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diff --git a/doc/relnotes/1_3_8.txt b/doc/relnotes/1_3_8.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7fac2566a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/relnotes/1_3_8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +Version 1.3.8, 2003-12-30 +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +* Initial introduction of engine support, which separates PK keys from + the underlying operations. An engine using GNU MP was added. + +* DSA, DH, NR, and ElGamal constructors accept taking just the private + key again since the public key is easily derived from it. + +* Montgomery reduction support was added. +* ElGamal keys now support being imported/exported as ASN.1 objects +* 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 + |