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diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/notes.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bbdd2d873b --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -0,0 +1,469 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> + +<chapter> + <header> + <copyright> + <year>1999</year><year>2009</year> + <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> + </copyright> + <legalnotice> + The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, + Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in + compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the + Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be + retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. + + Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" + basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See + the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations + under the License. + + </legalnotice> + + <title>Crypto Release Notes</title> + <prepared>Peter Högfeldt</prepared> + <docno></docno> + <date>2003-06-06</date> + <rev>B</rev> + <file>notes.xml</file> + </header> + <p>This document describes the changes made to the Crypto application.</p> + +<section><title>Crypto 1.6.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Suppressed false valgrind errors caused by libcrypto + using uninitialized data as entropy.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8200</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The documentation is now built with open source tools + (xsltproc and fop) that exists on most platforms. One + visible change is that the frames are removed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8201</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When the crypto application failed to load the + OpenSSL/LibEAY shared object, error indication was + sparse. Now a more specific error message is sent to the + error logger.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8281</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Crypto 1.6.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed emulator crash caused by crypto using an old + openssl version that did not cope with large file + descriptors.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8261 Aux Id: seq11434 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Crypto 1.6.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + <c>Makefile.in</c> has been updated to use the LDFLAGS + environment variable (if set). (Thanks to Davide + Pesavento.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8157</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Support for Blowfish cfb64 added to <c>crypto</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8096</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + New function <c>crypto:aes_cbc_ivec</c></p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8141</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Crypto 1.6</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The <c>dh_compute_key</c> sometimes returned a + SharedSecret of incorrect size.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7674</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Optimization for drivers by creating small binaries + direct on process heap.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7762</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Crypto 1.5.3</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Added new functions: dss_verify/3, rsa_verify/3, + rsa_verify/4, dss_sign/2, rsa_sign/2, rsa_sign/3, + rsa_public_encrypt, rsa_private_decrypt/3, + rsa_private_encrypt/3, rsa_public_decrypt/3, + dh_generate_key/1, dh_generate_key/2, dh_compute_key/3.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7545</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Crypto 1.5.2.1</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Minor performance optimization.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7521</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Crypto 1.5.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + ./configure has been improved to find 64-bit OpenSSL + libraries.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7270</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + crypto and zlib drivers improved to allow concurent smp + access.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7262</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + + <section> + <title>Crypto 1.5.1.1</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The linked in driver for the crypto application is now + linked statically against the OpenSSL libraries, to avoid + installation and runtime problems in connection to the + OpenSSL library locations.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6680</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Minor Makefile changes.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6689</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Crypto 1.5</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>It is now explicitly checked at start-up that the crypto + driver is properly loaded (Thanks to Claes Wikstrom).</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6109</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Crypto 1.4</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The previously undocumented and UNSUPPORTED <c>ssh</c> + application has been updated and documented. This release + of the <c>ssh</c> application is still considered to be a + beta release and (if necessary) there could still be + changes in its API before it reaches 1.0.</p> + <p>Also, more cryptographic algorithms have been added to + the <c>crypto</c> application.</p> + <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5631</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Crypto 1.3</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Added support for RFC 3826 - The Advanced Encryption Standard + (AES) Cipher Algorithm in the SNMP User-based Security Model. + <br></br> +Martin Björklund</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Crypto 1.2.3</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Linked in drivers in the crypto, and asn1 applications + are now compiled with the -D_THREAD_SAFE and -D_REENTRANT + switches on unix when the emulator has thread support + enabled.</p> + <p>Linked in drivers on MacOSX are not compiled with the + undocumented -lbundle1.o switch anymore. Thanks to Sean + Hinde who sent us a patch.</p> + <p>Linked in driver in crypto, and port programs in ssl, now + compiles on OSF1.</p> + <p>Minor makefile improvements in runtime_tools.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5346</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Crypto 1.2.2</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Corrected error handling. If the port to the driver that + crypto uses is unexpectedly closed (which should not + happen during normal operation of crypto), crypto will + terminate immediately (rather than crashing the next time + crypto is used). Also corrected build problems on Mac OS + X.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5279</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Crypto 1.2.1</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>It was not possible in R9 to relink the crypto driver. + The object file was missing as well as an example + makefile. The crypto driver object file is now released + with the application (installed in priv/obj). An example + makefile has also been added to the priv/obj directory. + The makefile serves as an example of how to relink the + driver on Unix (crypto_drv.so) or Windows + (crypto_drv.dll).</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4828 Aux Id: seq8193 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Crypto 1.2</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Previous versions of Crypto where delivered with + statically linked binaries based on SSLeay. That is not + longer the case. The current version of Crypto requires + dynamically linked OpenSSL libraries that the user has to + install. The library needed is <c>libcrypto.so</c> (Unix) + or <c>libeay32.[lib|dll]</c> (Win32). For further details + see the crypto(6) application manual page.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>This version of Crypto uses the new DES interface of + OpenSSL 0.9.7, which is not backward compatible with + earlier versions of OpenSSL. + </p> + </item> + <item>The functions <c>des_ede3_cbc_encrypt/5</c> and + <c>des_ede3_cbc_decrypt/5</c> have been renamed to + <c>des3_cbc_encrypt/5</c> and <c>des3_cbc_decrypt/5</c>, + respectively. The old functions have been retained (they are + deprecated and not listed in the crypto(3) manual page).</item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The start of crypto failed on Windows, due to erroneous addition + of a DES3 algorithm.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4684 + <br></br> +Aux Id: seq7864</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Crypto 1.1.3</title> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item>To obtain backward compatibility with the old SSLeay + package, and with earlier versions of OpenSSL, the macro + OPENSSL_DES_LIBDES_COMPATIBILITY has been added to + <c>crypto_drv.c</c>. This is of importance only for the open + source version of Crypto. + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Crypto 1.1.2</title> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>In the manual page <c>crypto(3)</c> the function names + <c>md5_finish</c> and <c>sha_finish</c> have been changed to + <c>md5_final</c> and <c>sha_final</c> to correctly document + the implementation.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-3409 + </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Crypto 1.1.1</title> + <p>Code replacement in runtime is supported. Upgrade can be done from + from version 1.1 and downgrade to version 1.1. + </p> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The driver part of the Crypto application has been + updated to use the erl_driver header file. Version 1.1.1 + requires emulator version 4.9.1 or later.</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Crypto 1.1</title> + + <section> + <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>On Windows the crypto_drv was incorrectly linked to + static run-time libraries instead of dynamic ones.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-3240 + </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Crypto 1.0</title> + <p>New application. + </p> + </section> +</chapter> + |