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Revision 1.29 - (show annotations)
Sat Sep 15 09:41:51 2001 UTC (22 years, 6 months ago) by nmav
Branch: MAIN
CVS Tags: libmcrypt_2_4_16b
Changes since 1.28: +3 -0 lines
removed unneeded strdup declaration

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

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