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Revision 1.31 - (hide annotations)
Mon Sep 24 14:10:47 2001 UTC (22 years, 6 months ago) by nmav
Branch: MAIN
CVS Tags: libmcrypt_2_4_17
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1 nmav 1.31 Sep 24th 2001:
2     - Corrected bug in mcrypt_module_get_supported_key_size()
3    
4 nmav 1.30 Sep 15th 2001: (version 2.4.17)
5 nmav 1.29 - Removed unneeded strdup declaration.
6 nmav 1.30 - Corrected bug in ofb mode (reported by Phillip Oleson)
7     - Corrected some bugs in configure.in (patch by Phillip Oleson)
8 nmav 1.29
9 nmav 1.30 Sep 8th 2001: (version 2.4.16)
10 nmav 1.24 - Added option to include algorithms and modes into the library
11     (making possible a static library)
12 nmav 1.25 eg. './configure --with-included-algos="rijndael-128 twofish cbc ecb"' will add
13     rijndael, twofish with cbc and ecb into the library
14 nmav 1.26 - Added nCFB mode (experimental)
15 nmav 1.28 - Changed mcrypt_strerror() return value to const.
16 nmav 1.24
17 nmav 1.23 Jul 12th 2001:
18     - Corrected readdir_r() behavior in Solaris
19     (Patch by Andrew Libby <alibby@commnav.com>)
20    
21 nmav 1.22 June 9th 2001: (version 2.4.15)
22     - Check if the installed libltdl includes lt_dlmutex_register()
23     - Fixes in libmcrypt-config script
24    
25 nmav 1.21 May 18th 2001: (version 2.4.13)
26 nmav 1.20 - Corrects behaviour when an older libltdl is found in the system.
27 nmav 1.21 - Updated mcrypt_mutex_register()
28 nmav 1.20
29 nmav 1.19 May 17th 2001: (version 2.4.12)
30 nmav 1.20 - Updated the libltdl library included
31 nmav 1.18 - Several fixes in modules
32 nmav 1.19 - Added scripts to allow easier and faster library version detection
33 nmav 1.23
34     April 30th 2001: (version 2.4.11)
35     - Corrected memory leaks in mcrypt_module_close()
36 nmav 1.18
37 nmav 1.17 March 18th 2001: (version 2.4.10)
38     - Corrected bugs in blowfish and blowfish-compat
39    
40 nmav 1.16 January 23th 2001: (version 2.4.9-beta)
41 nmav 1.15 - Due to an endianness handling problem Blowfish algorithm was not compatible
42     with other implementations. Now it has been corrected. If you want
43     to access the old algorithm used use the "blowfish-compat" module.
44 nmav 1.10 - Fixes in mcrypt_list_algorithms() for some systems. Bugs pointed out by
45     Jonathan Woolmington <jwool@ind.tansu.com.au>
46 nmav 1.14 - Fixes in stream mode.
47 nmav 1.11 - mcrypt_generic_init() no longer fails if smaller key is used. It uses
48     the most appropriate key size of the algorithm and pads with zeros.
49 nmav 1.14 - Fixes in wake algorithm (and support for IV).
50     - IV is now used in arcfour (arcfour-iv is now longer used). Speedups in Arcfour.
51 nmav 1.16 - mcrypt_generic_deinit() function added.
52 nmav 1.8
53 nmav 1.7 January 1st 2001: (version 2.4.8)
54     - Corrected bug in rijndael-256 (reported by: Sami Farin <sfarin@ratol.fi>)
55     This makes the algorithm incompatible with previous versions.
56    
57 nmav 1.5 October 20th 2000: (version 2.4.6)
58     - Compiles under win32 using cygwin (with -mno-cygwin)
59 nmav 1.6 - Added mcrypt_strerror()
60 nmav 1.5
61 nmav 1.4 September 18th 2000: (version 2.4.5)
62     - Updates in the documentation
63     - Libmcrypt can now be used without libltdl (in systems where libdl is present)
64 nmav 1.3 - Added the mcrypt_enc_set_state() function.
65 nmav 1.2 - Speedups in the blowfish algorithm
66    
67 nmav 1.1 May 12th, 2000: (version 2.4.4)
68     - Added Panama algorithm
69    
70     April 3rd, 2000: (version 2.4.2)
71     - Added missing symbols.
