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Tue Jan 23 11:59:16 2001 UTC (23 years, 3 months ago) by nmav
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CVS Tags: libmcrypt-2_4_9-beta
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1 nmav 1.13 January 23th 2001: (version 2.4.9)
2 nmav 1.15 - Due to an endianness handling problem Blowfish algorithm was not compatible
3     with other implementations. Now it has been corrected. If you want
4     to access the old algorithm used use the "blowfish-compat" module.
5 nmav 1.10 - Fixes in mcrypt_list_algorithms() for some systems. Bugs pointed out by
6     Jonathan Woolmington <jwool@ind.tansu.com.au>
7 nmav 1.14 - Fixes in stream mode.
8 nmav 1.11 - mcrypt_generic_init() no longer fails if smaller key is used. It uses
9     the most appropriate key size of the algorithm and pads with zeros.
10 nmav 1.14 - Fixes in wake algorithm (and support for IV).
11     - IV is now used in arcfour (arcfour-iv is now longer used). Speedups in Arcfour.
12 nmav 1.8
13 nmav 1.7 January 1st 2001: (version 2.4.8)
14     - Corrected bug in rijndael-256 (reported by: Sami Farin <sfarin@ratol.fi>)
15     This makes the algorithm incompatible with previous versions.
16    
17 nmav 1.5 October 20th 2000: (version 2.4.6)
18     - Compiles under win32 using cygwin (with -mno-cygwin)
19 nmav 1.6 - Added mcrypt_strerror()
20 nmav 1.5
21 nmav 1.4 September 18th 2000: (version 2.4.5)
22     - Updates in the documentation
23     - Libmcrypt can now be used without libltdl (in systems where libdl is present)
24 nmav 1.3 - Added the mcrypt_enc_set_state() function.
25 nmav 1.2 - Speedups in the blowfish algorithm
26    
27 nmav 1.1 May 12th, 2000: (version 2.4.4)
28     - Added Panama algorithm
29    
30     April 3rd, 2000: (version 2.4.2)
31     - Added missing symbols.
32    
33     April 2nd, 2000: (version 2.4.1)
34     - Bugfixes
35     - Internal changes in mode modules
36     - Changes in the documentation
37    
38     March 19th, 2000: (version 2.4.0)
39     - Corrected bugs in the extra algorithms.
40     - Libmcrypt is now thread safe without need for posix thread locks.
41     - Libmcrypt is no longer compatible with 2.2 or 2.3 version.
42     - Speedups in the library.
43     - The crypt algorithm has changed. In order for it's output to be compatible
44     with the unix crypt output, the key must be generated using crypt(3).
45     This was made in order to remove the key transformation, which was
46     included in the algorithm.
47     - The crypt algorithm was renamed to enigma.
48     - Changed many function's names in order to minimize namespace polution.
49     View the manpage for more information.
50    
51     March 4th, 2000: (version 2.3.4)
52     - Improved POSIX Threads detection by Sascha Schumann
53     - Arcfour was renamed to arcfour-iv. The arcfour algorithm now does not
54     support iv (as the original algorithm does).
55     - Modes for block algorithms are not limited any more to a 256 bit block size.
56     - Mcrypt 2.2 compatibility functions were added.
57     - mcrypt_get_algo_key_size(), mcrypt_get_algo_block_size() functions
58     were added.
59    
60     February 28th, 2000: (version 2.3.3)
61     - Some dlsyms were cached causing a 50% increase in speed.
62    
63     February 27th, 2000:
64     - A slightly modified version of libmcrypt 2.2.4 was released in order
65     for mcrypt 2.5.0 to be able to compile against that series of libmcrypt.
66    
67     February 22, 2000:
68     - mcrypt_is_block_algorithm_mode(), mcrypt_is_block_mode(),
69     mcrypt_is_block_algorithm(), functions were added.
70     - Bugfixes in the mcrypt_module_self_test().
71    
72     February 8th, 2000:
73     - Keygen functionality was added to the cvs version of libmhash.
74     Libmcrypt seems to compile fine.
75    
76     January 21st, 2000:
77     - Locks were added to libltdl calls so libmcrypt is still thread safe.
78    
79     January 20th, 2000: (version 2.3.0)
80     - Tried to include libltdl. Not succesful yet. It compiles but it does
81     not work.
82     - keygen functionality was removed. It will be added to libmhash
83     http://schumann.cx/mhash
84    
85     January 13th, 2000:
86     - Changed the sha-1 algorithm implementation
87     - mcrypt_get_iv_size now calls the specified mode, not the algorithm
88     - arcfour was added.
89    
90     December 12th, 1999:
91     - Included patches by Steve Underwood, to allow an arbitary number of
92     streams of encryption.
93     - Thread locking was changed, in order to allow multiple encryption, and avoid
94     dead locks.
95    
96     December 10th, 1999:
97     - Wake algorithm now supports IV.
98    
99     December 4th, 1999:
100     - Changes in modules/modes in order to be thread-safe.
101    
102     December 2nd, 1999:
103     - Bug fixes in the panama and xtea algorithms.
104     - The version of the module now can be checked at run-time (check mcrypt.h)
105    
106     November 30th, 1999:
107     - Corrections in the panama algorithm, in order to work fine in big-endian
108     machines.
109    
110     November 29th, 1999:
111     - encrypt() function crypt.c was renamed to __encrypt() in order to compile
112     in some systems.
113     - version number is included in the modules.
