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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