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1 nmav 1.30 Sep 15th 2001: (version 2.4.17)
2 nmav 1.29 - Removed unneeded strdup declaration.
3 nmav 1.30 - Corrected bug in ofb mode (reported by Phillip Oleson)
4     - Corrected some bugs in configure.in (patch by Phillip Oleson)
5 nmav 1.29
6 nmav 1.30 Sep 8th 2001: (version 2.4.16)
7 nmav 1.24 - Added option to include algorithms and modes into the library
8     (making possible a static library)
9 nmav 1.25 eg. './configure --with-included-algos="rijndael-128 twofish cbc ecb"' will add
10     rijndael, twofish with cbc and ecb into the library
11 nmav 1.26 - Added nCFB mode (experimental)
12 nmav 1.28 - Changed mcrypt_strerror() return value to const.
13 nmav 1.24
14 nmav 1.23 Jul 12th 2001:
15     - Corrected readdir_r() behavior in Solaris
16     (Patch by Andrew Libby <alibby@commnav.com>)
17    
18 nmav 1.22 June 9th 2001: (version 2.4.15)
19     - Check if the installed libltdl includes lt_dlmutex_register()
20     - Fixes in libmcrypt-config script
21    
22 nmav 1.21 May 18th 2001: (version 2.4.13)
23 nmav 1.20 - Corrects behaviour when an older libltdl is found in the system.
24 nmav 1.21 - Updated mcrypt_mutex_register()
25 nmav 1.20
26 nmav 1.19 May 17th 2001: (version 2.4.12)
27 nmav 1.20 - Updated the libltdl library included
28 nmav 1.18 - Several fixes in modules
29 nmav 1.19 - Added scripts to allow easier and faster library version detection
30 nmav 1.23
31     April 30th 2001: (version 2.4.11)
32     - Corrected memory leaks in mcrypt_module_close()
33 nmav 1.18
34 nmav 1.17 March 18th 2001: (version 2.4.10)
35     - Corrected bugs in blowfish and blowfish-compat
36    
37 nmav 1.16 January 23th 2001: (version 2.4.9-beta)
38 nmav 1.15 - Due to an endianness handling problem Blowfish algorithm was not compatible
39     with other implementations. Now it has been corrected. If you want
40     to access the old algorithm used use the "blowfish-compat" module.
41 nmav 1.10 - Fixes in mcrypt_list_algorithms() for some systems. Bugs pointed out by
42     Jonathan Woolmington <jwool@ind.tansu.com.au>
43 nmav 1.14 - Fixes in stream mode.
44 nmav 1.11 - mcrypt_generic_init() no longer fails if smaller key is used. It uses
45     the most appropriate key size of the algorithm and pads with zeros.
46 nmav 1.14 - Fixes in wake algorithm (and support for IV).
47     - IV is now used in arcfour (arcfour-iv is now longer used). Speedups in Arcfour.
48 nmav 1.16 - mcrypt_generic_deinit() function added.
49 nmav 1.8
50 nmav 1.7 January 1st 2001: (version 2.4.8)
51     - Corrected bug in rijndael-256 (reported by: Sami Farin <sfarin@ratol.fi>)
52     This makes the algorithm incompatible with previous versions.
53    
54 nmav 1.5 October 20th 2000: (version 2.4.6)
55     - Compiles under win32 using cygwin (with -mno-cygwin)
56 nmav 1.6 - Added mcrypt_strerror()
57 nmav 1.5
58 nmav 1.4 September 18th 2000: (version 2.4.5)
59     - Updates in the documentation
60     - Libmcrypt can now be used without libltdl (in systems where libdl is present)
61 nmav 1.3 - Added the mcrypt_enc_set_state() function.
62 nmav 1.2 - Speedups in the blowfish algorithm
63    
64 nmav 1.1 May 12th, 2000: (version 2.4.4)
65     - Added Panama algorithm
66    
67     April 3rd, 2000: (version 2.4.2)
68     - Added missing symbols.
69    
70     April 2nd, 2000: (version 2.4.1)
71     - Bugfixes
72     - Internal changes in mode modules
73     - Changes in the documentation
74    
75     March 19th, 2000: (version 2.4.0)
76     - Corrected bugs in the extra algorithms.
77     - Libmcrypt is now thread safe without need for posix thread locks.
