-07-04 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Major performance increase for PK algorithms on most 64-bit systems - * Cleanups in the low-level MPI code to support asm implementations - * Fixed build problems with some versions of Compaq's C++ compiler - * Removed useless constructors for NR public and private keys - * Removed support for the patch_file directive in module files - * Removed several deprecated functions +* Major performance increase for PK algorithms on most 64-bit systems +* Cleanups in the low-level MPI code to support asm implementations +* Fixed build problems with some versions of Compaq's C++ compiler +* Removed useless constructors for NR public and private keys +* Removed support for the patch_file directive in module files +* Removed several deprecated functions Version 1.2.5, 2003-06-22 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed a tricky and long-standing memory leak in Pipe - * Major cleanups and fixes in the memory allocation system - * Removed alloc_mlock, which has been superseded by the ml_unix module - * Removed a denial of service vulnerability in X509_Store - * Fixed compilation problems with VS .NET 2003 and Codewarrior 8 - * Added another variant of PKCS8::load_key, taking a memory buffer - * Fixed various minor/obscure bugs which occurred when MP_WORD_BITS != 32 - * BigInt::operator%=(word) was a no-op if the input was a power of 2 - * Fixed portability problems in BigInt::to_u32bit - * Fixed major bugs in SSL3-MAC - * Cleaned up some messes in the PK algorithms - * Cleanups and extensions for OMAC and EAX - * Made changes to the entropy estimation function - * Added a 'beos' module set for use on BeOS - * Officially deprecated a few X509:: and PKCS8:: functions - * Moved the contents of primes.h to numthry.h - * Moved the contents of x509opt.h to x509self.h - * Removed the (empty) desx.h header - * Documentation updates +* Fixed a tricky and long-standing memory leak in Pipe +* Major cleanups and fixes in the memory allocation system +* Removed alloc_mlock, which has been superseded by the ml_unix module +* Removed a denial of service vulnerability in X509_Store +* Fixed compilation problems with VS .NET 2003 and Codewarrior 8 +* Added another variant of PKCS8::load_key, taking a memory buffer +* Fixed various minor/obscure bugs which occurred when MP_WORD_BITS != 32 +* BigInt::operator%=(word) was a no-op if the input was a power of 2 +* Fixed portability problems in BigInt::to_u32bit +* Fixed major bugs in SSL3-MAC +* Cleaned up some messes in the PK algorithms +* Cleanups and extensions for OMAC and EAX +* Made changes to the entropy estimation function +* Added a 'beos' module set for use on BeOS +* Officially deprecated a few X509:: and PKCS8:: functions +* Moved the contents of primes.h to numthry.h +* Moved the contents of x509opt.h to x509self.h +* Removed the (empty) desx.h header +* Documentation updates Version 1.2.4, 2003-05-29 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed a bug in EMSA1 affecting NR signature verification - * Fixed a few latent bugs in BigInt related to word size - * Removed an unused function, mp_add2_nc, from the MPI implementation - * Reorganized the core MPI files +* Fixed a bug in EMSA1 affecting NR signature verification +* Fixed a few latent bugs in BigInt related to word size +* Removed an unused function, mp_add2_nc, from the MPI implementation +* Reorganized the core MPI files Version 1.2.3, 2003-05-20 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed a bug that prevented DSA/NR key generation - * Fixed a bug that prevented importing some root CA certs - * Fixed a bug in the BER decoder when handing optional bit or byte strings - * Fixed the encoding of authorityKeyIdentifier in X509_CA - * Added a sanity check in PBKDF2 for zero length passphrases - * Added versions of X509::load_key and PKCS8::load_key that take a file name - * X509_CA generates 128 bit serial numbers now - * Added tests to check PK key generation - * Added a simplistic X.509 CA example - * Cleaned up some of the examples +* Fixed a bug that prevented DSA/NR key generation +* Fixed a bug that prevented importing some root CA certs +* Fixed a bug in the BER decoder when handing optional bit or byte strings +* Fixed the encoding of authorityKeyIdentifier in X509_CA +* Added a sanity check in PBKDF2 for zero length passphrases +* Added versions of X509::load_key and PKCS8::load_key that take a file name +* X509_CA generates 128 bit serial numbers now +* Added tests to check PK key generation +* Added a simplistic X.509 CA example +* Cleaned up some of the examples Version 1.2.2, 2003-05-13 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Add checks to prevent any BigInt bugs from revealing an RSA or RW key - * Changed the interface of Global_RNG::seed - * Major improvements for the es_unix module - * Added another Win32 entropy source, es_win32 - * The Win32 CryptoAPI entropy source can now poll multiple providers - * Improved the BeOS entropy source - * Renamed pipe_unixfd module to fd_unix - * Fixed a file descriptor leak in the EGD module - * Fixed a few locking bugs +* Add checks to prevent any BigInt bugs from revealing an RSA or RW key +* Changed the interface of Global_RNG::seed +* Major improvements for the es_unix module +* Added another Win32 entropy source, es_win32 +* The Win32 CryptoAPI entropy source can now poll multiple providers +* Improved the BeOS entropy source +* Renamed pipe_unixfd module to fd_unix +* Fixed a file descriptor leak in the EGD module +* Fixed a few locking bugs Version 1.2.1, 2003-05-06 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added ANSI X9.23 compatible CBC padding - * Added an entropy source using Win32 CryptoAPI - * Removed the Pipe I/O operators taking a FILE* - * Moved the BigInt encoding/decoding functions into the BigInt class - * Integrated