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Revision 1.37 - (show annotations)
Sat Mar 9 20:29:03 2002 UTC (22 years, 1 month ago) by nmav
Branch: MAIN
Changes since 1.36: +1 -0 lines
Added the --disable-dynamic-loading parameter to the configure script,
and instructions for how to build the library for staticaly linking.

1 Mar 09th 2002:
2 - Several corrections in stream and block cipher modes.
3 - Added --disable-dynamic-loading configure option
4
5 Feb 14th 2002:
6 - nOFB and nCFB modes can now encrypt and decrypt plaintext
7 of size less than block size.
8
9 Feb 1st 2002: (version 2.4.22)
10 - Corrected nasty bug in init code
11
12 Jan 31 2002: (version 2.4.21)
13 - Corrected problems in Makefiles
14 - Minor bug fixes
15
16 Jan 24th 2002: (version 2.4.20)
17 - Corrected bug in mcrypt_module_open()
18
19 Dec 15th 2001: (version 2.4.19)
20 - Cleanups in the code.
21
22 Nov 9th 2001: (version 2.4.18)
23 - Fixed memory leak
24
25 Sep 24th 2001: (version 2.4.17)
26 - Corrected bug in mcrypt_module_get_supported_key_size()
27 - Removed unneeded strdup declaration.
28 - Corrected bug in ofb mode (reported by Phillip Oleson)
29 - Corrected some bugs in configure.in (patch by Phillip Oleson)
30
31 Sep 8th 2001: (version 2.4.16)
32 - Added option to include algorithms and modes into the library
33 (making possible a static library)
34 eg. './configure --with-included-algos="rijndael-128 twofish cbc ecb"' will add
35 rijndael, twofish with cbc and ecb into the library
36 - Added nCFB mode (experimental)
37 - Changed mcrypt_strerror() return value to const.
38
39 Jul 12th 2001:
40 - Corrected readdir_r() behavior in Solaris
41 (Patch by Andrew Libby <alibby@commnav.com>)
42
43 June 9th 2001: (version 2.4.15)
44 - Check if the installed libltdl includes lt_dlmutex_register()
45 - Fixes in libmcrypt-config script
46
47 May 18th 2001: (version 2.4.13)
48 - Corrects behaviour when an older libltdl is found in the system.
49 - Updated mcrypt_mutex_register()
50
51 May 17th 2001: (version 2.4.12)
52 - Updated the libltdl library included
53 - Several fixes in modules
54 - Added scripts to allow easier and faster library version detection
55
56 April 30th 2001: (version 2.4.11)
57 - Corrected memory leaks in mcrypt_module_close()
58
59 March 18th 2001: (version 2.4.10)
60 - Corrected bugs in blowfish and blowfish-compat
61
62 January 23th 2001: (version 2.4.9-beta)
63 - Due to an endianness handling problem Blowfish algorithm was not compatible
64 with other implementations. Now it has been corrected. If you want
65 to access the old algorithm used use the "blowfish-compat" module.
66 - Fixes in mcrypt_list_algorithms() for some systems. Bugs pointed out by
67 Jonathan Woolmington <jwool@ind.tansu.com.au>
68 - Fixes in stream mode.
69 - mcrypt_generic_init() no longer fails if smaller key is used. It uses
70 the most appropriate key size of the algorithm and pads with zeros.
71 - Fixes in wake algorithm (and support for IV).
72 - IV is now used in arcfour (arcfour-iv is now longer used). Speedups in Arcfour.
73 - mcrypt_generic_deinit() function added.
74
75 January 1st 2001: (version 2.4.8)
76 - Corrected bug in rijndael-256 (reported by: Sami Farin <sfarin@ratol.fi>)
77 This makes the algorithm incompatible with previous versions.
78
79 October 20th 2000: (version 2.4.6)
80 - Compiles under win32 using cygwin (with -mno-cygwin)
81 - Added mcrypt_strerror()
82
83 September 18th 2000: (version 2.4.5)
84 - Updates in the documentation
85 - Libmcrypt can now be used without libltdl (in systems where libdl is present)
86 - Added the mcrypt_enc_set_state() function.
87 - Speedups in the blowfish algorithm
88
89 May 12th, 2000: (version 2.4.4)
90 - Added Panama algorithm
91
92 April 3rd, 2000: (version 2.4.2)
93 - Added missing symbols.