78     - Libmcrypt is no longer compatible with 2.2 or 2.3 version.
79     - Speedups in the library.
80     - The crypt algorithm has changed. In order for it's output to be compatible
81     with the unix crypt output, the key must be generated using crypt(3).
82     This was made in order to remove the key transformation, which was
83     included in the algorithm.
84     - The crypt algorithm was renamed to enigma.
85     - Changed many function's names in order to minimize namespace polution.
86     View the manpage for more information.
87    
88     March 4th, 2000: (version 2.3.4)
89     - Improved POSIX Threads detection by Sascha Schumann
90     - Arcfour was renamed to arcfour-iv. The arcfour algorithm now does not
91     support iv (as the original algorithm does).
92     - Modes for block algorithms are not limited any more to a 256 bit block size.
93     - Mcrypt 2.2 compatibility functions were added.
94     - mcrypt_get_algo_key_size(), mcrypt_get_algo_block_size() functions
95     were added.
96    
97     February 28th, 2000: (version 2.3.3)
98     - Some dlsyms were cached causing a 50% increase in speed.
99    
100     February 27th, 2000:
101     - A slightly modified version of libmcrypt 2.2.4 was released in order
102     for mcrypt 2.5.0 to be able to compile against that series of libmcrypt.
103    
104     February 22, 2000:
105     - mcrypt_is_block_algorithm_mode(), mcrypt_is_block_mode(),
106     mcrypt_is_block_algorithm(), functions were added.
107     - Bugfixes in the mcrypt_module_self_test().
108    
109     February 8th, 2000:
110     - Keygen functionality was added to the cvs version of libmhash.
111     Libmcrypt seems to compile fine.
112    
113     January 21st, 2000:
114     - Locks were added to libltdl calls so libmcrypt is still thread safe.
115    
116     January 20th, 2000: (version 2.3.0)
117     - Tried to include libltdl. Not succesful yet. It compiles but it does
118     not work.
119     - keygen functionality was removed. It will be added to libmhash
120     http://schumann.cx/mhash
121    
122     January 13th, 2000:
123     - Changed the sha-1 algorithm implementation
124     - mcrypt_get_iv_size now calls the specified mode, not the algorithm
125     - arcfour was added.
126    
127     December 12th, 1999:
128     - Included patches by Steve Underwood, to allow an arbitary number of
129     streams of encryption.
130     - Thread locking was changed, in order to allow multiple encryption, and avoid
131     dead locks.
132    
133     December 10th, 1999:
134     - Wake algorithm now supports IV.
135    
136     December 4th, 1999:
137     - Changes in modules/modes in order to be thread-safe.
138    
139     December 2nd, 1999:
140     - Bug fixes in the panama and xtea algorithms.
141     - The version of the module now can be checked at run-time (check mcrypt.h)
142    
143     November 30th, 1999:
144     - Corrections in the panama algorithm, in order to work fine in big-endian
145     machines.
146    
147     November 29th, 1999:
148     - encrypt() function crypt.c was renamed to __encrypt() in order to compile
149     in some systems.
150     - version number is included in the modules.
151     - mcrypt_list_algorithms(), mcrypt_list_modes() and mcrypt_list_keygen() now
152     check if the file is an mcrypt module (has the _mcrypt_xxx_version function).
153    
154     November 28th, 1999:
155     - MARS was added (as a separate module)
156    
157     November 26th, 1999:
158     - mcrypt_perror(int) function was added. It prints the text of an mcrypt
159     error code.
160     - Versioning has been changed. The release is no longer included in the library
161     name.
162     - Documentation was updated.
163    
164     November 25th, 1999:
165     - crypt() and setkey() functions for enigma, were renamed to __crypt() and
166     __setkey() to keep some libcs happy.
167     - Corrected typo mistakes in twofish.c.
168     - Patched wake.c to work in bigendian machines.
169     - IDEA, RC4, RC6 which were non-free now are in a separate distribution.
170    
171     November 24th, 1999:
172     - sdes key generation module was corrected. Now it works fine with
173     des(1).
174    
175     November 20th, 1999:
176     - Mcrypt is now modular. Modes, algorithm, and key generation modules, can
177     be loaded dynamically.
