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

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