94
95 April 2nd, 2000: (version 2.4.1)
96 - Bugfixes
97 - Internal changes in mode modules
98 - Changes in the documentation
99
100 March 19th, 2000: (version 2.4.0)
101 - Corrected bugs in the extra algorithms.
102 - Libmcrypt is now thread safe without need for posix thread locks.
103 - Libmcrypt is no longer compatible with 2.2 or 2.3 version.
104 - Speedups in the library.
105 - The crypt algorithm has changed. In order for it's output to be compatible
106 with the unix crypt output, the key must be generated using crypt(3).
107 This was made in order to remove the key transformation, which was
108 included in the algorithm.
109 - The crypt algorithm was renamed to enigma.
110 - Changed many function's names in order to minimize namespace polution.
111 View the manpage for more information.
112
113 March 4th, 2000: (version 2.3.4)
114 - Improved POSIX Threads detection by Sascha Schumann
115 - Arcfour was renamed to arcfour-iv. The arcfour algorithm now does not
116 support iv (as the original algorithm does).
117 - Modes for block algorithms are not limited any more to a 256 bit block size.
118 - Mcrypt 2.2 compatibility functions were added.
119 - mcrypt_get_algo_key_size(), mcrypt_get_algo_block_size() functions
120 were added.
121
122 February 28th, 2000: (version 2.3.3)
123 - Some dlsyms were cached causing a 50% increase in speed.
124
125 February 27th, 2000:
126 - A slightly modified version of libmcrypt 2.2.4 was released in order
127 for mcrypt 2.5.0 to be able to compile against that series of libmcrypt.
128
129 February 22, 2000:
130 - mcrypt_is_block_algorithm_mode(), mcrypt_is_block_mode(),
131 mcrypt_is_block_algorithm(), functions were added.
132 - Bugfixes in the mcrypt_module_self_test().
133
134 February 8th, 2000:
135 - Keygen functionality was added to the cvs version of libmhash.
136 Libmcrypt seems to compile fine.
137
138 January 21st, 2000:
139 - Locks were added to libltdl calls so libmcrypt is still thread safe.
140
141 January 20th, 2000: (version 2.3.0)
142 - Tried to include libltdl. Not succesful yet. It compiles but it does
143 not work.
144 - keygen functionality was removed. It will be added to libmhash
145 http://schumann.cx/mhash
146
147 January 13th, 2000:
148 - Changed the sha-1 algorithm implementation
149 - mcrypt_get_iv_size now calls the specified mode, not the algorithm
150 - arcfour was added.
151
152 December 12th, 1999:
153 - Included patches by Steve Underwood, to allow an arbitary number of
154 streams of encryption.
155 - Thread locking was changed, in order to allow multiple encryption, and avoid
156 dead locks.
157
158 December 10th, 1999:
159 - Wake algorithm now supports IV.
160
161 December 4th, 1999:
162 - Changes in modules/modes in order to be thread-safe.
163
164 December 2nd, 1999:
165 - Bug fixes in the panama and xtea algorithms.
166 - The version of the module now can be checked at run-time (check mcrypt.h)
167
168 November 30th, 1999:
169 - Corrections in the panama algorithm, in order to work fine in big-endian
170 machines.
171
172 November 29th, 1999:
173 - encrypt() function crypt.c was renamed to __encrypt() in order to compile
174 in some systems.
175 - version number is included in the modules.
176 - mcrypt_list_algorithms(), mcrypt_list_modes() and mcrypt_list_keygen() now
177 check if the file is an mcrypt module (has the _mcrypt_xxx_version function).
178
179 November 28th, 1999:
180 - MARS was added (as a separate module)
181
182 November 26th, 1999:
183 - mcrypt_perror(int) function was added. It prints the text of an mcrypt
184 error code.
185 - Versioning has been changed. The release is no longer included in the library
186 name.
187 - Documentation was updated.
188
189 November 25th, 1999:
190 - crypt() and setkey() functions for enigma, were renamed to __crypt() and
191 __setkey() to keep some libcs happy.
192 - Corrected typo mistakes in twofish.c.
193 - Patched wake.c to work in bigendian machines.
194 - IDEA, RC4, RC6 which were non-free now are in a separate distribution.
195
196 November 24th, 1999:
197 - sdes key generation module was corrected. Now it works fine with
198 des(1).
