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 1.0.1a and OpenSSL 1.0.1b:
10 o Fix compilation error on non-x86 platforms.
11 o Make FIPS capable OpenSSL ciphers work in non-FIPS mode.
12 o Fix SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1 clash with SSL_OP_ALL in OpenSSL 1.0.0
14 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1 and OpenSSL 1.0.1a:
16 o Fix for ASN1 overflow bug CVE-2012-2110
17 o Workarounds for some servers that hang on long client hellos.
18 o Fix SEGV in AES code.
20 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0h and OpenSSL 1.0.1:
22 o TLS/DTLS heartbeat support.
24 o RFC 5705 TLS key material exporter.
25 o RFC 5764 DTLS-SRTP negotiation.
26 o Next Protocol Negotiation.
27 o PSS signatures in certificates, requests and CRLs.
28 o Support for password based recipient info for CMS.
29 o Support TLS v1.2 and TLS v1.1.
30 o Preliminary FIPS capability for unvalidated 2.0 FIPS module.
33 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0h and OpenSSL 1.0.0i:
35 o Fix for ASN1 overflow bug CVE-2012-2110
37 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0g and OpenSSL 1.0.0h:
39 o Fix for CMS/PKCS#7 MMA CVE-2012-0884
40 o Corrected fix for CVE-2011-4619
43 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0f and OpenSSL 1.0.0g:
45 o Fix for DTLS DoS issue CVE-2012-0050
47 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0e and OpenSSL 1.0.0f:
49 o Fix for DTLS plaintext recovery attack CVE-2011-4108
50 o Clear block padding bytes of SSL 3.0 records CVE-2011-4576
51 o Only allow one SGC handshake restart for SSL/TLS CVE-2011-4619
52 o Check parameters are not NULL in GOST ENGINE CVE-2012-0027
53 o Check for malformed RFC3779 data CVE-2011-4577
55 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0d and OpenSSL 1.0.0e:
57 o Fix for CRL vulnerability issue CVE-2011-3207
58 o Fix for ECDH crashes CVE-2011-3210
59 o Protection against EC timing attacks.
60 o Support ECDH ciphersuites for certificates using SHA2 algorithms.
63 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0c and OpenSSL 1.0.0d:
65 o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014
67 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0b and OpenSSL 1.0.0c:
69 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180
70 o Fix for CVE-2010-4252
71 o Fix mishandling of absent EC point format extension.
72 o Fix various platform compilation issues.
73 o Corrected fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
75 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0a and OpenSSL 1.0.0b:
77 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
78 o Fix for CVE-2010-2939
79 o Fix WIN32 build system for GOST ENGINE.
81 Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.0a:
83 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-1633.
84 o GOST MAC and CFB fixes.
86 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 1.0.0:
88 o RFC3280 path validation: sufficient to process PKITS tests.
89 o Integrated support for PVK files and keyblobs.
90 o Change default private key format to PKCS#8.
91 o CMS support: able to process all examples in RFC4134
92 o Streaming ASN1 encode support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
93 o Multiple signer and signer add support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
94 o ASN1 printing support.
95 o Whirlpool hash algorithm added.
96 o RFC3161 time stamp support.
97 o New generalised public key API supporting ENGINE based algorithms.
98 o New generalised public key API utilities.
99 o New ENGINE supporting GOST algorithms.
100 o SSL/TLS GOST ciphersuite support.
101 o PKCS#7 and CMS GOST support.
102 o RFC4279 PSK ciphersuite support.
103 o Supported points format extension for ECC ciphersuites.
104 o ecdsa-with-SHA224/256/384/512 signature types.
105 o dsa-with-SHA224 and dsa-with-SHA256 signature types.
106 o Opaque PRF Input TLS extension support.
107 o Updated time routines to avoid OS limitations.
109 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8v and OpenSSL 0.9.8w:
111 o Fix for CVE-2012-2131 (corrected fix for 0.9.8 and CVE-2012-2110)
113 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8u and OpenSSL 0.9.8v:
115 o Fix for ASN1 overflow bug CVE-2012-2110
117 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8t and OpenSSL 0.9.8u:
119 o Fix for CMS/PKCS#7 MMA CVE-2012-0884
120 o Corrected fix for CVE-2011-4619
121 o Various DTLS fixes.
