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Revision 1.40 - (show annotations)
Sun Mar 10 14:46:52 2002 UTC (22 years ago) by nmav
Branch: MAIN
Changes since 1.39: +1 -2 lines
added test for nCFB, CTR, CFB, nOFB with AES-128.

1 Mar 09th 2002:
2 - Several corrections in stream and block cipher modes.
3 - Added --disable-dynamic-loading configure option
4 - The IV modifications in Arcfour and Wake have been disabled
5 by default.
6 - Added CTR mode for block ciphers.
7 - Fixes in nCFB and nOFB modes.
8 - Added mcrypt_enc_get_state() function.
9 - Added test for nCFB, CFB, nOFB and CTR with AES
10
11 Feb 14th 2002:
12 - nOFB and nCFB modes can now encrypt and decrypt plaintext
13 of size less than block size.
14
15 Feb 1st 2002: (version 2.4.22)
16 - Corrected nasty bug in init code
17
18 Jan 31 2002: (version 2.4.21)
19 - Corrected problems in Makefiles
20 - Minor bug fixes
21
22 Jan 24th 2002: (version 2.4.20)
23 - Corrected bug in mcrypt_module_open()
24
25 Dec 15th 2001: (version 2.4.19)
26 - Cleanups in the code.
27
28 Nov 9th 2001: (version 2.4.18)
29 - Fixed memory leak
30
31 Sep 24th 2001: (version 2.4.17)
32 - Corrected bug in mcrypt_module_get_supported_key_size()
33 - Removed unneeded strdup declaration.
34 - Corrected bug in ofb mode (reported by Phillip Oleson)
35 - Corrected some bugs in configure.in (patch by Phillip Oleson)
36
37 Sep 8th 2001: (version 2.4.16)
38 - Added option to include algorithms and modes into the library
39 (making possible a static library)
40 eg. './configure --with-included-algos="rijndael-128 twofish cbc ecb"' will add
41 rijndael, twofish with cbc and ecb into the library
42 - Added nCFB mode (experimental)
43 - Changed mcrypt_strerror() return value to const.
44
45 Jul 12th 2001:
46 - Corrected readdir_r() behavior in Solaris
47 (Patch by Andrew Libby <alibby@commnav.com>)
48
49 June 9th 2001: (version 2.4.15)
50 - Check if the installed libltdl includes lt_dlmutex_register()
51 - Fixes in libmcrypt-config script
52
53 May 18th 2001: (version 2.4.13)
54 - Corrects behaviour when an older libltdl is found in the system.
55 - Updated mcrypt_mutex_register()
56
57 May 17th 2001: (version 2.4.12)
58 - Updated the libltdl library included
59 - Several fixes in modules
60 - Added scripts to allow easier and faster library version detection
61
62 April 30th 2001: (version 2.4.11)
63 - Corrected memory leaks in mcrypt_module_close()
64
65 March 18th 2001: (version 2.4.10)
66 - Corrected bugs in blowfish and blowfish-compat
67
68 January 23th 2001: (version 2.4.9-beta)
69 - Due to an endianness handling problem Blowfish algorithm was not compatible
70 with other implementations. Now it has been corrected. If you want
71 to access the old algorithm used use the "blowfish-compat" module.
72 - Fixes in mcrypt_list_algorithms() for some systems. Bugs pointed out by
73 Jonathan Woolmington <jwool@ind.tansu.com.au>
74 - Fixes in stream mode.
75 - mcrypt_generic_init() no longer fails if smaller key is used. It uses
76 the most appropriate key size of the algorithm and pads with zeros.
77 - Fixes in wake algorithm (and support for IV).
78 - IV is now used in arcfour (arcfour-iv is now longer used). Speedups in Arcfour.
79 - mcrypt_generic_deinit() function added.
80
81 January 1st 2001: (version 2.4.8)
82 - Corrected bug in rijndael-256 (reported by: Sami Farin <sfarin@ratol.fi>)
83 This makes the algorithm incompatible with previous versions.
84
85 October 20th 2000: (version 2.4.6)
86 - Compiles under win32 using cygwin (with -mno-cygwin)
87 - Added mcrypt_strerror()
88
89 September 18th 2000: (version 2.4.5)
90 - Updates in the documentation
91 - Libmcrypt can now be used without libltdl (in systems where libdl is present)
92 - Added the mcrypt_enc_set_state() function.