178    
179     November 17th, 1999:
180     - PANAMA stream algorithm was added (experimental).
181     - WAKE stream algorithm was added (experimental).
182    
183     November 13th, 1999:
184     - Blowfish algorithm was changed, it is now compatible with other implementations.
185     - Accessing algorithms is now different. You do not specify TWOFISH_256, to
186     access TWOFISH algorithm with 256 bit key, but TWOFISH with keylength of
187     32 bytes (==256 bits). This is more flexible than the previous API since
188     you can access more keys.
189    
190     October 16th, 1999:
191     - The new API is completed.
192     - STREAM mode was added.
193     - RC4 was added.
194    
195     October 15th, 1999:
196     - libmcrypt is maintained using CVS.
197     - Major changes in the internal of the library. Much cleaner code.
198    
199     October 14th, 1999:
200     - Serpent was added.
201    
202     October 10th, 1999:
203     - Bugfix in sha1.
204    
205     October 4th, 1999:
206     - Bugfixes in rc2 and rc6.
207     - rijndael implementation by Mike Scott was added.
208    
209     September 29th, 1999:
210     - Minor bugfixes and optimization in the library. Now it uses less memory.
211    
212     September 20th, 1999:
213     - Fixes in RC2, RC6 and SAFER+ code, so they work the same way in
214     big-endian and little-endian machines.
215     - Porting of SERPENT, MARS and RIJNDAEL is not ready, they do
216     not work right in bigendian machines.
217     - Bugfixes in the tests. Tests failed if one or two algorithms failed.
218    
219     September 19th, 1999
220     - SERPENT was added in 128,192,256 key modes.
221    
222     September 15th, 1999
223     - MARS and RIJNDAEL were added in 128,192,256 key modes.
224     - RC6 was splitted to RC6_128, RC6_192 and RC6_256 (the old RC6 is equal to RC6_256)
225     - RC2 was splitted to RC2_128, RC2_256 and RC2_1024 (the old RC2 is equal to RC2_1024)
226    
227     September 14th, 1999
228     - Twofish code was changed. Now it uses Dr Brian Gladman's code.
229     - RC2 code was changed.
230    
231     June 26th, 1999
232     - buffer overflow fixed in lib/mcrypt.c. Pointed out by Don Sutherland <dss@yadda.net>
233    
234     June 23th, 1999
235     - RC2 code was cleared.
236     - RC6 was changed according to the specification. It is RC6 32/20/32.
237     RC6, SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 codes are actually Dr Brian Gladman's
238     code a bit modified for mcrypt.
239     - shared library version has changed (at last!)
240    
241     June 22th, 1999
242     - SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 Added.
243    
244     June 15th, 1999 - Version 2.2
245     - Changes in the xTEA algorithm. Some extra parenthesis made the algorithm
246     differ from the specification. Pointed out by Lars Nordentoft
247     <lntech@post9.tele.dk>. Read the README.xtea for more information.
248    
249     June 12th, 1999 - Version 2.1.1
250     - Changes in the documentation which was inaccurate.
251    
252     June 11th, 1999 - Version 2.1
253     - _mcrypt_ was placed as a prefix to all internal functions so they
254     do not pollute namespace.
255    
256     May 29th, 1999
257     - test suites added
258     - Blowfish was divided to blowfish-448, -256, -192, -128.
259     - CBC can now accept IV
260     - mlock and munlock is used before mallocing and freeing any memory,
261     thus if such capabilities exist the library guarrantees that no
262     password is written in the disk (as swap etc.)
263     - gen_key_md5() was added and gen_key() was renamed to gen_key_sha1()
264     gen_key() is still defined to be gen_keysha1().
265    
266     May 26th, 1999 - Version 2.0
267     - Documentation was incorrect and innacurate. Corrected.
268     - A #define WORDS_BIGENDIAN 0 was removed from acconfig.h, this
269     was confusing all the library headers, and thus the library was
270     useless.
271     - nbit-ofb mode added. n is the blocksize of the algorithm. Still
272     experimental.
273    
274     May 24th, 1999 - Version 1.93
275     - defined get_block_size to be mcrypt_get_block_size so php3.0.8 compiles ok
276    
277     May 17th, 1999 - Version 1.9
278     - gen_key() changed
279     - libtool support (based on Sascha Schumann's patches)

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