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 0.9.5a and OpenSSL 0.9.6:
+
+ o Some documentation for BIO and SSL libraries.
+ o Enhanced chain verification using key identifiers.
+ o New sign and verify options to 'dgst' application.
+ o Support for DER and PEM encoded messages in 'smime' application.
+ o New 'rsautl' application, low level RSA utility.
+ o MD4 now included.
+ o Bugfix for SSL rollback padding check.
+ o Support for external crypto devices [1].
+ o Enhanced EVP interface.
+
+ [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:
+
+ o Bug fixes for Win32, SuSE Linux, NeXTSTEP and FreeBSD 2.2.8
+ o Shared library support for HPUX and Solaris-gcc
+ o Support of Linux/IA64
+ o Assembler support for Mingw32
+ 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:
o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command
o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra information
via a per-thread stack
o PRNG robustness improved
+ o EGD support
o BIGNUM library bug fixes
- o faster DSA parameter generation
+ o Faster DSA parameter generation
o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux
o Experimental MacOS support