This file gives a brief overview of the major changes between each OpenSSL
release. For more details please read the CHANGES file.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8b and OpenSSL 0.9.8c:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2e and OpenSSL 1.1.0 [in pre-release]
+
+ o Support for ChaCha20 and Poly1305 added to libcrypto and libssl
+ o Support for extended master secret
+ o CCM ciphersuites
+ o Reworked test suite, now based on perl, Test::Harness and Test::More
+ o Varous libcrypto structures made opaque including: BIGNUM, EVP_MD,
+ EVP_MD_CTX and HMAC_CTX.
+ o libssl internal structures made opaque
+ o SSLv2 support removed
+ o Kerberos ciphersuite support removed
+ o RC4 removed from DEFAULT ciphersuites in libssl
+ o 40 and 56 bit cipher support removed from libssl
+ o All public header files moved to include/openssl, no more symlinking
+ o SSL/TLS state machine, version negotiation and record layer rewritten
+ o EC revision: now operations use new EC_KEY_METHOD.
+ o Support for OCB mode added to libcrypto
+ o Support for asynchronous crypto operations added to libcrypto and libssl
+ o Deprecated interfaces can now be disabled at build time either
+ relative to the latest relate via the "no-deprecated" Configure
+ argument, or via the "--api=1.1.0|1.0.0|0.9.8" option.
+ o Application software can be compiled with -DOPENSSL_API_COMPAT=version
+ to ensure that features deprecated before that version are not exposed.
+ o Support for RFC6698/RFC7671 DANE TLSA peer authentication
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2d and OpenSSL 1.0.2e [3 Dec 2015]
+
+ o BN_mod_exp may produce incorrect results on x86_64 (CVE-2015-3193)
+ o Certificate verify crash with missing PSS parameter (CVE-2015-3194)
+ o X509_ATTRIBUTE memory leak (CVE-2015-3195)
+ o Rewrite EVP_DecodeUpdate (base64 decoding) to fix several bugs
+ o In DSA_generate_parameters_ex, if the provided seed is too short,
+ return an error
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2c and OpenSSL 1.0.2d [9 Jul 2015]
+
+ o Alternate chains certificate forgery (CVE-2015-1793)
+ o Race condition handling PSK identify hint (CVE-2015-3196)
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2b and OpenSSL 1.0.2c [12 Jun 2015]
+
+ o Fix HMAC ABI incompatibility
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2a and OpenSSL 1.0.2b [11 Jun 2015]
+
+ o Malformed ECParameters causes infinite loop (CVE-2015-1788)
+ o Exploitable out-of-bounds read in X509_cmp_time (CVE-2015-1789)
+ o PKCS7 crash with missing EnvelopedContent (CVE-2015-1790)
+ o CMS verify infinite loop with unknown hash function (CVE-2015-1792)
+ o Race condition handling NewSessionTicket (CVE-2015-1791)
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2 and OpenSSL 1.0.2a [19 Mar 2015]
+
+ o OpenSSL 1.0.2 ClientHello sigalgs DoS fix (CVE-2015-0291)
+ o Multiblock corrupted pointer fix (CVE-2015-0290)
+ o Segmentation fault in DTLSv1_listen fix (CVE-2015-0207)
+ o Segmentation fault in ASN1_TYPE_cmp fix (CVE-2015-0286)
+ o Segmentation fault for invalid PSS parameters fix (CVE-2015-0208)
+ o ASN.1 structure reuse memory corruption fix (CVE-2015-0287)
+ o PKCS7 NULL pointer dereferences fix (CVE-2015-0289)
+ o DoS via reachable assert in SSLv2 servers fix (CVE-2015-0293)
+ o Empty CKE with client auth and DHE fix (CVE-2015-1787)
+ o Handshake with unseeded PRNG fix (CVE-2015-0285)
+ o Use After Free following d2i_ECPrivatekey error fix (CVE-2015-0209)
+ o X509_to_X509_REQ NULL pointer deref fix (CVE-2015-0288)
+ o Removed the export ciphers from the DEFAULT ciphers
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1l and OpenSSL 1.0.2 [22 Jan 2015]:
+
+ o Suite B support for TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2
+ o Support for DTLS 1.2
+ o TLS automatic EC curve selection.
+ o API to set TLS supported signature algorithms and curves
+ o SSL_CONF configuration API.