several fixes for VC++ 7 (from Hany Greiss) - * Fixed the configure.pl script for Windows builds +* Added ANSI X9.23 compatible CBC padding +* Added an entropy source using Win32 CryptoAPI +* Removed the Pipe I/O operators taking a FILE* +* Moved the BigInt encoding/decoding functions into the BigInt class +* Integrated several fixes for VC++ 7 (from Hany Greiss) +* Fixed the configure.pl script for Windows builds Version 1.2.0, 2003-04-28 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Tweaked the Karatsuba cut-off points - * Increased the allowed keylength of HMAC and Blowfish - * Removed the 'mpi_ia32' module, pending rewrite - * Workaround a GCC 2.95.x bug in eme1.cpp +* Tweaked the Karatsuba cut-off points +* Increased the allowed keylength of HMAC and Blowfish +* Removed the 'mpi_ia32' module, pending rewrite +* Workaround a GCC 2.95.x bug in eme1.cpp Version 1.1.13, 2003-04-22 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added OMAC - * Added EAX authenticated cipher mode - * Diffie-Hellman would not do blinding in some cases - * Optimized the OFB and CTR modes - * Corrected Skipjack's word ordering, as per NIST clarification - * Support for all subject/issuer attribute types required by RFC 3280 - * The removeFromCRL CRL reason code is now handled correctly - * Increased the flexibility of the allocators - * Renamed Rijndael to AES, created aes.h, deleted rijndael.h - * Removed support for the 'no_timer' LibraryInitializer option - * Removed 'es_pthr' module, pending further testing - * Cleaned up get_ciph.cpp +* Added OMAC +* Added EAX authenticated cipher mode +* Diffie-Hellman would not do blinding in some cases +* Optimized the OFB and CTR modes +* Corrected Skipjack's word ordering, as per NIST clarification +* Support for all subject/issuer attribute types required by RFC 3280 +* The removeFromCRL CRL reason code is now handled correctly +* Increased the flexibility of the allocators +* Renamed Rijndael to AES, created aes.h, deleted rijndael.h +* Removed support for the 'no_timer' LibraryInitializer option +* Removed 'es_pthr' module, pending further testing +* Cleaned up get_ciph.cpp Version 1.1.12, 2003-04-15 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed a ASN.1 string encoding bug - * Fixed a pair of X509_DN encoding problems - * Base64_Decoder and Hex_Decoder can now validate input - * Removed support for the LibraryInitializer option 'egd_path' - * Added tests for DSA X.509 and PKCS #8 key formats - * Removed a long deprecated feature of DH_PrivateKey's constructor - * Updated the RPM .spec file - * Major documentation updates +* Fixed a ASN.1 string encoding bug +* Fixed a pair of X509_DN encoding problems +* Base64_Decoder and Hex_Decoder can now validate input +* Removed support for the LibraryInitializer option 'egd_path' +* Added tests for DSA X.509 and PKCS #8 key formats +* Removed a long deprecated feature of DH_PrivateKey's constructor +* Updated the RPM .spec file +* Major documentation updates Version 1.1.11, 2003-04-07 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added PKCS #10 certificate requests - * Changed X509_Store searching interface to be more flexible - * Added a generic Certificate_Store interface - * Added a function for generating self-signed X.509 certs - * Cleanups and changes to X509_CA - * New examples for PKCS #10 and self-signed certificates - * Some documentation updates +* Added PKCS #10 certificate requests +* Changed X509_Store searching interface to be more flexible +* Added a generic Certificate_Store interface +* Added a function for generating self-signed X.509 certs +* Cleanups and changes to X509_CA +* New examples for PKCS #10 and self-signed certificates +* Some documentation updates Version 1.1.10, 2003-04-03 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * X509_CA can now generate new X.509 CRLs - * Added blinding for RSA, RW, DH, and ElGamal to prevent timing attacks - * More certificate and CRL extensions/attributes are supported - * Better DN handling in X.509 certificates/CRLs - * Added a DataSink hierarchy (suggested by Jim Darby) - * Consolidated SecureAllocator and ManagedAllocator - * Many cleanups and generalizations - * Added a (slow) pthreads based EntropySource - * Fixed some threading bugs +* X509_CA can now generate new X.509 CRLs +* Added blinding for RSA, RW, DH, and ElGamal to prevent timing attacks +* More certificate and CRL extensions/attributes are supported +* Better DN handling in X.509 certificates/CRLs +* Added a DataSink hierarchy (suggested by Jim Darby) +* Consolidated SecureAllocator and ManagedAllocator +* Many cleanups and generalizations +* Added a (slow) pthreads based EntropySource +* Fixed some threading bugs Version 1.1.9, 2003-02-25 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added support for using X.509v2 CRLs - * Fixed several bugs in the path validation algorithm - * Certificates can be verified for a particular usage - * Algorithm for comparing distinguished names now follows X.509 - * Cleaned up the code for the es_beos, es_ftw, es_unix modules - * Documentation updates +* Added support for using X.509v2 CRLs +* Fixed several bugs in the path validation algorithm +* Certificates can be verified for a particular usage +* Algorithm for comparing distinguished names now follows X.509 +* Cleaned up the code for the es_beos, es_ftw, es_unix modules +* Documentation updates Version 1.1.8, 2003-01-29 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixes for the certificate path validation algorithm in X509_Store - * Fixed a bug affecting X509_Certificate::is_ca_cert() - * Added a general configuration interface for policy issues - * Cleanups and API changes in the X.509 CA, cert, and store code - * Made various options available for X509_CA users - * Changed X509_Time's interface to work around time_t problems - * Fixed a theoretical weakness