199
200 November 20th, 1999:
201 - Mcrypt is now modular. Modes, algorithm, and key generation modules, can
202 be loaded dynamically.
203
204 November 17th, 1999:
205 - PANAMA stream algorithm was added (experimental).
206 - WAKE stream algorithm was added (experimental).
207
208 November 13th, 1999:
209 - Blowfish algorithm was changed, it is now compatible with other implementations.
210 - Accessing algorithms is now different. You do not specify TWOFISH_256, to
211 access TWOFISH algorithm with 256 bit key, but TWOFISH with keylength of
212 32 bytes (==256 bits). This is more flexible than the previous API since
213 you can access more keys.
214
215 October 16th, 1999:
216 - The new API is completed.
217 - STREAM mode was added.
218 - RC4 was added.
219
220 October 15th, 1999:
221 - libmcrypt is maintained using CVS.
222 - Major changes in the internal of the library. Much cleaner code.
223
224 October 14th, 1999:
225 - Serpent was added.
226
227 October 10th, 1999:
228 - Bugfix in sha1.
229
230 October 4th, 1999:
231 - Bugfixes in rc2 and rc6.
232 - rijndael implementation by Mike Scott was added.
233
234 September 29th, 1999:
235 - Minor bugfixes and optimization in the library. Now it uses less memory.
236
237 September 20th, 1999:
238 - Fixes in RC2, RC6 and SAFER+ code, so they work the same way in
239 big-endian and little-endian machines.
240 - Porting of SERPENT, MARS and RIJNDAEL is not ready, they do
241 not work right in bigendian machines.
242 - Bugfixes in the tests. Tests failed if one or two algorithms failed.
243
244 September 19th, 1999
245 - SERPENT was added in 128,192,256 key modes.
246
247 September 15th, 1999
248 - MARS and RIJNDAEL were added in 128,192,256 key modes.
249 - RC6 was splitted to RC6_128, RC6_192 and RC6_256 (the old RC6 is equal to RC6_256)
250 - RC2 was splitted to RC2_128, RC2_256 and RC2_1024 (the old RC2 is equal to RC2_1024)
251
252 September 14th, 1999
253 - Twofish code was changed. Now it uses Dr Brian Gladman's code.
254 - RC2 code was changed.
255
256 June 26th, 1999
257 - buffer overflow fixed in lib/mcrypt.c. Pointed out by Don Sutherland <dss@yadda.net>
258
259 June 23th, 1999
260 - RC2 code was cleared.
261 - RC6 was changed according to the specification. It is RC6 32/20/32.
262 RC6, SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 codes are actually Dr Brian Gladman's
263 code a bit modified for mcrypt.
264 - shared library version has changed (at last!)
265
266 June 22th, 1999
267 - SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 Added.
268
269 June 15th, 1999 - Version 2.2
270 - Changes in the xTEA algorithm. Some extra parenthesis made the algorithm
271 differ from the specification. Pointed out by Lars Nordentoft
272 <lntech@post9.tele.dk>. Read the README.xtea for more information.
273
274 June 12th, 1999 - Version 2.1.1
275 - Changes in the documentation which was inaccurate.
276
277 June 11th, 1999 - Version 2.1
278 - _mcrypt_ was placed as a prefix to all internal functions so they
279 do not pollute namespace.
280
281 May 29th, 1999
282 - test suites added
283 - Blowfish was divided to blowfish-448, -256, -192, -128.
284 - CBC can now accept IV
285 - mlock and munlock is used before mallocing and freeing any memory,
286 thus if such capabilities exist the library guarrantees that no
287 password is written in the disk (as swap etc.)
288 - gen_key_md5() was added and gen_key() was renamed to gen_key_sha1()
289 gen_key() is still defined to be gen_keysha1().
290
291 May 26th, 1999 - Version 2.0
292 - Documentation was incorrect and innacurate. Corrected.
293 - A #define WORDS_BIGENDIAN 0 was removed from acconfig.h, this
294 was confusing all the library headers, and thus the library was
295 useless.
296 - nbit-ofb mode added. n is the blocksize of the algorithm. Still
297 experimental.
298
299 May 24th, 1999 - Version 1.93
300 - defined get_block_size to be mcrypt_get_block_size so php3.0.8 compiles ok
301
302 May 17th, 1999 - Version 1.9
303 - gen_key() changed
304 - libtool support (based on Sascha Schumann's patches)

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