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Version 1.7.23, 2008-11-23
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* 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