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diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/notes.xml index 21ce2891dc..5e0851f6b8 100644 --- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>1999</year><year>2017</year> + <year>1999</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -31,31 +31,63 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Crypto application.</p> -<section><title>Crypto 4.2.2.2</title> +<section><title>Crypto 4.3.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Fixed a node crash in <c>crypto:compute_key(ecdh, + ...)</c> when passing a wrongly typed Others + argument.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15194 Aux Id: ERL-673 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Crypto 4.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Removed two undocumented and erroneous functions + (<c>crypto:dh_generate_parameters/2</c> and + <c>crypto:dh_check/1</c>).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14956 Aux Id: ERL-579 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug causing VM crash if doing runtime upgrade of a + crypto module built against OpenSSL older than 0.9.8h. + Bug exists since OTP-20.2.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15088</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> <list> <item> - <p> Update the crypto engine functions to handle multiple - loads of an engine. </p> <p><c>engine_load/3/4</c> is - updated so it doesn't add the engine ID to OpenSSLs - internal list of engines which makes it possible to run - the engine_load more than once if it doesn't contain - global data.</p> <p>Added <c>ensure_engine_loaded/2/3</c> - which guarantees that the engine just is loaded once and - the following calls just returns a reference to it. This - is done by add the ID to the internal OpenSSL list and - check if it is already registered when the function is - called.</p> <p>Added <c>ensure_engine_unloaded/1/2</c> to - unload engines loaded with ensure_engine_loaded.</p> - <p>Then some more utility functions are added.</p> - <p><c>engine_add/1</c>, adds the engine to OpenSSL - internal list</p> <p><c>engine_remove/1</c>, remove the - engine from OpenSSL internal list</p> - <p><c>engine_get_id/1</c>, fetch the engines id</p> - <p><c>engine_get_name/1</c>, fetch the engine name</p> - <p> - Own Id: OTP-15233</p> + <p> + A new <c>rand</c> plugin algorithm has been implemented + in <c>crypto</c>, that is: <c>crypto_cache</c>. It uses + strong random bytes as randomness source and caches them + to get good speed. See <c>crypto:rand_seed_alg/1</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13370 Aux Id: PR-1573 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Diffie-Hellman key functions are re-written with the + EVP_PKEY api.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14864</p> </item> </list> </section> |