+ o TLS Brainpool support.
+ o ALPN support.
+ o CMS support for RSA-PSS, RSA-OAEP, ECDH and X9.42 DH.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1k and OpenSSL 1.0.1l [15 Jan 2015]
+
+ o Build fixes for the Windows and OpenVMS platforms
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1j and OpenSSL 1.0.1k [8 Jan 2015]
+
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3571
+ o Fix for CVE-2015-0206
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3569
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3572
+ o Fix for CVE-2015-0204
+ o Fix for CVE-2015-0205
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-8275
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3570
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1i and OpenSSL 1.0.1j [15 Oct 2014]
+
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3513
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3567
+ o Mitigation for CVE-2014-3566 (SSL protocol vulnerability)
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3568
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1h and OpenSSL 1.0.1i [6 Aug 2014]
+
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3512
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3511
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3510
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3507
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3506
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3505
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3509
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-5139
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3508
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1g and OpenSSL 1.0.1h [5 Jun 2014]
+
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-0224
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-0221
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-0198
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-0195
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-3470
+ o Fix for CVE-2010-5298
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1f and OpenSSL 1.0.1g [7 Apr 2014]
+
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-0160
+ o Add TLS padding extension workaround for broken servers.
+ o Fix for CVE-2014-0076
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1e and OpenSSL 1.0.1f [6 Jan 2014]
+
+ o Don't include gmt_unix_time in TLS server and client random values
+ o Fix for TLS record tampering bug CVE-2013-4353
+ o Fix for TLS version checking bug CVE-2013-6449
+ o Fix for DTLS retransmission bug CVE-2013-6450
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1d and OpenSSL 1.0.1e [11 Feb 2013]:
+
+ o Corrected fix for CVE-2013-0169
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1c and OpenSSL 1.0.1d [4 Feb 2013]:
+
+ o Fix renegotiation in TLS 1.1, 1.2 by using the correct TLS version.
+ o Include the fips configuration module.
+ o Fix OCSP bad key DoS attack CVE-2013-0166
+ o Fix for SSL/TLS/DTLS CBC plaintext recovery attack CVE-2013-0169
+ o Fix for TLS AESNI record handling flaw CVE-2012-2686
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1b and OpenSSL 1.0.1c [10 May 2012]:
+
+ o Fix TLS/DTLS record length checking bug CVE-2012-2333
+ o Don't attempt to use non-FIPS composite ciphers in FIPS mode.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1a and OpenSSL 1.0.1b [26 Apr 2012]:
+
+ o Fix compilation error on non-x86 platforms.
+ o Make FIPS capable OpenSSL ciphers work in non-FIPS mode.
+ o Fix SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1 clash with SSL_OP_ALL in OpenSSL 1.0.0
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.1 and OpenSSL 1.0.1a [19 Apr 2012]:
+
+ o Fix for ASN1 overflow bug CVE-2012-2110
+ o Workarounds for some servers that hang on long client hellos.
+ o Fix SEGV in AES code.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0h and OpenSSL 1.0.1 [14 Mar 2012]:
+
+ o TLS/DTLS heartbeat support.
+ o SCTP support.
+ o RFC 5705 TLS key material exporter.
+ o RFC 5764 DTLS-SRTP negotiation.
+ o Next Protocol Negotiation.
+ o PSS signatures in certificates, requests and CRLs.
+ o Support for password based recipient info for CMS.
+ o Support TLS v1.2 and TLS v1.1.
+ o Preliminary FIPS capability for unvalidated 2.0 FIPS module.
+ o SRP support.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0g and OpenSSL 1.0.0h [12 Mar 2012]:
+
+ o Fix for CMS/PKCS#7 MMA CVE-2012-0884
+ o Corrected fix for CVE-2011-4619
+ o Various DTLS fixes.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0f and OpenSSL 1.0.0g [18 Jan 2012]:
+
+ o Fix for DTLS DoS issue CVE-2012-0050
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0e and OpenSSL 1.0.0f [4 Jan 2012]:
+
+ o Fix for DTLS plaintext recovery attack CVE-2011-4108
+ o Clear block padding bytes of SSL 3.0 records CVE-2011-4576
+ o Only allow one SGC handshake restart for SSL/TLS CVE-2011-4619
+ o Check parameters are not NULL in GOST ENGINE CVE-2012-0027
+ o Check for malformed RFC3779 data CVE-2011-4577
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0d and OpenSSL 1.0.0e [6 Sep 2011]:
+
+ o Fix for CRL vulnerability issue CVE-2011-3207
+ o Fix for ECDH crashes CVE-2011-3210
+ o Protection against EC timing attacks.