123 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8s and OpenSSL 0.9.8t:
125 o Fix for DTLS DoS issue CVE-2012-0050
127 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8r and OpenSSL 0.9.8s:
129 o Fix for DTLS plaintext recovery attack CVE-2011-4108
130 o Fix policy check double free error CVE-2011-4109
131 o Clear block padding bytes of SSL 3.0 records CVE-2011-4576
132 o Only allow one SGC handshake restart for SSL/TLS CVE-2011-4619
133 o Check for malformed RFC3779 data CVE-2011-4577
135 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8q and OpenSSL 0.9.8r:
137 o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014
139 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8p and OpenSSL 0.9.8q:
141 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180
142 o Fix for CVE-2010-4252
144 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8o and OpenSSL 0.9.8p:
146 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
148 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 0.9.8o:
150 o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-0742.
151 o Various DTLS fixes.
152 o Recognise SHA2 certificates if only SSL algorithms added.
153 o Fix for no-rc4 compilation.
154 o Chil ENGINE unload workaround.
156 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8m and OpenSSL 0.9.8n:
158 o CFB cipher definition fixes.
159 o Fix security issues CVE-2010-0740 and CVE-2010-0433.
161 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8l and OpenSSL 0.9.8m:
163 o Cipher definition fixes.
164 o Workaround for slow RAND_poll() on some WIN32 versions.
165 o Remove MD2 from algorithm tables.
166 o SPKAC handling fixes.
167 o Support for RFC5746 TLS renegotiation extension.
168 o Compression memory leak fixed.
169 o Compression session resumption fixed.
170 o Ticket and SNI coexistence fixes.
171 o Many fixes to DTLS handling.
173 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8k and OpenSSL 0.9.8l:
175 o Temporary work around for CVE-2009-3555: disable renegotiation.
177 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8j and OpenSSL 0.9.8k:
179 o Fix various build issues.
180 o Fix security issues (CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591, CVE-2009-0789)
182 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8i and OpenSSL 0.9.8j:
184 o Fix security issue (CVE-2008-5077)
185 o Merge FIPS 140-2 branch code.
187 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8g and OpenSSL 0.9.8h:
189 o CryptoAPI ENGINE support.
190 o Various precautionary measures.
191 o Fix for bugs affecting certificate request creation.
192 o Support for local machine keyset attribute in PKCS#12 files.
194 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8f and OpenSSL 0.9.8g:
196 o Backport of CMS functionality to 0.9.8.
197 o Fixes for bugs introduced with 0.9.8f.
199 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8e and OpenSSL 0.9.8f:
201 o Add gcc 4.2 support.
202 o Add support for AES and SSE2 assembly lanugauge optimization
204 o Support for RFC4507bis and server name extensions if explicitly
205 selected at compile time.
207 o RFC4507bis support.
208 o TLS Extensions support.
210 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8d and OpenSSL 0.9.8e:
212 o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
215 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8c and OpenSSL 0.9.8d:
217 o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
218 o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343)
219 o Changes to ciphersuite selection algorithm
221 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8b and OpenSSL 0.9.8c:
223 o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339
224 o New cipher Camellia
226 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8a and OpenSSL 0.9.8b:
228 o Cipher string fixes.
229 o Fixes for VC++ 2005.
230 o Updated ECC cipher suite support.
231 o New functions EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free().
232 o Zlib compression usage fixes.
233 o Built in dynamic engine compilation support on Win32.
234 o Fixes auto dynamic engine loading in Win32.
236 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8 and OpenSSL 0.9.8a:
238 o Fix potential SSL 2.0 rollback, CVE-2005-2969
239 o Extended Windows CE support
241 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.8:
243 o Major work on the BIGNUM library for higher efficiency and to
244 make operations more streamlined and less contradictory. This
245 is the result of a major audit of the BIGNUM library.
