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 1.0.1d and OpenSSL 1.0.1e:
+ 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:
+ 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 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:
+ 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:
+ 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:
+ 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:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0h and OpenSSL 1.0.1 [14 Mar 2012]:
o TLS/DTLS heartbeat support.
o SCTP support.
o Preliminary FIPS capability for unvalidated 2.0 FIPS module.
o SRP support.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0j and OpenSSL 1.0.0k:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0j and OpenSSL 1.0.0k [5 Feb 2013]:
o Fix for SSL/TLS/DTLS CBC plaintext recovery attack CVE-2013-0169
o Fix OCSP bad key DoS attack CVE-2013-0166
- Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0i and OpenSSL 1.0.0j:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0i and OpenSSL 1.0.0j [10 May 2012]:
o Fix DTLS record length checking bug CVE-2012-2333
- Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0h and OpenSSL 1.0.0i:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0h and OpenSSL 1.0.0i [19 Apr 2012]:
o Fix for ASN1 overflow bug CVE-2012-2110
- Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0g and OpenSSL 1.0.0h:
+ 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:
+ 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:
+ 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 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:
+ 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 Support ECDH ciphersuites for certificates using SHA2 algorithms.
o Various DTLS fixes.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.0c and OpenSSL 1.0.0d:
+ 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:
+ 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 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:
+ 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:
+ 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:
+ 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 Opaque PRF Input TLS extension support.
o Updated time routines to avoid OS limitations.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8x and OpenSSL 0.9.8y:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8x and OpenSSL 0.9.8y [5 Feb 2013]:
o Fix for SSL/TLS/DTLS CBC plaintext recovery attack CVE-2013-0169
o Fix OCSP bad key DoS attack CVE-2013-0166
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8w and OpenSSL 0.9.8x:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8w and OpenSSL 0.9.8x [10 May 2012]:
o Fix DTLS record length checking bug CVE-2012-2333
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8v and OpenSSL 0.9.8w:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8v and OpenSSL 0.9.8w [23 Apr 2012]:
o Fix for CVE-2012-2131 (corrected fix for 0.9.8 and CVE-2012-2110)
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8u and OpenSSL 0.9.8v:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8u and OpenSSL 0.9.8v [19 Apr 2012]:
o Fix for ASN1 overflow bug CVE-2012-2110
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8t and OpenSSL 0.9.8u:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8t and OpenSSL 0.9.8u [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 0.9.8s and OpenSSL 0.9.8t:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8s and OpenSSL 0.9.8t [18 Jan 2012]:
o Fix for DTLS DoS issue CVE-2012-0050
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8r and OpenSSL 0.9.8s:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8r and OpenSSL 0.9.8s [4 Jan 2012]:
o Fix for DTLS plaintext recovery attack CVE-2011-4108
o Fix policy check double free error CVE-2011-4109
o Only allow one SGC handshake restart for SSL/TLS CVE-2011-4619
o Check for malformed RFC3779 data CVE-2011-4577
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8q and OpenSSL 0.9.8r:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8q and OpenSSL 0.9.8r [8 Feb 2011]:
o Fix for security issue CVE-2011-0014
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8p and OpenSSL 0.9.8q:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8p and OpenSSL 0.9.8q [2 Dec 2010]:
o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-4180
o Fix for CVE-2010-4252
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8o and OpenSSL 0.9.8p:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8o and OpenSSL 0.9.8p [16 Nov 2010]:
o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-3864.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 0.9.8o:
+ Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8n and OpenSSL 0.9.8o [1 Jun 2010]:
o Fix for security issue CVE-2010-0742.
o Various DTLS fixes.
o Fix for no-rc4 compilation.
o Chil ENGINE unload workaround.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8m and OpenSSL 0.9.8n:
+ 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:
+ 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 Ticket and SNI coexistence fixes.
o Many fixes to DTLS handling.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8k and OpenSSL 0.9.8l:
+ 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:
+ 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:
+ 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:
+ 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:
+ 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:
+ 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
o RFC4507bis support.
o TLS Extensions support.
- Major changes between OpenSSL 0.9.8d and OpenSSL 0.9.8e:
+ 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:
+ 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:
+ 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 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.7m:
+ 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:
+ 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:
+ 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
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