+ o Support ECDH ciphersuites for certificates using SHA2 algorithms.
+ o Various DTLS fixes.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0c and OpenSSL 1.0.0d [8 Feb 2011]:
+
+ o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0b and OpenSSL 1.0.0c [2 Dec 2010]:
+
+ o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180
+ o Fix for CVE-2010-4252
+ o Fix mishandling of absent EC point format extension.
+ o Fix various platform compilation issues.
+ o Corrected fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0a and OpenSSL 1.0.0b [16 Nov 2010]:
+
+ o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
+ o Fix for CVE-2010-2939
+ o Fix WIN32 build system for GOST ENGINE.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0 and OpenSSL 1.0.0a [1 Jun 2010]:
+
+ o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-1633.
+ o GOST MAC and CFB fixes.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 1.0.0 [29 Mar 2010]:
+
+ o RFC3280 path validation: sufficient to process PKITS tests.
+ o Integrated support for PVK files and keyblobs.
+ o Change default private key format to PKCS#8.
+ o CMS support: able to process all examples in RFC4134
+ o Streaming ASN1 encode support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
+ o Multiple signer and signer add support for PKCS#7 and CMS.
+ o ASN1 printing support.
+ o Whirlpool hash algorithm added.
+ o RFC3161 time stamp support.
+ o New generalised public key API supporting ENGINE based algorithms.
+ o New generalised public key API utilities.
+ o New ENGINE supporting GOST algorithms.
+ o SSL/TLS GOST ciphersuite support.
+ o PKCS#7 and CMS GOST support.
+ o RFC4279 PSK ciphersuite support.
+ o Supported points format extension for ECC ciphersuites.
+ o ecdsa-with-SHA224/256/384/512 signature types.
+ o dsa-with-SHA224 and dsa-with-SHA256 signature types.
+ o Opaque PRF Input TLS extension support.
+ o Updated time routines to avoid OS limitations.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8m and OpenSSL 0.9.8n [24 Mar 2010]:
+
+ o CFB cipher definition fixes.
+ o Fix security issues CVE-2010-0740 and CVE-2010-0433.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8l and OpenSSL 0.9.8m [25 Feb 2010]:
+
+ o Cipher definition fixes.
+ o Workaround for slow RAND_poll() on some WIN32 versions.
+ o Remove MD2 from algorithm tables.
+ o SPKAC handling fixes.
+ o Support for RFC5746 TLS renegotiation extension.
+ o Compression memory leak fixed.
+ o Compression session resumption fixed.
+ o Ticket and SNI coexistence fixes.
+ o Many fixes to DTLS handling.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8k and OpenSSL 0.9.8l [5 Nov 2009]:
+
+ o Temporary work around for CVE-2009-3555: disable renegotiation.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8j and OpenSSL 0.9.8k [25 Mar 2009]:
+
+ o Fix various build issues.
+ o Fix security issues (CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591, CVE-2009-0789)
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8i and OpenSSL 0.9.8j [7 Jan 2009]:
+
+ o Fix security issue (CVE-2008-5077)
+ o Merge FIPS 140-2 branch code.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8g and OpenSSL 0.9.8h [28 May 2008]:
+
+ o CryptoAPI ENGINE support.
+ o Various precautionary measures.
+ o Fix for bugs affecting certificate request creation.
+ o Support for local machine keyset attribute in PKCS#12 files.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8f and OpenSSL 0.9.8g [19 Oct 2007]:
+
+ o Backport of CMS functionality to 0.9.8.
+ o Fixes for bugs introduced with 0.9.8f.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8e and OpenSSL 0.9.8f [11 Oct 2007]:
+
+ o Add gcc 4.2 support.
+ o Add support for AES and SSE2 assembly lanugauge optimization
+ for VC++ build.
+ o Support for RFC4507bis and server name extensions if explicitly
+ selected at compile time.
+ o DTLS improvements.
+ o RFC4507bis support.