72    
73     April 2nd, 2000: (version 2.4.1)
74     - Bugfixes
75     - Internal changes in mode modules
76     - Changes in the documentation
77    
78     March 19th, 2000: (version 2.4.0)
79     - Corrected bugs in the extra algorithms.
80     - Libmcrypt is now thread safe without need for posix thread locks.
81     - Libmcrypt is no longer compatible with 2.2 or 2.3 version.
82     - Speedups in the library.
83     - The crypt algorithm has changed. In order for it's output to be compatible
84     with the unix crypt output, the key must be generated using crypt(3).
85     This was made in order to remove the key transformation, which was
86     included in the algorithm.
87     - The crypt algorithm was renamed to enigma.
88     - Changed many function's names in order to minimize namespace polution.
89     View the manpage for more information.
90    
91     March 4th, 2000: (version 2.3.4)
92     - Improved POSIX Threads detection by Sascha Schumann
93     - Arcfour was renamed to arcfour-iv. The arcfour algorithm now does not
94     support iv (as the original algorithm does).
95     - Modes for block algorithms are not limited any more to a 256 bit block size.
96     - Mcrypt 2.2 compatibility functions were added.
97     - mcrypt_get_algo_key_size(), mcrypt_get_algo_block_size() functions
98     were added.
99    
100     February 28th, 2000: (version 2.3.3)
101     - Some dlsyms were cached causing a 50% increase in speed.
102    
103     February 27th, 2000:
104     - A slightly modified version of libmcrypt 2.2.4 was released in order
105     for mcrypt 2.5.0 to be able to compile against that series of libmcrypt.
106    
107     February 22, 2000:
108     - mcrypt_is_block_algorithm_mode(), mcrypt_is_block_mode(),
109     mcrypt_is_block_algorithm(), functions were added.
110     - Bugfixes in the mcrypt_module_self_test().
111    
112     February 8th, 2000:
113     - Keygen functionality was added to the cvs version of libmhash.
114     Libmcrypt seems to compile fine.
115    
116     January 21st, 2000:
117     - Locks were added to libltdl calls so libmcrypt is still thread safe.
118    
119     January 20th, 2000: (version 2.3.0)
120     - Tried to include libltdl. Not succesful yet. It compiles but it does
121     not work.
122     - keygen functionality was removed. It will be added to libmhash
123     http://schumann.cx/mhash
124    
125     January 13th, 2000:
126     - Changed the sha-1 algorithm implementation
127     - mcrypt_get_iv_size now calls the specified mode, not the algorithm
128     - arcfour was added.
129    
130     December 12th, 1999:
131     - Included patches by Steve Underwood, to allow an arbitary number of
132     streams of encryption.
133     - Thread locking was changed, in order to allow multiple encryption, and avoid
134     dead locks.
135    
136     December 10th, 1999:
137     - Wake algorithm now supports IV.
138    
139     December 4th, 1999:
140     - Changes in modules/modes in order to be thread-safe.
141    
142     December 2nd, 1999:
143     - Bug fixes in the panama and xtea algorithms.
144     - The version of the module now can be checked at run-time (check mcrypt.h)
145    
146     November 30th, 1999:
147     - Corrections in the panama algorithm, in order to work fine in big-endian
148     machines.
149    
150     November 29th, 1999:
151     - encrypt() function crypt.c was renamed to __encrypt() in order to compile
152     in some systems.
153     - version number is included in the modules.
154     - mcrypt_list_algorithms(), mcrypt_list_modes() and mcrypt_list_keygen() now
155     check if the file is an mcrypt module (has the _mcrypt_xxx_version function).
156    
157     November 28th, 1999:
158     - MARS was added (as a separate module)
159    
160     November 26th, 1999:
161     - mcrypt_perror(int) function was added. It prints the text of an mcrypt
162     error code.
163     - Versioning has been changed. The release is no longer included in the library
164     name.
165     - Documentation was updated.
166    
167     November 25th, 1999:
168     - crypt() and setkey() functions for enigma, were renamed to __crypt() and
169     __setkey() to keep some libcs happy.
170     - Corrected typo mistakes in twofish.c.
171     - Patched wake.c to work in bigendian machines.
172     - IDEA, RC4, RC6 which were non-free now are in a separate distribution.
173    
174     November 24th, 1999:
175     - sdes key generation module was corrected. Now it works fine with
176     des(1).
177    
178     November 20th, 1999:
179     - Mcrypt is now modular. Modes, algorithm, and key generation modules, can
180     be loaded dynamically.