in Randpool's entropy mixing function - * Fixed problems compiling with GCC 2.95.3 and GCC 2.96 - * Fixed a configure bug (reported by Jon Wilson) affecting MinGW +* Fixes for the certificate path validation algorithm in X509_Store +* Fixed a bug affecting X509_Certificate::is_ca_cert() +* Added a general configuration interface for policy issues +* Cleanups and API changes in the X.509 CA, cert, and store code +* Made various options available for X509_CA users +* Changed X509_Time's interface to work around time_t problems +* Fixed a theoretical weakness in Randpool's entropy mixing function +* Fixed problems compiling with GCC 2.95.3 and GCC 2.96 +* Fixed a configure bug (reported by Jon Wilson) affecting MinGW Version 1.1.7, 2003-01-12 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed an obscure but dangerous bug in SecureVector::swap - * Consolidated SHA-384 and SHA-512 to save code space - * Added SSL3-MAC and SSL3-PRF - * Documentation updates, including a new tutorial +* Fixed an obscure but dangerous bug in SecureVector::swap +* Consolidated SHA-384 and SHA-512 to save code space +* Added SSL3-MAC and SSL3-PRF +* Documentation updates, including a new tutorial Version 1.0.2, 2003-01-12 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed an obscure SEGFAULT causing bug in Pipe - * Fixed an obscure but dangerous bug in SecureVector::swap +* Fixed an obscure SEGFAULT causing bug in Pipe +* Fixed an obscure but dangerous bug in SecureVector::swap 2002 ---------------------------------------- @@ -1487,336 +1496,336 @@ Version 1.0.2, 2003-01-12 Version 1.1.6, 2002-12-10 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Initial support for X.509v3 certificates and CAs - * Major redesign/rewrite of the ASN.1 encoding/decoding code - * Added handling for DSA/NR signatures encoded as DER SEQUENCEs - * Documented the generic cipher lookup interface - * Added an (untested) entropy source for BeOS - * Various cleanups and bug fixes +* Initial support for X.509v3 certificates and CAs +* Major redesign/rewrite of the ASN.1 encoding/decoding code +* Added handling for DSA/NR signatures encoded as DER SEQUENCEs +* Documented the generic cipher lookup interface +* Added an (untested) entropy source for BeOS +* Various cleanups and bug fixes Version 1.1.5, 2002-11-17 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added the discrete logarithm integrated encryption system (DLIES) - * Various optimizations for BigInt - * Added support for assembler optimizations in modules - * Added BigInt x86 optimizations module (mpi_ia32) +* Added the discrete logarithm integrated encryption system (DLIES) +* Various optimizations for BigInt +* Added support for assembler optimizations in modules +* Added BigInt x86 optimizations module (mpi_ia32) Version 1.1.4, 2002-11-10 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Speedup of 15-30% for PK algorithms - * Implemented the PBES2 encryption scheme - * Fixed a potential bug in decoding RSA and RW private keys - * Changed the DL_Group class interface to handle different formats better - * Added support for PKCS #3 encoded DH parameters - * X9.42 DH parameters use a PEM label of 'X942 DH PARAMETERS' - * Added key pair consistency checking - * Fixed a compatibility problem with gcc 2.96 (pointed out by Hany Greiss) - * A botan-config script is generated at configure time - * Documentation updates +* Speedup of 15-30% for PK algorithms +* Implemented the PBES2 encryption scheme +* Fixed a potential bug in decoding RSA and RW private keys +* Changed the DL_Group class interface to handle different formats better +* Added support for PKCS #3 encoded DH parameters +* X9.42 DH parameters use a PEM label of 'X942 DH PARAMETERS' +* Added key pair consistency checking +* Fixed a compatibility problem with gcc 2.96 (pointed out by Hany Greiss) +* A botan-config script is generated at configure time +* Documentation updates Version 1.1.3, 2002-11-03 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added a generic public/private key loading interface - * Fixed a small encoding bug in RSA, RW, and DH - * Changed the PK encryption/decryption interface classes - * ECB supports using padding methods - * Added a function-based interface for library initialization - * Added support for RIPEMD-128 and Tiger PKCS#1 v1.5 signatures - * The cipher mode benchmarks now use 128-bit AES instead of DES - * Removed some obsolete typedefs - * Removed OpenCL support (opencl.h, the OPENCL_* macros, etc) - * Added tests for PKCS #8 encoding/decoding - * Added more tests for ECB and CBC +* Added a generic public/private key loading interface +* Fixed a small encoding bug in RSA, RW, and DH +* Changed the PK encryption/decryption interface classes +* ECB supports using padding methods +* Added a function-based interface for library initialization +* Added support for RIPEMD-128 and Tiger PKCS#1 v1.5 signatures +* The cipher mode benchmarks now use 128-bit AES instead of DES +* Removed some obsolete typedefs +* Removed OpenCL support (opencl.h, the OPENCL_* macros, etc) +* Added tests for PKCS #8 encoding/decoding +* Added more tests for ECB and CBC Version 1.1.2, 2002-10-21 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Support for PKCS #8 encoded RSA, DSA, and DH private keys - * Support for Diffie-Hellman X.509 public keys - * Major reorganization of how X.509 keys are handled - * Added PKCS #5 v2.0's PBES1 encryption scheme - * Added a generic cipher lookup interface - * Added the WiderWake4+1 stream cipher - * Added support for sync-able stream ciphers - * Added a 'paranoia level' option for the LibraryInitializer - * More security for RNG output meant for long term keys - * Added documentation for some of the new 1.1.x features - * CFB's feedback argument is now specified in bits - * Renamed CTR class to CTR_BE - * Updated the RSA and DSA examples to use