+ o TLS Extensions support.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8d and OpenSSL 0.9.8e [23 Feb 2007]:
+
+ o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
+ o RFC3779 support.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8c and OpenSSL 0.9.8d [28 Sep 2006]:
+
+ o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
+ o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343)
+ o Changes to ciphersuite selection algorithm
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8b and OpenSSL 0.9.8c [5 Sep 2006]:
o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339
o New cipher Camellia
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8a and OpenSSL 0.9.8b:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8a and OpenSSL 0.9.8b [4 May 2006]:
o Cipher string fixes.
o Fixes for VC++ 2005.
o Built in dynamic engine compilation support on Win32.
o Fixes auto dynamic engine loading in Win32.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8 and OpenSSL 0.9.8a:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8 and OpenSSL 0.9.8a [11 Oct 2005]:
o Fix potential SSL 2.0 rollback, CVE-2005-2969
o Extended Windows CE support
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.8:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.8 [5 Jul 2005]:
o Major work on the BIGNUM library for higher efficiency and to
make operations more streamlined and less contradictory. This
o Added initial support for Win64.
o Added alternate pkg-config files.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7j and OpenSSL 0.9.7k:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.7m [23 Feb 2007]:
+
+ o FIPS 1.1.1 module linking.
+ o Various ciphersuite selection fixes.
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7k and OpenSSL 0.9.7l [28 Sep 2006]:
+
+ o Introduce limits to prevent malicious key DoS (CVE-2006-2940)
+ o Fix security issues (CVE-2006-2937, CVE-2006-3737, CVE-2006-4343)
+
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7j and OpenSSL 0.9.7k [5 Sep 2006]:
o Fix Daniel Bleichenbacher forged signature attack, CVE-2006-4339
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7i and OpenSSL 0.9.7j:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7i and OpenSSL 0.9.7j [4 May 2006]:
o Visual C++ 2005 fixes.
o Update Windows build system for FIPS.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7h and OpenSSL 0.9.7i:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7h and OpenSSL 0.9.7i [14 Oct 2005]:
o Give EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE it's old value, except for a FIPS build.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.7h:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7g and OpenSSL 0.9.7h [11 Oct 2005]:
o Fix SSL 2.0 Rollback, CVE-2005-2969
o Allow use of fixed-length exponent on DSA signing
o Default fixed-window RSA, DSA, DH private-key operations
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7f and OpenSSL 0.9.7g:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7f and OpenSSL 0.9.7g [11 Apr 2005]:
o More compilation issues fixed.
o Adaptation to more modern Kerberos API.
o More constification.
o Added processing of proxy certificates (RFC 3820).
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7e and OpenSSL 0.9.7f:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7e and OpenSSL 0.9.7f [22 Mar 2005]:
o Several compilation issues fixed.
o Many memory allocation failure checks added.
o Mandatory basic checks on certificates.
o Performance improvements.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7d and OpenSSL 0.9.7e:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7d and OpenSSL 0.9.7e [25 Oct 2004]:
o Fix race condition in CRL checking code.
o Fixes to PKCS#7 (S/MIME) code.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7c and OpenSSL 0.9.7d:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7c and OpenSSL 0.9.7d [17 Mar 2004]:
o Security: Fix Kerberos ciphersuite SSL/TLS handshaking bug
o Security: Fix null-pointer assignment in do_change_cipher_spec()
o Multiple X509 verification fixes
o Speed up HMAC and other operations
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7b and OpenSSL 0.9.7c:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7b and OpenSSL 0.9.7c [30 Sep 2003]:
o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.
o New -ignore_err option to OCSP utility.
o Various interop and bug fixes in S/MIME code.
o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7a and OpenSSL 0.9.7b:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7a and OpenSSL 0.9.7b [10 Apr 2003]:
o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of
Bleichbacher's attack
o ASN.1: treat domainComponent correctly.
o Documentation: fixes and additions.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7 and OpenSSL 0.9.7a:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.7 and OpenSSL 0.9.7a [19 Feb 2003]:
o Security: Important security related bugfixes.
o Enhanced compatibility with MIT Kerberos.
o SSL/TLS: now handles manual certificate chain building.
o SSL/TLS: certain session ID malfunctions corrected.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.7:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.7 [30 Dec 2002]:
o New library section OCSP.
o Complete rewrite of ASN1 code.
o SSL/TLS: add callback to retrieve SSL/TLS messages.
o SSL/TLS: support AES cipher suites (RFC3268).