181    
182     November 17th, 1999:
183     - PANAMA stream algorithm was added (experimental).
184     - WAKE stream algorithm was added (experimental).
185    
186     November 13th, 1999:
187     - Blowfish algorithm was changed, it is now compatible with other implementations.
188     - Accessing algorithms is now different. You do not specify TWOFISH_256, to
189     access TWOFISH algorithm with 256 bit key, but TWOFISH with keylength of
190     32 bytes (==256 bits). This is more flexible than the previous API since
191     you can access more keys.
192    
193     October 16th, 1999:
194     - The new API is completed.
195     - STREAM mode was added.
196     - RC4 was added.
197    
198     October 15th, 1999:
199     - libmcrypt is maintained using CVS.
200     - Major changes in the internal of the library. Much cleaner code.
201    
202     October 14th, 1999:
203     - Serpent was added.
204    
205     October 10th, 1999:
206     - Bugfix in sha1.
207    
208     October 4th, 1999:
209     - Bugfixes in rc2 and rc6.
210     - rijndael implementation by Mike Scott was added.
211    
212     September 29th, 1999:
213     - Minor bugfixes and optimization in the library. Now it uses less memory.
214    
215     September 20th, 1999:
216     - Fixes in RC2, RC6 and SAFER+ code, so they work the same way in
217     big-endian and little-endian machines.
218     - Porting of SERPENT, MARS and RIJNDAEL is not ready, they do
219     not work right in bigendian machines.
220     - Bugfixes in the tests. Tests failed if one or two algorithms failed.
221    
222     September 19th, 1999
223     - SERPENT was added in 128,192,256 key modes.
224    
225     September 15th, 1999
226     - MARS and RIJNDAEL were added in 128,192,256 key modes.
227     - RC6 was splitted to RC6_128, RC6_192 and RC6_256 (the old RC6 is equal to RC6_256)
228     - RC2 was splitted to RC2_128, RC2_256 and RC2_1024 (the old RC2 is equal to RC2_1024)
229    
230     September 14th, 1999
231     - Twofish code was changed. Now it uses Dr Brian Gladman's code.
232     - RC2 code was changed.
233    
234     June 26th, 1999
235     - buffer overflow fixed in lib/mcrypt.c. Pointed out by Don Sutherland <dss@yadda.net>
236    
237     June 23th, 1999
238     - RC2 code was cleared.
239     - RC6 was changed according to the specification. It is RC6 32/20/32.
240     RC6, SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 codes are actually Dr Brian Gladman's
241     code a bit modified for mcrypt.
242     - shared library version has changed (at last!)
243    
244     June 22th, 1999
245     - SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 Added.
246    
247     June 15th, 1999 - Version 2.2
248     - Changes in the xTEA algorithm. Some extra parenthesis made the algorithm
249     differ from the specification. Pointed out by Lars Nordentoft
250     <lntech@post9.tele.dk>. Read the README.xtea for more information.
251    
252     June 12th, 1999 - Version 2.1.1
253     - Changes in the documentation which was inaccurate.
254    
255     June 11th, 1999 - Version 2.1
256     - _mcrypt_ was placed as a prefix to all internal functions so they
257     do not pollute namespace.
258    
259     May 29th, 1999
260     - test suites added
261     - Blowfish was divided to blowfish-448, -256, -192, -128.
262     - CBC can now accept IV
263     - mlock and munlock is used before mallocing and freeing any memory,
264     thus if such capabilities exist the library guarrantees that no
265     password is written in the disk (as swap etc.)
266     - gen_key_md5() was added and gen_key() was renamed to gen_key_sha1()
267     gen_key() is still defined to be gen_keysha1().
268    
269     May 26th, 1999 - Version 2.0
270     - Documentation was incorrect and innacurate. Corrected.
271     - A #define WORDS_BIGENDIAN 0 was removed from acconfig.h, this
272     was confusing all the library headers, and thus the library was
273     useless.
274     - nbit-ofb mode added. n is the blocksize of the algorithm. Still
275     experimental.
276    
277     May 24th, 1999 - Version 1.93
278     - defined get_block_size to be mcrypt_get_block_size so php3.0.8 compiles ok
279    
280     May 17th, 1999 - Version 1.9
281     - gen_key() changed
282     - libtool support (based on Sascha Schumann's patches)

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