5 This file gives a brief overview of the major changes between each OpenSSL
6 release. For more details please read the CHANGES file.
8 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5:
10 o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command
11 o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application
12 o Automation of 'req' application
13 o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows
14 o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs
15 o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions
16 o Options to allow passwords to be passed on command line or environment
17 o New public key PEM format and options to handle it
18 o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities
19 o Usable certificate chain verification
20 o Certificate purpose checking
21 o Certificate trust settings
22 o Support of authority information access extension
23 o Extensions in certificate requests
24 o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines
25 o Initial incomplete support for international character sets
26 o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD
27 o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function
28 o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC
29 o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other
31 o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information
32 via a per-thread stack
33 o PRNG robustness improved
34 o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux
35 o Experimental MacOS support
37 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4:
39 o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used
40 by several software packages and are more secure than the standard
42 o PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation
43 o Password callbacks have a new void * argument for application data
44 o Avoid various memory leaks
45 o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O
46 must be handled by the application (BIO pair)
48 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3:
49 o Lots of enhancements and cleanups to the Configuration mechanism
50 o RSA OEAP related fixes
51 o Added `openssl ca -revoke' option for revoking a certificate
52 o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs
53 o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files
54 o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points
56 o Preliminary (experimental) S/MIME support
57 o Support for ASN.1 UTF8String and VisibleString
58 o Full integration of PKCS#12 code
59 o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions
60 o Option to disable selected ciphers
62 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b:
63 o Fixed a security hole related to session resumption
64 o Fixed RSA encryption routines for the p < q case
65 o "ALL" in cipher lists now means "everything except NULL ciphers"
66 o Support for Triple-DES CBCM cipher
67 o Support of Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP) for RSA
68 o First support for new TLSv1 ciphers
69 o Added a few new BIOs (syslog BIO, reliable BIO)
70 o Extended support for DSA certificate/keys.
71 o Extended support for Certificate Signing Requests (CSR)
72 o Initial support for X.509v3 extensions
73 o Extended support for compression inside the SSL record layer
74 o Overhauled Win32 builds
75 o Cleanups and fixes to the Big Number (BN) library
76 o Support for ASN.1 GeneralizedTime
77 o Splitted ASN.1 SETs from SEQUENCEs
78 o ASN1 and PEM support for Netscape Certificate Sequences
79 o Overhauled Perl interface
80 o Lots of source tree cleanups.
81 o Lots of memory leak fixes.
84 Major changes between SSLeay 0.9.0b and OpenSSL 0.9.1c:
85 o Integration of the popular NO_RSA/NO_DSA patches
86 o Initial support for compression inside the SSL record layer
87 o Added BIO proxy and filtering functionality
88 o Extended Big Number (BN) library
89 o Added RIPE MD160 message digest
90 o Addeed support for RC2/64bit cipher
91 o Extended ASN.1 parser routines
92 o Adjustations of the source tree for CVS
93 o Support for various new platforms