X.509 and PKCS #8 key formats +* Support for PKCS #8 encoded RSA, DSA, and DH private keys +* Support for Diffie-Hellman X.509 public keys +* Major reorganization of how X.509 keys are handled +* Added PKCS #5 v2.0's PBES1 encryption scheme +* Added a generic cipher lookup interface +* Added the WiderWake4+1 stream cipher +* Added support for sync-able stream ciphers +* Added a 'paranoia level' option for the LibraryInitializer +* More security for RNG output meant for long term keys +* Added documentation for some of the new 1.1.x features +* CFB's feedback argument is now specified in bits +* Renamed CTR class to CTR_BE +* Updated the RSA and DSA examples to use X.509 and PKCS #8 key formats Version 1.1.1, 2002-10-15 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added the Korean hash function HAS-160 - * Partial support for RSA and DSA X.509 public keys - * Added a mostly functional BER encoder/decoder - * Added support for non-deterministic MAC functions - * Initial support for PEM encoding/decoding - * Internal cleanups in the PK algorithms - * Several new convenience functions in Pipe - * Fixed two nasty bugs in Pipe - * Messed with the entropy sources for es_unix - * Discrete logarithm groups are checked for safety more closely now - * For compatibility with GnuPG, ElGamal now supports DSA-style groups +* Added the Korean hash function HAS-160 +* Partial support for RSA and DSA X.509 public keys +* Added a mostly functional BER encoder/decoder +* Added support for non-deterministic MAC functions +* Initial support for PEM encoding/decoding +* Internal cleanups in the PK algorithms +* Several new convenience functions in Pipe +* Fixed two nasty bugs in Pipe +* Messed with the entropy sources for es_unix +* Discrete logarithm groups are checked for safety more closely now +* For compatibility with GnuPG, ElGamal now supports DSA-style groups Version 1.1.0, 2002-09-14 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added entropy estimation to the RNGs - * Improved the overall design of both Randpool and ANSI_X917_RNG - * Added a separate RNG for nonce generation - * Added window exponentiation support in power_mod - * Added a get_s2k function and the PKCS #5 S2K algorithms - * Added the TLSv1 PRF - * Replaced BlockCipherModeIV typedef with InitializationVector class - * Renamed PK_Key_Agreement_Scheme to PK_Key_Agreement - * Renamed SHA1 -> SHA_160 and SHA2_x -> SHA_x - * Added support for RIPEMD-160 PKCS#1 v1.5 signatures - * Changed the key agreement scheme interface - * Changed the S2K and KDF interfaces - * Better SCAN compatibility for HAVAL, Tiger, MISTY1, SEAL, RC5, SAFER-SK - * Added support for variable-pass Tiger - * Major speedup for Rabin-Williams key generation +* Added entropy estimation to the RNGs +* Improved the overall design of both Randpool and ANSI_X917_RNG +* Added a separate RNG for nonce generation +* Added window exponentiation support in power_mod +* Added a get_s2k function and the PKCS #5 S2K algorithms +* Added the TLSv1 PRF +* Replaced BlockCipherModeIV typedef with InitializationVector class +* Renamed PK_Key_Agreement_Scheme to PK_Key_Agreement +* Renamed SHA1 -> SHA_160 and SHA2_x -> SHA_x +* Added support for RIPEMD-160 PKCS#1 v1.5 signatures +* Changed the key agreement scheme interface +* Changed the S2K and KDF interfaces +* Better SCAN compatibility for HAVAL, Tiger, MISTY1, SEAL, RC5, SAFER-SK +* Added support for variable-pass Tiger +* Major speedup for Rabin-Williams key generation Version 1.0.1, 2002-09-14 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed a minor bug in Randpool::random() - * Added some new aliases and typedefs for 1.1.x compatibility - * The 4096-bit RSA benchmark key was decimal instead of hex - * EMAC was returning an incorrect name +* Fixed a minor bug in Randpool::random() +* Added some new aliases and typedefs for 1.1.x compatibility +* The 4096-bit RSA benchmark key was decimal instead of hex +* EMAC was returning an incorrect name Version 1.0.0, 2002-08-26 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Octal I/O of BigInt is now supported - * Fixed portability problems in the es_egd module - * Generalized IV handling in the block cipher modes - * Added Karatsuba multiplication and k-ary exponentiation - * Fixed a problem in the multiplication routines +* Octal I/O of BigInt is now supported +* Fixed portability problems in the es_egd module +* Generalized IV handling in the block cipher modes +* Added Karatsuba multiplication and k-ary exponentiation +* Fixed a problem in the multiplication routines Version 0.9.2, 2002-08-18 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * DH_PrivateKey::public_value() was returning the wrong value - * Various BigInt optimizations - * The filters.h header now includes hex.h and base64.h - * Moved Counter mode to ctr.h - * Fixed a couple minor problems with VC++ 7 - * Fixed problems with the RPM spec file +* DH_PrivateKey::public_value() was returning the wrong value +* Various BigInt optimizations +* The filters.h header now includes hex.h and base64.h +* Moved Counter mode to ctr.h +* Fixed a couple minor problems with VC++ 7 +* Fixed problems with the RPM spec file Version 0.9.1, 2002-08-10 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Grand rename from OpenCL to Botan - * Major optimizations for the PK algorithms - * Added ElGamal encryption - * Added Whirlpool - * Tweaked memory allocation parameters - * Improved the method of seeding the global RNG - * Moved pkcs1.h to eme_pkcs.h - * Added more test vectors for some algorithms - * Fixed error reporting in the BigInt tests - * Removed Default_Timer, it was pointless - * Added some new example applications - * Removed some old examples that weren't that interesting - * Documented the compression modules +* Grand rename from OpenCL to Botan +* Major optimizations for the PK algorithms +* Added