246 o Addition of BIGNUM functions for fields GF(2^m) and NIST
247 curves, to support the Elliptic Crypto functions.
248 o Major work on Elliptic Crypto; ECDH and ECDSA added, including
249 the use through EVP, X509 and ENGINE.
250 o New ASN.1 mini-compiler that's usable through the OpenSSL
252 o Added support for ASN.1 indefinite length constructed encoding.
253 o New PKCS#12 'medium level' API to manipulate PKCS#12 files.
254 o Complete rework of shared library construction and linking
255 programs with shared or static libraries, through a separate
257 o Rework of the passing of parameters from one Makefile to another.
258 o Changed ENGINE framework to load dynamic engine modules
259 automatically from specifically given directories.
260 o New structure and ASN.1 functions for CertificatePair.
261 o Changed the ZLIB compression method to be stateful.
262 o Changed the key-generation and primality testing "progress"
263 mechanism to take a structure that contains the ticker
264 function and an argument.
265 o New engine module: GMP (performs private key exponentiation).
266 o New engine module: VIA PadLOck ACE extension in VIA C3
268 o Added support for IPv6 addresses in certificate extensions.
269 See RFC 1884, section 2.2.
270 o Added support for certificate policy mappings, policy
271 constraints and name constraints.
272 o Added support for multi-valued AVAs in the OpenSSL
274 o Added support for multiple certificates with the same subject
275 in the 'openssl ca' index file.
276 o Make it possible to create self-signed certificates using
277 'openssl ca -selfsign'.
278 o Make it possible to generate a serial number file with
279 'openssl ca -create_serial'.
280 o New binary search functions with extended functionality.
282 o New STORE structure and library to provide an interface to all
283 sorts of data repositories. Supports storage of public and
284 private keys, certificates, CRLs, numbers and arbitrary blobs.
285 This library is unfortunately unfinished and unused withing
287 o New control functions for the error stack.
288 o Changed the PKCS#7 library to support one-pass S/MIME
290 o Added the possibility to compile without old deprecated
291 functionality with the OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED macro or the
292 'no-deprecated' argument to the config and Configure scripts.
293 o Constification of all ASN.1 conversion functions, and other
295 o Improved platform support for PowerPC.
296 o New FIPS 180-2 algorithms (SHA-224, -256, -384 and -512).
297 o New X509_VERIFY_PARAM structure to support parametrisation
298 of X.509 path validation.
299 o Major overhaul of RC4 performance on Intel P4, IA-64 and
301 o Changed the Configure script to have some algorithms disabled
302 by default. Those can be explicitely enabled with the new
303 argument form 'enable-xxx'.
304 o Change the default digest in 'openssl' commands from MD5 to
306 o Added support for DTLS.
307 o New BIGNUM blinding.
308 o Added support for the RSA-PSS encryption scheme
309 o Added support for the RSA X.931 padding.
310 o Added support for BSD sockets on NetWare.
311 o Added support for files larger than 2GB.
312 o Added initial support for Win64.
313 o Added alternate pkg-config files.
315 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.7m:
317 o FIPS 1.1.1 module linking.
318 o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
320 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7k and OpenSSL 0.9.7l:
322 o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
323 o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343)
325 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7j and OpenSSL 0.9.7k:
327 o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339
329 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7i and OpenSSL 0.9.7j:
331 o Visual C++ 2005 fixes.
332 o Update Windows build system for FIPS.
334 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7h and OpenSSL 0.9.7i:
336 o Give EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE it's old value, except for a FIPS build.
338 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.7h:
340 o Fix SSL 2.0 Rollback, CVE-2005-2969
341 o Allow use of fixed-length exponent on DSA signing
342 o Default fixed-window RSA, DSA, DH private-key operations
344 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7f and OpenSSL 0.9.7g:
346 o More compilation issues fixed.
347 o Adaptation to more modern Kerberos API.
348 o Enhanced or corrected configuration for Solaris64, Mingw and Cygwin.
349 o Enhanced x86_64 assembler BIGNUM module.
350 o More constification.
