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Thu May 17 21:05:19 2001 UTC (22 years, 11 months ago) by nmav
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CVS Tags: mcrypt_2_4_12
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1 nmav 1.19 May 17th 2001: (version 2.4.12)
2 nmav 1.18 - Updated libltdl library used
3     - Several fixes in modules
4 nmav 1.19 - Added scripts to allow easier and faster library version detection
5 nmav 1.18
6 nmav 1.17 March 18th 2001: (version 2.4.10)
7     - Corrected bugs in blowfish and blowfish-compat
8    
9 nmav 1.16 January 23th 2001: (version 2.4.9-beta)
10 nmav 1.15 - Due to an endianness handling problem Blowfish algorithm was not compatible
11     with other implementations. Now it has been corrected. If you want
12     to access the old algorithm used use the "blowfish-compat" module.
13 nmav 1.10 - Fixes in mcrypt_list_algorithms() for some systems. Bugs pointed out by
14     Jonathan Woolmington <jwool@ind.tansu.com.au>
15 nmav 1.14 - Fixes in stream mode.
16 nmav 1.11 - mcrypt_generic_init() no longer fails if smaller key is used. It uses
17     the most appropriate key size of the algorithm and pads with zeros.
18 nmav 1.14 - Fixes in wake algorithm (and support for IV).
19     - IV is now used in arcfour (arcfour-iv is now longer used). Speedups in Arcfour.
20 nmav 1.16 - mcrypt_generic_deinit() function added.
21 nmav 1.8
22 nmav 1.7 January 1st 2001: (version 2.4.8)
23     - Corrected bug in rijndael-256 (reported by: Sami Farin <sfarin@ratol.fi>)
24     This makes the algorithm incompatible with previous versions.
25    
26 nmav 1.5 October 20th 2000: (version 2.4.6)
27     - Compiles under win32 using cygwin (with -mno-cygwin)
28 nmav 1.6 - Added mcrypt_strerror()
29 nmav 1.5
30 nmav 1.4 September 18th 2000: (version 2.4.5)
31     - Updates in the documentation
32     - Libmcrypt can now be used without libltdl (in systems where libdl is present)
33 nmav 1.3 - Added the mcrypt_enc_set_state() function.
34 nmav 1.2 - Speedups in the blowfish algorithm
35    
36 nmav 1.1 May 12th, 2000: (version 2.4.4)
37     - Added Panama algorithm
38    
39     April 3rd, 2000: (version 2.4.2)
40     - Added missing symbols.
41    
42     April 2nd, 2000: (version 2.4.1)
43     - Bugfixes
44     - Internal changes in mode modules
45     - Changes in the documentation
46    
47     March 19th, 2000: (version 2.4.0)
48     - Corrected bugs in the extra algorithms.
49     - Libmcrypt is now thread safe without need for posix thread locks.
50     - Libmcrypt is no longer compatible with 2.2 or 2.3 version.
51     - Speedups in the library.
52     - The crypt algorithm has changed. In order for it's output to be compatible
53     with the unix crypt output, the key must be generated using crypt(3).
54     This was made in order to remove the key transformation, which was
55     included in the algorithm.
56     - The crypt algorithm was renamed to enigma.
57     - Changed many function's names in order to minimize namespace polution.
58     View the manpage for more information.
59    
60     March 4th, 2000: (version 2.3.4)
61     - Improved POSIX Threads detection by Sascha Schumann
62     - Arcfour was renamed to arcfour-iv. The arcfour algorithm now does not
63     support iv (as the original algorithm does).
64     - Modes for block algorithms are not limited any more to a 256 bit block size.
65     - Mcrypt 2.2 compatibility functions were added.
66     - mcrypt_get_algo_key_size(), mcrypt_get_algo_block_size() functions
67     were added.
68    
69     February 28th, 2000: (version 2.3.3)
70     - Some dlsyms were cached causing a 50% increase in speed.
71    
72     February 27th, 2000:
73     - A slightly modified version of libmcrypt 2.2.4 was released in order
74     for mcrypt 2.5.0 to be able to compile against that series of libmcrypt.
75    
76     February 22, 2000:
77     - mcrypt_is_block_algorithm_mode(), mcrypt_is_block_mode(),
78     mcrypt_is_block_algorithm(), functions were added.
79     - Bugfixes in the mcrypt_module_self_test().
80    
81     February 8th, 2000:
82     - Keygen functionality was added to the cvs version of libmhash.
83     Libmcrypt seems to compile fine.
84    
85     January 21st, 2000:
86     - Locks were added to libltdl calls so libmcrypt is still thread safe.
87    
88     January 20th, 2000: (version 2.3.0)
89     - Tried to include libltdl. Not succesful yet. It compiles but it does
90     not work.
91     - keygen functionality was removed. It will be added to libmhash
92     http://schumann.cx/mhash
93    
94     January 13th, 2000:
95     - Changed the sha-1 algorithm implementation
96     - mcrypt_get_iv_size now calls the specified mode, not the algorithm
97     - arcfour was added.
98    
99     December 12th, 1999:
100     - Included patches by Steve Underwood, to allow an arbitary number of
101     streams of encryption.
102     - Thread locking was changed, in order to allow multiple encryption, and avoid
103     dead locks.
104    
105     December 10th, 1999:
106     - Wake algorithm now supports IV.
107    
108     December 4th, 1999:
109     - Changes in modules/modes in order to be thread-safe.
110    
111     December 2nd, 1999:
112     - Bug fixes in the panama and xtea algorithms.
113     - The version of the module now can be checked at run-time (check mcrypt.h)
114    
115     November 30th, 1999:
116     - Corrections in the panama algorithm, in order to work fine in big-endian
117     machines.