ElGamal encryption +* Added Whirlpool +* Tweaked memory allocation parameters +* Improved the method of seeding the global RNG +* Moved pkcs1.h to eme_pkcs.h +* Added more test vectors for some algorithms +* Fixed error reporting in the BigInt tests +* Removed Default_Timer, it was pointless +* Added some new example applications +* Removed some old examples that weren't that interesting +* Documented the compression modules Version 0.9.0, 2002-08-03 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * EMSA4 supports variable salt size - * PK_* can take a string naming the encoding method to use - * Started writing some internals documentation +* EMSA4 supports variable salt size +* PK_* can take a string naming the encoding method to use +* Started writing some internals documentation Version 0.8.7, 2002-07-30 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed bugs in EME1 and EMSA4 - * Fixed a potential crash at shutdown - * Cipher modes returned an ill-formed name - * Removed various deprecated types and headers - * Cleaned up the Pipe interface a bit - * Minor additions to the documentation - * First stab at a Visual C++ makefile (doc/Makefile.vc7) +* Fixed bugs in EME1 and EMSA4 +* Fixed a potential crash at shutdown +* Cipher modes returned an ill-formed name +* Removed various deprecated types and headers +* Cleaned up the Pipe interface a bit +* Minor additions to the documentation +* First stab at a Visual C++ makefile (doc/Makefile.vc7) Version 0.8.6, 2002-07-25 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added EMSA4 (aka PSS) - * Brought the manual up to date; many corrections and additions - * Added a parallel hash function construction - * Lookup supports all available algorithms now - * Lazy initialization of the lookup tables - * Made more discrete logarithm groups available through get_dl_group() - * StreamCipher_Filter supports seeking (if the underlying cipher does) - * Minor optimization for GCD calculations - * Renamed SAFER_SK128 to SAFER_SK - * Removed many previously deprecated functions - * Some now-obsolete functions, headers, and types have been deprecated - * Fixed some bugs in DSA prime generation - * DL_Group had a constructor for DSA-style prime gen but it wasn't defined - * Reversed the ordering of the two arguments to SEAL's constructor - * Fixed a threading problem in the PK algorithms - * Fixed a minor memory leak in lookup.cpp - * Fixed pk_types.h (it was broken in 0.8.5) - * Made validation tests more verbose - * Updated the check and example applications +* Added EMSA4 (aka PSS) +* Brought the manual up to date; many corrections and additions +* Added a parallel hash function construction +* Lookup supports all available algorithms now +* Lazy initialization of the lookup tables +* Made more discrete logarithm groups available through get_dl_group() +* StreamCipher_Filter supports seeking (if the underlying cipher does) +* Minor optimization for GCD calculations +* Renamed SAFER_SK128 to SAFER_SK +* Removed many previously deprecated functions +* Some now-obsolete functions, headers, and types have been deprecated +* Fixed some bugs in DSA prime generation +* DL_Group had a constructor for DSA-style prime gen but it wasn't defined +* Reversed the ordering of the two arguments to SEAL's constructor +* Fixed a threading problem in the PK algorithms +* Fixed a minor memory leak in lookup.cpp +* Fixed pk_types.h (it was broken in 0.8.5) +* Made validation tests more verbose +* Updated the check and example applications Version 0.8.5, 2002-07-21 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Major changes to constructors for DL-based cryptosystems (DSA, NR, DH) - * Added a DL_Group class - * Reworking of the pubkey internals - * Support in lookup for aliases and PK algorithms - * Renamed CAST5 to CAST_128 and CAST256 to CAST_256 - * Added EMSA1 - * Reorganization of header files - * LibraryInitializer will install new allocator types if requested - * Fixed a bug in Diffie-Hellman key generation - * Did a workaround in pipe.cpp for GCC 2.95.x on Linux - * Removed some debugging code from init.cpp that made FTW ES useless - * Better checking for invalid arguments in the PK algorithms - * Reduced Base64 and Hex default line length (if line breaking is used) - * Fixes for HP's aCC compiler - * Cleanups in BigInt +* Major changes to constructors for DL-based cryptosystems (DSA, NR, DH) +* Added a DL_Group class +* Reworking of the pubkey internals +* Support in lookup for aliases and PK algorithms +* Renamed CAST5 to CAST_128 and CAST256 to CAST_256 +* Added EMSA1 +* Reorganization of header files +* LibraryInitializer will install new allocator types if requested +* Fixed a bug in Diffie-Hellman key generation +* Did a workaround in pipe.cpp for GCC 2.95.x on Linux +* Removed some debugging code from init.cpp that made FTW ES useless +* Better checking for invalid arguments in the PK algorithms +* Reduced Base64 and Hex default line length (if line breaking is used) +* Fixes for HP's aCC compiler +* Cleanups in BigInt Version 0.8.4, 2002-07-14 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added Nyberg-Rueppel signatures - * Added Diffie-Hellman key exchange (kex interface is subject to change) - * Added KDF2 - * Enhancements to the lookup API - * Many things formerly taking pointers to algorithms now take names - * Speedups for prime generation - * LibraryInitializer has support for seeding the global RNG - * Reduced SAFER-SK128 memory consumption - * Reversed the ordering of public and private key values in DSA constructor - * Fixed serious bugs in MemoryMapping_Allocator - * Fixed memory leak in Lion - * FTW_EntropySource was not closing the files it read - * Fixed line breaking problem in Hex_Encoder +* Added Nyberg-Rueppel signatures +* Added Diffie-Hellman key exchange (kex interface is subject to change) +* Added KDF2 +* Enhancements to the lookup API +* Many things formerly taking pointers to algorithms now take names +* Speedups for prime generation +* LibraryInitializer has support for seeding the global RNG +* Reduced SAFER-SK128 memory consumption +* Reversed the ordering of public and private key values in DSA constructor +* Fixed serious bugs in MemoryMapping_Allocator +* Fixed memory leak in Lion +* FTW_EntropySource was not closing the files it read +* Fixed line breaking problem in Hex_Encoder Version 0.8.3, 2002-06-09 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added DSA and Rabin-Williams signature schemes - * Added EMSA3 - * Added PKCS#1 v1.5 encryption padding - * Added Filters for PK algorithms - * Added a Keyed_Filter class - * LibraryInitializer processes arguments now - * Major revamp of the PK interface classes - * Changed almost all of the Filters for non-template operation - * Changed HMAC, Lion, Luby-Rackoff to non-template classes - * Some fairly minor BigInt optimizations - * Added simple benchmarking for PK algorithms - * Added hooks for fixed base and fixed exponent modular exponentiation - * Added some examples for using RSA - * Numerous bugfixes and cleanups - * Documentation updates +* Added DSA and Rabin-Williams signature schemes +* Added EMSA3 +* Added PKCS#1 v1.5 encryption padding +* Added Filters for PK algorithms +* Added a Keyed_Filter class +* LibraryInitializer processes arguments now +* Major revamp of the PK interface classes +* Changed almost all of the Filters for non-template operation +* Changed HMAC, Lion, Luby-Rackoff to non-template classes +* Some fairly minor BigInt optimizations +* Added simple benchmarking for PK algorithms +* Added hooks for fixed base and fixed exponent modular exponentiation +* Added some examples for using RSA +* Numerous bugfixes and cleanups +* Documentation updates Version 0.8.2, 2002-05-18 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added an (experimental) algorithm lookup interface - * Added code for directly testing BigInt - * Added SHA2-384 - * Optimized SHA2-512 - * Major optimization for Adler32 (thanks to Dan Nicolaescu) - * Various minor optimizations in BigInt and related areas - * Fixed two bugs in X9.19 MAC, both reported by Darren Starsmore - * Fixed a bug in BufferingFilter - * Made a few fixes for MacOS X - * Added a workaround in configure.pl for GCC 2.95.x - * Better support for PowerPC, ARM, and Alpha - * Some more cleanups +* Added an (experimental) algorithm lookup interface +* Added code for directly testing BigInt +* Added SHA2-384 +* Optimized SHA2-512 +* Major optimization for Adler32 (thanks to Dan Nicolaescu) +* Various minor optimizations in BigInt and related areas +* Fixed two bugs in X9.19 MAC, both reported by Darren Starsmore +* Fixed a bug in BufferingFilter +* Made a few fixes for MacOS X +* Added a workaround in configure.pl for GCC 2.95.x +* Better support for PowerPC, ARM, and Alpha +* Some more cleanups Version 0.8.1, 2002-05-06 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Major code cleanup (check doc/deprecated.txt) - * Various bugs fixed, including several portability problems - * Renamed MessageAuthCode to MessageAuthenticationCode - * A replacement for X917 is in x917_rng.h - * Changed EMAC to non-template class - * Added ANSI X9.19 compatible CBC-MAC - * TripleDES now supports 128 bit keys +* Major code cleanup (check doc/deprecated.txt) +* Various bugs fixed, including several portability problems +* Renamed MessageAuthCode to MessageAuthenticationCode +* A replacement for X917 is in x917_rng.h +* Changed EMAC to non-template class +* Added ANSI X9.19 compatible CBC-MAC +* TripleDES now supports 128 bit keys Version 0.8.0, 2002-04-24 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Merged BigInt: many bugfixes and optimizations since alpha2 - * Added RSA (rsa.h) - * Added EMSA2 (emsa2.h) - * Lots of new interface code for public key algorithms (pk_base.h, pubkey.h) - * Changed some interfaces, including SymmetricKey, to support the global rng - * Fixed a serious bug in ManagedAllocator - * Renamed RIPEMD128 to RIPEMD_128 and RIPEMD160 to RIPEMD_160 - * Removed some deprecated stuff - * Added a global random number generator (rng.h) - * Added clone functions to most of the basic algorithms - * Added a library initializer class (init.h) - * Version macros in version.h - * Moved the base classes from opencl.h to base.h - * Renamed the bzip2 module to comp_bzip2 and zlib to comp_zlib - * Documentation updates for the new stuff (still incomplete) - * Many new deprecated things: check doc/deprecated.txt +* Merged BigInt: many bugfixes and optimizations since alpha2 +* Added RSA (rsa.h) +* Added EMSA2 (emsa2.h) +* Lots of new interface code for public key algorithms (pk_base.h, pubkey.h) +* Changed some interfaces, including SymmetricKey, to support the global rng +* Fixed a serious bug in ManagedAllocator +* Renamed RIPEMD128 to RIPEMD_128 and RIPEMD160 to RIPEMD_160 +* Removed some deprecated stuff +* Added a global random number generator (rng.h) +* Added clone functions to most of the basic algorithms +* Added a library initializer class (init.h) +* Version macros in version.h +* Moved the base classes from opencl.h to base.h +* Renamed the bzip2 module to comp_bzip2 and zlib to comp_zlib +* Documentation updates for the new stuff (still incomplete) +* Many new deprecated things: check doc/deprecated.txt Version 0.7.10, 2002-04-07 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Added EGD_EntropySource module (es_egd) - * Added a file tree walking EntropySource (es_ftw) - * Added MemoryLocking_Allocator module (alloc_mlock) - * Renamed the pthr_mux, unix_rnd, and mmap_mem modules - * Changed timer mechanism; the clock method can be switched on the fly. - * Renamed MmapDisk_Allocator to MemoryMapping_Allocator - * Renamed ent_file.h to es_file.h (ent_file.h