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Version 1.9.16, 2011-04-11
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* Second release candidate for 1.10.0
* 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.
* ``EC_Group``'s string constructor didn't understand the standard
names like "secp160r1", forcing use of the OIDs.
* Two constructors for ECDSA private keys, the one that creates a new
random key, and the one that provides a preset private key as a
``BigInt``, have been merged. This matches the existing interface
for DSA and DH keys. If you previously used the version taking a
``BigInt`` private key, you'll have to additionally pass in a
``RandomNumberGenerator`` object starting in this release.
* It is now possible to create ECDH keys with a preset ``BigInt``
private key; previously no method for this was available.
* The overload of ``generate_passhash9`` that takes an explicit
algorithm identifier has been merged with the one that does not.
The algorithm identifier code has been moved from the second
parameter to the fourth.
* Change shared library versioning to match the normal Unix
conventions. Instead of ``libbotan-X.Y.Z.so``, the shared lib is
named ``libbotan-X.Y.so.Z``; this allows the runtime linker to do
its runtime linky magic. It can be safely presumed that any change
in the major or minor version indicates ABI incompatability.
* 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.
* Bring back removed functions ``min_keylength_of``,
``max_keylength_of``, ``keylength_multiple_of`` in ``lookup.h`` to
avoid breaking applications written against 1.8
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