351 o Added processing of proxy certificates (RFC 3820).
353 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7e and OpenSSL 0.9.7f:
355 o Several compilation issues fixed.
356 o Many memory allocation failure checks added.
357 o Improved comparison of X509 Name type.
358 o Mandatory basic checks on certificates.
359 o Performance improvements.
361 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7d and OpenSSL 0.9.7e:
363 o Fix race condition in CRL checking code.
364 o Fixes to PKCS#7 (S/MIME) code.
366 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7c and OpenSSL 0.9.7d:
368 o Security: Fix Kerberos ciphersuite SSL/TLS handshaking bug
369 o Security: Fix null-pointer assignment in do_change_cipher_spec()
370 o Allow multiple active certificates with same subject in CA index
371 o Multiple X509 verification fixes
372 o Speed up HMAC and other operations
374 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7b and OpenSSL 0.9.7c:
376 o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.
377 o New -ignore_err option to OCSP utility.
378 o Various interop and bug fixes in S/MIME code.
379 o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates.
381 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7a and OpenSSL 0.9.7b:
383 o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of
384 Bleichbacher's attack
385 o Security: make RSA blinding default.
386 o Configuration: Irix fixes, AIX fixes, better mingw support.
387 o Support for new platforms: linux-ia64-ecc.
388 o Build: shared library support fixes.
389 o ASN.1: treat domainComponent correctly.
390 o Documentation: fixes and additions.
392 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7 and OpenSSL 0.9.7a:
394 o Security: Important security related bugfixes.
395 o Enhanced compatibility with MIT Kerberos.
396 o Can be built without the ENGINE framework.
397 o IA32 assembler enhancements.
398 o Support for new platforms: FreeBSD/IA64 and FreeBSD/Sparc64.
399 o Configuration: the no-err option now works properly.
400 o SSL/TLS: now handles manual certificate chain building.
401 o SSL/TLS: certain session ID malfunctions corrected.
403 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.7:
405 o New library section OCSP.
406 o Complete rewrite of ASN1 code.
407 o CRL checking in verify code and openssl utility.
408 o Extension copying in 'ca' utility.
409 o Flexible display options in 'ca' utility.
410 o Provisional support for international characters with UTF8.
411 o Support for external crypto devices ('engine') is no longer
412 a separate distribution.
413 o New elliptic curve library section.
414 o New AES (Rijndael) library section.
415 o Support for new platforms: Windows CE, Tandem OSS, A/UX, AIX 64-bit,
416 Linux x86_64, Linux 64-bit on Sparc v9
417 o Extended support for some platforms: VxWorks
418 o Enhanced support for shared libraries.
419 o Now only builds PIC code when shared library support is requested.
420 o Support for pkg-config.
421 o Lots of new manuals.
422 o Makes symbolic links to or copies of manuals to cover all described
424 o Change DES API to clean up the namespace (some applications link also
425 against libdes providing similar functions having the same name).
426 Provide macros for backward compatibility (will be removed in the
428 o Unify handling of cryptographic algorithms (software and engine)
429 to be available via EVP routines for asymmetric and symmetric ciphers.
430 o NCONF: new configuration handling routines.
431 o Change API to use more 'const' modifiers to improve error checking
433 o Finally remove references to RSAref.
434 o Reworked parts of the BIGNUM code.
435 o Support for new engines: Broadcom ubsec, Accelerated Encryption
436 Processing, IBM 4758.
437 o A few new engines added in the demos area.
438 o Extended and corrected OID (object identifier) table.
439 o PRNG: query at more locations for a random device, automatic query for
440 EGD style random sources at several locations.
441 o SSL/TLS: allow optional cipher choice according to server's preference.
442 o SSL/TLS: allow server to explicitly set new session ids.
443 o SSL/TLS: support Kerberos cipher suites (RFC2712).
444 Only supports MIT Kerberos for now.
445 o SSL/TLS: allow more precise control of renegotiations and sessions.
446 o SSL/TLS: add callback to retrieve SSL/TLS messages.
447 o SSL/TLS: support AES cipher suites (RFC3268).