118    
119     November 29th, 1999:
120     - encrypt() function crypt.c was renamed to __encrypt() in order to compile
121     in some systems.
122     - version number is included in the modules.
123     - mcrypt_list_algorithms(), mcrypt_list_modes() and mcrypt_list_keygen() now
124     check if the file is an mcrypt module (has the _mcrypt_xxx_version function).
125    
126     November 28th, 1999:
127     - MARS was added (as a separate module)
128    
129     November 26th, 1999:
130     - mcrypt_perror(int) function was added. It prints the text of an mcrypt
131     error code.
132     - Versioning has been changed. The release is no longer included in the library
133     name.
134     - Documentation was updated.
135    
136     November 25th, 1999:
137     - crypt() and setkey() functions for enigma, were renamed to __crypt() and
138     __setkey() to keep some libcs happy.
139     - Corrected typo mistakes in twofish.c.
140     - Patched wake.c to work in bigendian machines.
141     - IDEA, RC4, RC6 which were non-free now are in a separate distribution.
142    
143     November 24th, 1999:
144     - sdes key generation module was corrected. Now it works fine with
145     des(1).
146    
147     November 20th, 1999:
148     - Mcrypt is now modular. Modes, algorithm, and key generation modules, can
149     be loaded dynamically.
150    
151     November 17th, 1999:
152     - PANAMA stream algorithm was added (experimental).
153     - WAKE stream algorithm was added (experimental).
154    
155     November 13th, 1999:
156     - Blowfish algorithm was changed, it is now compatible with other implementations.
157     - Accessing algorithms is now different. You do not specify TWOFISH_256, to
158     access TWOFISH algorithm with 256 bit key, but TWOFISH with keylength of
159     32 bytes (==256 bits). This is more flexible than the previous API since
160     you can access more keys.
161    
162     October 16th, 1999:
163     - The new API is completed.
164     - STREAM mode was added.
165     - RC4 was added.
166    
167     October 15th, 1999:
168     - libmcrypt is maintained using CVS.
169     - Major changes in the internal of the library. Much cleaner code.
170    
171     October 14th, 1999:
172     - Serpent was added.
173    
174     October 10th, 1999:
175     - Bugfix in sha1.
176    
177     October 4th, 1999:
178     - Bugfixes in rc2 and rc6.
179     - rijndael implementation by Mike Scott was added.
180    
181     September 29th, 1999:
182     - Minor bugfixes and optimization in the library. Now it uses less memory.
183    
184     September 20th, 1999:
185     - Fixes in RC2, RC6 and SAFER+ code, so they work the same way in
186     big-endian and little-endian machines.
187     - Porting of SERPENT, MARS and RIJNDAEL is not ready, they do
188     not work right in bigendian machines.
189     - Bugfixes in the tests. Tests failed if one or two algorithms failed.
190    
191     September 19th, 1999
192     - SERPENT was added in 128,192,256 key modes.
193    
194     September 15th, 1999
195     - MARS and RIJNDAEL were added in 128,192,256 key modes.
196     - RC6 was splitted to RC6_128, RC6_192 and RC6_256 (the old RC6 is equal to RC6_256)
197     - RC2 was splitted to RC2_128, RC2_256 and RC2_1024 (the old RC2 is equal to RC2_1024)
198    
199     September 14th, 1999
200     - Twofish code was changed. Now it uses Dr Brian Gladman's code.
201     - RC2 code was changed.
202    
203     June 26th, 1999
204     - buffer overflow fixed in lib/mcrypt.c. Pointed out by Don Sutherland <dss@yadda.net>
205    
206     June 23th, 1999
207     - RC2 code was cleared.
208     - RC6 was changed according to the specification. It is RC6 32/20/32.
209     RC6, SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 codes are actually Dr Brian Gladman's
210     code a bit modified for mcrypt.
211     - shared library version has changed (at last!)
212    
213     June 22th, 1999
214     - SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 Added.
215    
216     June 15th, 1999 - Version 2.2
217     - Changes in the xTEA algorithm. Some extra parenthesis made the algorithm
218     differ from the specification. Pointed out by Lars Nordentoft
219     <lntech@post9.tele.dk>. Read the README.xtea for more information.
220    
221     June 12th, 1999 - Version 2.1.1
222     - Changes in the documentation which was inaccurate.
223    
224     June 11th, 1999 - Version 2.1
225     - _mcrypt_ was placed as a prefix to all internal functions so they
226     do not pollute namespace.
227    
228     May 29th, 1999
229     - test suites added
230     - Blowfish was divided to blowfish-448, -256, -192, -128.
231     - CBC can now accept IV
232     - mlock and munlock is used before mallocing and freeing any memory,
233     thus if such capabilities exist the library guarrantees that no
234     password is written in the disk (as swap etc.)
235     - gen_key_md5() was added and gen_key() was renamed to gen_key_sha1()
236     gen_key() is still defined to be gen_keysha1().
237    
238     May 26th, 1999 - Version 2.0
239     - Documentation was incorrect and innacurate. Corrected.
240     - A #define WORDS_BIGENDIAN 0 was removed from acconfig.h, this
241     was confusing all the library headers, and thus the library was
242     useless.
243     - nbit-ofb mode added. n is the blocksize of the algorithm. Still
244     experimental.
245    
246     May 24th, 1999 - Version 1.93
247     - defined get_block_size to be mcrypt_get_block_size so php3.0.8 compiles ok
248    
249     May 17th, 1999 - Version 1.9
250     - gen_key() changed
251     - libtool support (based on Sascha Schumann's patches)

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