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+Version 0.7.9, 2002-03-19
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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+* 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
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