449 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6j and OpenSSL 0.9.6k:
451 o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.
452 o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates.
454 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6i and OpenSSL 0.9.6j:
456 o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of
457 Bleichbacher's attack
458 o Security: make RSA blinding default.
459 o Build: shared library support fixes.
461 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6h and OpenSSL 0.9.6i:
463 o Important security related bugfixes.
465 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6g and OpenSSL 0.9.6h:
467 o New configuration targets for Tandem OSS and A/UX.
468 o New OIDs for Microsoft attributes.
469 o Better handling of SSL session caching.
470 o Better comparison of distinguished names.
471 o Better handling of shared libraries in a mixed GNU/non-GNU environment.
472 o Support assembler code with Borland C.
473 o Fixes for length problems.
474 o Fixes for uninitialised variables.
475 o Fixes for memory leaks, some unusual crashes and some race conditions.
476 o Fixes for smaller building problems.
477 o Updates of manuals, FAQ and other instructive documents.
479 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6f and OpenSSL 0.9.6g:
481 o Important building fixes on Unix.
483 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6e and OpenSSL 0.9.6f:
485 o Various important bugfixes.
487 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6d and OpenSSL 0.9.6e:
489 o Important security related bugfixes.
490 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
492 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6c and OpenSSL 0.9.6d:
494 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
495 o Fix DH parameter generation for 'non-standard' generators.
497 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c:
499 o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
500 o BIGNUM library fixes.
501 o RSA OAEP and random number generation fixes.
502 o Object identifiers corrected and added.
503 o Add assembler BN routines for IA64.
504 o Add support for OS/390 Unix, UnixWare with gcc, OpenUNIX 8,
505 MIPS Linux; shared library support for Irix, HP-UX.
506 o Add crypto accelerator support for AEP, Baltimore SureWare,
507 Broadcom and Cryptographic Appliance's keyserver
508 [in 0.9.6c-engine release].
510 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6a and OpenSSL 0.9.6b:
512 o Security fix: PRNG improvements.
513 o Security fix: RSA OAEP check.
514 o Security fix: Reinsert and fix countermeasure to Bleichbacher's
516 o MIPS bug fix in BIGNUM.
517 o Bug fix in "openssl enc".
518 o Bug fix in X.509 printing routine.
519 o Bug fix in DSA verification routine and DSA S/MIME verification.
520 o Bug fix to make PRNG thread-safe.
521 o Bug fix in RAND_file_name().
522 o Bug fix in compatibility mode trust settings.
523 o Bug fix in blowfish EVP.
524 o Increase default size for BIO buffering filter.
525 o Compatibility fixes in some scripts.
527 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.6a:
529 o Security fix: change behavior of OpenSSL to avoid using
530 environment variables when running as root.
531 o Security fix: check the result of RSA-CRT to reduce the
532 possibility of deducing the private key from an incorrectly
533 calculated signature.
534 o Security fix: prevent Bleichenbacher's DSA attack.
535 o Security fix: Zero the premaster secret after deriving the
536 master secret in DH ciphersuites.
537 o Reimplement SSL_peek(), which had various problems.
538 o Compatibility fix: the function des_encrypt() renamed to
539 des_encrypt1() to avoid clashes with some Unixen libc.
540 o Bug fixes for Win32, HP/UX and Irix.
541 o Bug fixes in BIGNUM, SSL, PKCS#7, PKCS#12, X.509, CONF and
542 memory checking routines.
543 o Bug fixes for RSA operations in threaded environments.
544 o Bug fixes in misc. openssl applications.
545 o Remove a few potential memory leaks.
546 o Add tighter checks of BIGNUM routines.
547 o Shared library support has been reworked for generality.
548 o More documentation.
549 o New function BN_rand_range().
550 o Add "-rand" option to openssl s_client and s_server.
552 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6:
554 o Some documentation for BIO and SSL libraries.
555 o Enhanced chain verification using key identifiers.
556 o New sign and verify options to 'dgst' application.
557 o Support for DER and PEM encoded messages in 'smime' application.