114     - mcrypt_list_algorithms(), mcrypt_list_modes() and mcrypt_list_keygen() now
115     check if the file is an mcrypt module (has the _mcrypt_xxx_version function).
116    
117     November 28th, 1999:
118     - MARS was added (as a separate module)
119    
120     November 26th, 1999:
121     - mcrypt_perror(int) function was added. It prints the text of an mcrypt
122     error code.
123     - Versioning has been changed. The release is no longer included in the library
124     name.
125     - Documentation was updated.
126    
127     November 25th, 1999:
128     - crypt() and setkey() functions for enigma, were renamed to __crypt() and
129     __setkey() to keep some libcs happy.
130     - Corrected typo mistakes in twofish.c.
131     - Patched wake.c to work in bigendian machines.
132     - IDEA, RC4, RC6 which were non-free now are in a separate distribution.
133    
134     November 24th, 1999:
135     - sdes key generation module was corrected. Now it works fine with
136     des(1).
137    
138     November 20th, 1999:
139     - Mcrypt is now modular. Modes, algorithm, and key generation modules, can
140     be loaded dynamically.
141    
142     November 17th, 1999:
143     - PANAMA stream algorithm was added (experimental).
144     - WAKE stream algorithm was added (experimental).
145    
146     November 13th, 1999:
147     - Blowfish algorithm was changed, it is now compatible with other implementations.
148     - Accessing algorithms is now different. You do not specify TWOFISH_256, to
149     access TWOFISH algorithm with 256 bit key, but TWOFISH with keylength of
150     32 bytes (==256 bits). This is more flexible than the previous API since
151     you can access more keys.
152    
153     October 16th, 1999:
154     - The new API is completed.
155     - STREAM mode was added.
156     - RC4 was added.
157    
158     October 15th, 1999:
159     - libmcrypt is maintained using CVS.
160     - Major changes in the internal of the library. Much cleaner code.
161    
162     October 14th, 1999:
163     - Serpent was added.
164    
165     October 10th, 1999:
166     - Bugfix in sha1.
167    
168     October 4th, 1999:
169     - Bugfixes in rc2 and rc6.
170     - rijndael implementation by Mike Scott was added.
171    
172     September 29th, 1999:
173     - Minor bugfixes and optimization in the library. Now it uses less memory.
174    
175     September 20th, 1999:
176     - Fixes in RC2, RC6 and SAFER+ code, so they work the same way in
177     big-endian and little-endian machines.
178     - Porting of SERPENT, MARS and RIJNDAEL is not ready, they do
179     not work right in bigendian machines.
180     - Bugfixes in the tests. Tests failed if one or two algorithms failed.
181    
182     September 19th, 1999
183     - SERPENT was added in 128,192,256 key modes.
184    
185     September 15th, 1999
186     - MARS and RIJNDAEL were added in 128,192,256 key modes.
187     - RC6 was splitted to RC6_128, RC6_192 and RC6_256 (the old RC6 is equal to RC6_256)
188     - RC2 was splitted to RC2_128, RC2_256 and RC2_1024 (the old RC2 is equal to RC2_1024)
189    
190     September 14th, 1999
191     - Twofish code was changed. Now it uses Dr Brian Gladman's code.
192     - RC2 code was changed.
193    
194     June 26th, 1999
195     - buffer overflow fixed in lib/mcrypt.c. Pointed out by Don Sutherland <dss@yadda.net>
196    
197     June 23th, 1999
198     - RC2 code was cleared.
199     - RC6 was changed according to the specification. It is RC6 32/20/32.
200     RC6, SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 codes are actually Dr Brian Gladman's
201     code a bit modified for mcrypt.
202     - shared library version has changed (at last!)
203    
204     June 22th, 1999
205     - SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 Added.
206    
207     June 15th, 1999 - Version 2.2
208     - Changes in the xTEA algorithm. Some extra parenthesis made the algorithm
209     differ from the specification. Pointed out by Lars Nordentoft
210     <lntech@post9.tele.dk>. Read the README.xtea for more information.
211    
212     June 12th, 1999 - Version 2.1.1
213     - Changes in the documentation which was inaccurate.
214    
215     June 11th, 1999 - Version 2.1
216     - _mcrypt_ was placed as a prefix to all internal functions so they
217     do not pollute namespace.
218    
219     May 29th, 1999
220     - test suites added
221     - Blowfish was divided to blowfish-448, -256, -192, -128.
222     - CBC can now accept IV
223     - mlock and munlock is used before mallocing and freeing any memory,
224     thus if such capabilities exist the library guarrantees that no
225     password is written in the disk (as swap etc.)
226     - gen_key_md5() was added and gen_key() was renamed to gen_key_sha1()
227     gen_key() is still defined to be gen_keysha1().
228    
229     May 26th, 1999 - Version 2.0
230     - Documentation was incorrect and innacurate. Corrected.
231     - A #define WORDS_BIGENDIAN 0 was removed from acconfig.h, this
232     was confusing all the library headers, and thus the library was
233     useless.
234     - nbit-ofb mode added. n is the blocksize of the algorithm. Still
235     experimental.
236    
237     May 24th, 1999 - Version 1.93
238     - defined get_block_size to be mcrypt_get_block_size so php3.0.8 compiles ok
239    
240     May 17th, 1999 - Version 1.9
241     - gen_key() changed
242     - libtool support (based on Sascha Schumann's patches)

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