is around, but deprecated) - * Fixed several bugs in MemoryMapping_Allocator - * Added more default sources for Unix_EntropySource - * Changed SecureBuffer to use same allocation methods as SecureVector - * Added bigint_divcore into mp_core to support BigInt alpha2 release - * Removed some Pipe functions deprecated since 0.7.8 - * Some fixes for the configure program +* Added EGD_EntropySource module (es_egd) +* Added a file tree walking EntropySource (es_ftw) +* Added MemoryLocking_Allocator module (alloc_mlock) +* Renamed the pthr_mux, unix_rnd, and mmap_mem modules +* Changed timer mechanism; the clock method can be switched on the fly. +* Renamed MmapDisk_Allocator to MemoryMapping_Allocator +* Renamed ent_file.h to es_file.h (ent_file.h is around, but deprecated) +* Fixed several bugs in MemoryMapping_Allocator +* Added more default sources for Unix_EntropySource +* Changed SecureBuffer to use same allocation methods as SecureVector +* Added bigint_divcore into mp_core to support BigInt alpha2 release +* Removed some Pipe functions deprecated since 0.7.8 +* Some fixes for the configure program Version 0.7.9, 2002-03-19 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Memory allocation substantially revamped - * Added memory allocation method based on mmap(2) in the mmap_mem module - * Added ECB and CTS block cipher modes (ecb.h, cts.h) - * Added a Mutex interface (mutex.h) - * Added module pthr_mux, implementing the Mutex interface - * Added Threaded Filter interface (thr_filt.h) - * All algorithms can now by keyed with SymmetricKey objects - * More testing occurs with --validate (expected failures) - * Fixed two bugs reported by Hany Greiss, in Luby-Rackoff and RC6 - * Fixed a buffering bug in Bzip_Decompress and Zlib_Decompress - * Made X917 safer (and about 1/3 as fast) - * Documentation updates +* Memory allocation substantially revamped +* Added memory allocation method based on mmap(2) in the mmap_mem module +* Added ECB and CTS block cipher modes (ecb.h, cts.h) +* Added a Mutex interface (mutex.h) +* Added module pthr_mux, implementing the Mutex interface +* Added Threaded Filter interface (thr_filt.h) +* All algorithms can now by keyed with SymmetricKey objects +* More testing occurs with --validate (expected failures) +* Fixed two bugs reported by Hany Greiss, in Luby-Rackoff and RC6 +* Fixed a buffering bug in Bzip_Decompress and Zlib_Decompress +* Made X917 safer (and about 1/3 as fast) +* Documentation updates Version 0.7.8, 2002-02-28 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * More capabilities for Pipe, inspired by SysV STREAMS, including peeking, +* More capabilities for Pipe, inspired by SysV STREAMS, including peeking, better buffering, and stack ops. NOT BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE: SEE DOCUMENTATION - * Added a BufferingFilter class - * Added popen() based EntropySource for generic Unix systems (unix_rnd) - * Moved 'devrand' module into main distribution (ent_file.h), renamed to +* Added a BufferingFilter class +* Added popen() based EntropySource for generic Unix systems (unix_rnd) +* Moved 'devrand' module into main distribution (ent_file.h), renamed to File_EntropySource, and changed interface somewhat. - * Made Randpool somewhat more conservative and also 25% faster - * Minor fixes and updates for the configure script - * Added some tweaks for memory allocation - * Documentation updates for the new Pipe interface - * Fixed various minor bugs - * Added a couple of new example programs (stack and hasher2) +* Made Randpool somewhat more conservative and also 25% faster +* Minor fixes and updates for the configure script +* Added some tweaks for memory allocation +* Documentation updates for the new Pipe interface +* Fixed various minor bugs +* Added a couple of new example programs (stack and hasher2) 2001 ---------------------------------------- @@ -1824,98 +1833,98 @@ Version 0.7.8, 2002-02-28 Version 0.7.7, 2001-11-24 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Filter::send now works in the constructor of a Filter subclass - * You may now have to include <opencl/pipe.h> explicitly in some code - * Added preliminary PK infrastructure classes in pubkey.h and pkbase.h - * Enhancements to SecureVector (append, destroy functions) - * New infrastructure for secure memory allocation - * Added IEEE P1363 primitives MGF1, EME1, KDF1 - * Rijndael optimizations and cleanups - * Changed CipherMode<B> to BlockCipherMode(B*) - * Fixed a nasty bug in pipe_unixfd - * Added portions of the BigInt code into the main library - * Support for VAX, SH, POWER, PowerPC-64, Intel C++ +* Filter::send now works in the constructor of a Filter subclass +* You may now have to include <opencl/pipe.h> explicitly in some code +* Added preliminary PK infrastructure classes in pubkey.h and pkbase.h +* Enhancements to SecureVector (append, destroy functions) +* New infrastructure for secure memory allocation +* Added IEEE P1363 primitives MGF1, EME1, KDF1 +* Rijndael optimizations and cleanups +* Changed CipherMode<B> to BlockCipherMode(B*) +* Fixed a nasty bug in pipe_unixfd +* Added portions of the BigInt code into the main library +* Support for VAX, SH, POWER, PowerPC-64, Intel C++ Version 0.7.6, 2001-10-14 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fixed several serious bugs in SecureVector created in 0.7.5 - * Square optimizations - * Fixed shared objects on MacOS X and HP-UX - * Fixed static libs for KCC 4.0; works with KCC 3.4g as well - * Full support for Athlon and K6 processors using GCC - * Added a table of prime numbers < 2**16 (primes.h) - * Some minor documentation updates +* Fixed several serious bugs in SecureVector created in 0.7.5 +* Square optimizations +* Fixed shared objects on MacOS X and HP-UX +* Fixed static libs for KCC 4.0; works with KCC 3.4g as well +* Full support for Athlon and K6 processors using GCC +* Added a table of prime numbers < 2**16 (primes.h) +* Some minor documentation updates Version 0.7.5, 2001-08-19 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Split checksum.h into adler32.h, crc24.h, and crc32.h - * Split modes.h into cbc.h, cfb.h, and ofb.h - * CBC_wPadding* has been replaced by CBC_Encryption and CBC_Decryption - * Added OneAndZeros and NoPadding methods for CBC - * Added Lion, a very fast block cipher construction - * Added an S2K base class (s2k.h) and an OpenPGP_S2K class (pgp_s2k.h) - * Basic types (ciphers, hashes, etc) know their names now (call name()) - * Changed the EntropySource type somewhat - * Big speed-ups for ISAAC, Adler32, CRC24, and CRC32 - * Optimized CAST-256, DES, SAFER-SK, Serpent, SEAL, MD2, and RIPEMD-160 - * Some semantics of SecureVector have changed slightly - * The mlock module has been removed for the time being - * Added string handling functions for hashes and MACs - * Various non-user-visible cleanups - * Shared library soname is now set to the full version number +* Split checksum.h into adler32.h, crc24.h, and crc32.h +* Split modes.h into cbc.h, cfb.h, and ofb.h +* CBC_wPadding* has been replaced by CBC_Encryption and CBC_Decryption +* Added OneAndZeros and NoPadding methods for CBC +* Added Lion, a very fast block cipher construction +* Added an S2K base class (s2k.h) and an OpenPGP_S2K class (pgp_s2k.h) +* Basic types (ciphers, hashes, etc) know their names now (call name()) +* Changed the EntropySource type somewhat +* Big speed-ups for ISAAC, Adler32, CRC24, and CRC32 +* Optimized CAST-256, DES, SAFER-SK, Serpent, SEAL, MD2, and RIPEMD-160 +* Some semantics of SecureVector have changed slightly +* The mlock module has been removed for the time being +* Added string handling functions for hashes and MACs +* Various non-user-visible cleanups +* Shared library soname is now set to the full version number Version 0.7.4, 2001-07-15 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * New modules: Zlib, gettimeofday and x86 RTC timers, Unix I/O for Pipe - * Fixed a vast number of errors in the config script/makefile/specfile - * Pipe now has a stdio(3) interface as well as C++ iostreams - * ARC4 supports skipping the first N bytes of the cipher stream (ala MARK4) - * Bzip2 supports decompressing multiple concatenated streams, and flushing - * Added a simple 'overall average' score to the benchmarks - * Fixed a small bug in the POSIX timer module - * Removed a very-unlikely-to-occur bug in most of the hash functions - * filtbase.h now includes <iosfwd>, not <iostream> - * Minor documentation updates +* New modules: Zlib, gettimeofday and x86 RTC timers, Unix I/O for Pipe +* Fixed a vast number of errors in the config script/makefile/specfile +* Pipe now has a stdio(3) interface as well as C++ iostreams +* ARC4 supports skipping the first N bytes of the cipher stream (ala MARK4) +* Bzip2 supports decompressing multiple concatenated streams, and flushing +* Added a simple 'overall average' score to the benchmarks +* Fixed a small bug in the POSIX timer module +* Removed a very-unlikely-to-occur bug in most of the hash functions +* filtbase.h now includes <iosfwd>, not <iostream> +* Minor documentation updates Version 0.7.3, 2001-06-08 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Fix build problems on Solaris/SPARC - * Fix build problems with Perl versions < 5.6 - * Fixed some stupid code that broke on a few compilers - * Added string handling functions to Pipe - * MISTY1 optimizations +* Fix build problems on Solaris/SPARC +* Fix build problems with Perl versions < 5.6 +* Fixed some stupid code that broke on a few compilers +* Added string handling functions to Pipe +* MISTY1 optimizations Version 0.7.2, 2001-06-03 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Build system supports modules - * Added modules for mlock, a /dev/random EntropySource, POSIX1.b timers - * Added Bzip2 compression filter, contributed by Peter Jones - * GNU make no longer required (tested with 4.4BSD pmake and Solaris make) - * Fixed minor bug in several of the hash functions - * Various other minor fixes and changes - * Updates to the documentation +* Build system supports modules +* Added modules for mlock, a /dev/random EntropySource, POSIX1.b timers +* Added Bzip2 compression filter, contributed by Peter Jones +* GNU make no longer required (tested with 4.4BSD pmake and Solaris make) +* Fixed minor bug in several of the hash functions +* Various other minor fixes and changes +* Updates to the documentation Version 0.7.1, 2001-05-16 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * Rewrote configure script: more consistent and complete - * Made it easier to find out parameters of types at run time (opencl.h) - * New functions for finding the version being used (version.h) - * New SymmetricKey interface for Filters (symkey.h) - * InvalidKeyLength now records what the invalid key length was - * Optimized DES, CS-Cipher, MISTY1, Skipjack, XTEA - * Changed GOST to use correct S-box ordering (incompatible change) - * Benchmark code was almost totally rewritten - * Many more entries in the test vector file - * Fixed minor and idiotic bug in check.cpp +* Rewrote configure script: more consistent and complete +* Made it easier to find out parameters of types at run time (opencl.h) +* New functions for finding the version being used (version.h) +* New SymmetricKey interface for Filters (symkey.h) +* InvalidKeyLength now records what the invalid key length was +* Optimized DES, CS-Cipher, MISTY1, Skipjack, XTEA +* Changed GOST to use correct S-box ordering (incompatible change) +* Benchmark code was almost totally rewritten +* Many more entries in the test vector file +* Fixed minor and idiotic bug in check.cpp Version 0.7.0, 2001-03-01 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - * First public release +* First public release |