558 o New 'rsautl' application, low level RSA utility.
560 o Bugfix for SSL rollback padding check.
561 o Support for external crypto devices [1].
562 o Enhanced EVP interface.
564 [1] The support for external crypto devices is currently a separate
565 distribution. See the file README.ENGINE.
567 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5 and OpenSSL 0.9.5a:
569 o Bug fixes for Win32, SuSE Linux, NeXTSTEP and FreeBSD 2.2.8
570 o Shared library support for HPUX and Solaris-gcc
571 o Support of Linux/IA64
572 o Assembler support for Mingw32
573 o New 'rand' application
574 o New way to check for existence of algorithms from scripts
576 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5:
578 o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command
579 o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application
580 o Automation of 'req' application
581 o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows
582 o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs
583 o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions
584 o Options to allow passwords to be obtained from various sources
585 o New public key PEM format and options to handle it
586 o Many other fixes and enhancements to command line utilities
587 o Usable certificate chain verification
588 o Certificate purpose checking
589 o Certificate trust settings
590 o Support of authority information access extension
591 o Extensions in certificate requests
592 o Simplified X509 name and attribute routines
593 o Initial (incomplete) support for international character sets
594 o New DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD
595 o Read only memory BIOs and simplified creation function
596 o TLS/SSL protocol bugfixes: Accept TLS 'client hello' in SSL 3.0
597 record; allow fragmentation and interleaving of handshake and other
599 o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC
600 o Work around for Netscape client certificate hang bug
601 o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other
603 o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information
604 via a per-thread stack
605 o PRNG robustness improved
607 o BIGNUM library bug fixes
608 o Faster DSA parameter generation
609 o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux
610 o Experimental MacOS support
612 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4:
614 o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used
615 by several software packages and are more secure than the standard
617 o PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation
618 o Password callbacks have a new void * argument for application data
619 o Avoid various memory leaks
620 o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O
621 must be handled by the application (BIO pair)
623 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3:
624 o Lots of enhancements and cleanups to the Configuration mechanism
625 o RSA OEAP related fixes
626 o Added `openssl ca -revoke' option for revoking a certificate
627 o Source cleanups: const correctness, type-safe stacks and ASN.1 SETs
628 o Source tree cleanups: removed lots of obsolete files
629 o Thawte SXNet, certificate policies and CRL distribution points
631 o Preliminary (experimental) S/MIME support
632 o Support for ASN.1 UTF8String and VisibleString
633 o Full integration of PKCS#12 code
634 o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions
635 o Option to disable selected ciphers
637 Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b:
638 o Fixed a security hole related to session resumption
639 o Fixed RSA encryption routines for the p < q case
640 o "ALL" in cipher lists now means "everything except NULL ciphers"
641 o Support for Triple-DES CBCM cipher
642 o Support of Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP) for RSA
643 o First support for new TLSv1 ciphers
644 o Added a few new BIOs (syslog BIO, reliable BIO)
645 o Extended support for DSA certificate/keys.
646 o Extended support for Certificate Signing Requests (CSR)
647 o Initial support for X.509v3 extensions
648 o Extended support for compression inside the SSL record layer
649 o Overhauled Win32 builds
650 o Cleanups and fixes to the Big Number (BN) library
651 o Support for ASN.1 GeneralizedTime
652 o Splitted ASN.1 SETs from SEQUENCEs
653 o ASN1 and PEM support for Netscape Certificate Sequences
654 o Overhauled Perl interface
655 o Lots of source tree cleanups.
656 o Lots of memory leak fixes.
659 Major changes between SSLeay 0.9.0b and OpenSSL 0.9.1c:
660 o Integration of the popular NO_RSA/NO_DSA patches
661 o Initial support for compression inside the SSL record layer
662 o Added BIO proxy and filtering functionality
663 o Extended Big Number (BN) library
664 o Added RIPE MD160 message digest
665 o Addeed support for RC2/64bit cipher
666 o Extended ASN.1 parser routines
667 o Adjustations of the source tree for CVS
668 o Support for various new platforms