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6j and OpenSSL 0.9.6k:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6j and OpenSSL 0.9.6k [30 Sep 2003]:
o Security: fix various ASN1 parsing bugs.
o SSL/TLS protocol fix for unrequested client certificates.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6i and OpenSSL 0.9.6j:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6i and OpenSSL 0.9.6j [10 Apr 2003]:
o Security: counter the Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension of
Bleichbacher's attack
o Security: make RSA blinding default.
o Build: shared library support fixes.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6h and OpenSSL 0.9.6i:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6h and OpenSSL 0.9.6i [19 Feb 2003]:
o Important security related bugfixes.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6g and OpenSSL 0.9.6h:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6g and OpenSSL 0.9.6h [5 Dec 2002]:
o New configuration targets for Tandem OSS and A/UX.
o New OIDs for Microsoft attributes.
o Fixes for smaller building problems.
o Updates of manuals, FAQ and other instructive documents.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6f and OpenSSL 0.9.6g:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6f and OpenSSL 0.9.6g [9 Aug 2002]:
o Important building fixes on Unix.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6e and OpenSSL 0.9.6f:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6e and OpenSSL 0.9.6f [8 Aug 2002]:
o Various important bugfixes.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6d and OpenSSL 0.9.6e:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6d and OpenSSL 0.9.6e [30 Jul 2002]:
o Important security related bugfixes.
o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6c and OpenSSL 0.9.6d:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6c and OpenSSL 0.9.6d [9 May 2002]:
o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
o Fix DH parameter generation for 'non-standard' generators.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6b and OpenSSL 0.9.6c [21 Dec 2001]:
o Various SSL/TLS library bugfixes.
o BIGNUM library fixes.
Broadcom and Cryptographic Appliance's keyserver
[in 0.9.6c-engine release].
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6a and OpenSSL 0.9.6b:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6a and OpenSSL 0.9.6b [9 Jul 2001]:
o Security fix: PRNG improvements.
o Security fix: RSA OAEP check.
o Increase default size for BIO buffering filter.
o Compatibility fixes in some scripts.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.6a:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.6 and OpenSSL 0.9.6a [5 Apr 2001]:
o Security fix: change behavior of OpenSSL to avoid using
environment variables when running as root.
o New function BN_rand_range().
o Add "-rand" option to openssl s_client and s_server.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6 [10 Oct 2000]:
o Some documentation for BIO and SSL libraries.
o Enhanced chain verification using key identifiers.
[1] The support for external crypto devices is currently a separate
distribution. See the file README.ENGINE.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5 and OpenSSL 0.9.5a:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.5 and OpenSSL 0.9.5a [1 Apr 2000]:
o Bug fixes for Win32, SuSE Linux, NeXTSTEP and FreeBSD 2.2.8
o Shared library support for HPUX and Solaris-gcc
o New 'rand' application
o New way to check for existence of algorithms from scripts
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.4 and OpenSSL 0.9.5 [25 May 2000]:
o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command
o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application
o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux
o Experimental MacOS support
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.3 and OpenSSL 0.9.4 [9 Aug 1999]:
o Transparent support for PKCS#8 format private keys: these are used
by several software packages and are more secure than the standard
o New pipe-like BIO that allows using the SSL library when actual I/O
must be handled by the application (BIO pair)
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.2b and OpenSSL 0.9.3 [24 May 1999]:
o Lots of enhancements and cleanups to the Configuration mechanism
o RSA OEAP related fixes
o Added `openssl ca -revoke' option for revoking a certificate
o Sparc assembler bignum implementation, optimized hash functions
o Option to disable selected ciphers
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.1c and OpenSSL 0.9.2b [22 Mar 1999]:
o Fixed a security hole related to session resumption
o Fixed RSA encryption routines for the p < q case
o "ALL" in cipher lists now means "everything except NULL ciphers"
o Lots of memory leak fixes.
o Lots of bug fixes.
- Major changes between SSLeay 0.9.0b and OpenSSL 0.9.1c:
+ Major changes between SSLeay 0.9.0b and OpenSSL 0.9.1c [23 Dec 1998]:
o Integration of the popular NO_RSA/NO_DSA patches
o Initial support for compression inside the SSL record layer
o Added BIO proxy and filtering functionality