93 - Speedups in the blowfish algorithm
94
95 May 12th, 2000: (version 2.4.4)
96 - Added Panama algorithm
97
98 April 3rd, 2000: (version 2.4.2)
99 - Added missing symbols.
100
101 April 2nd, 2000: (version 2.4.1)
102 - Bugfixes
103 - Internal changes in mode modules
104 - Changes in the documentation
105
106 March 19th, 2000: (version 2.4.0)
107 - Corrected bugs in the extra algorithms.
108 - Libmcrypt is now thread safe without need for posix thread locks.
109 - Libmcrypt is no longer compatible with 2.2 or 2.3 version.
110 - Speedups in the library.
111 - The crypt algorithm has changed. In order for it's output to be compatible
112 with the unix crypt output, the key must be generated using crypt(3).
113 This was made in order to remove the key transformation, which was
114 included in the algorithm.
115 - The crypt algorithm was renamed to enigma.
116 - Changed many function's names in order to minimize namespace polution.
117 View the manpage for more information.
118
119 March 4th, 2000: (version 2.3.4)
120 - Improved POSIX Threads detection by Sascha Schumann
121 - Arcfour was renamed to arcfour-iv. The arcfour algorithm now does not
122 support iv (as the original algorithm does).
123 - Modes for block algorithms are not limited any more to a 256 bit block size.
124 - Mcrypt 2.2 compatibility functions were added.
125 - mcrypt_get_algo_key_size(), mcrypt_get_algo_block_size() functions
126 were added.
127
128 February 28th, 2000: (version 2.3.3)
129 - Some dlsyms were cached causing a 50% increase in speed.
130
131 February 27th, 2000:
132 - A slightly modified version of libmcrypt 2.2.4 was released in order
133 for mcrypt 2.5.0 to be able to compile against that series of libmcrypt.
134
135 February 22, 2000:
136 - mcrypt_is_block_algorithm_mode(), mcrypt_is_block_mode(),
137 mcrypt_is_block_algorithm(), functions were added.
138 - Bugfixes in the mcrypt_module_self_test().
139
140 February 8th, 2000:
141 - Keygen functionality was added to the cvs version of libmhash.
142 Libmcrypt seems to compile fine.
143
144 January 21st, 2000:
145 - Locks were added to libltdl calls so libmcrypt is still thread safe.
146
147 January 20th, 2000: (version 2.3.0)
148 - Tried to include libltdl. Not succesful yet. It compiles but it does
149 not work.
150 - keygen functionality was removed. It will be added to libmhash
151 http://schumann.cx/mhash
152
153 January 13th, 2000:
154 - Changed the sha-1 algorithm implementation
155 - mcrypt_get_iv_size now calls the specified mode, not the algorithm
156 - arcfour was added.
157
158 December 12th, 1999:
159 - Included patches by Steve Underwood, to allow an arbitary number of
160 streams of encryption.
161 - Thread locking was changed, in order to allow multiple encryption, and avoid
162 dead locks.
163
164 December 10th, 1999:
165 - Wake algorithm now supports IV.
166
167 December 4th, 1999:
168 - Changes in modules/modes in order to be thread-safe.
169
170 December 2nd, 1999:
171 - Bug fixes in the panama and xtea algorithms.
172 - The version of the module now can be checked at run-time (check mcrypt.h)
173
174 November 30th, 1999:
175 - Corrections in the panama algorithm, in order to work fine in big-endian
176 machines.
177
178 November 29th, 1999:
179 - encrypt() function crypt.c was renamed to __encrypt() in order to compile
180 in some systems.
181 - version number is included in the modules.
182 - mcrypt_list_algorithms(), mcrypt_list_modes() and mcrypt_list_keygen() now
183 check if the file is an mcrypt module (has the _mcrypt_xxx_version function).
184
185 November 28th, 1999:
186 - MARS was added (as a separate module)
187
188 November 26th, 1999:
189 - mcrypt_perror(int) function was added. It prints the text of an mcrypt
190 error code.
191 - Versioning has been changed. The release is no longer included in the library
192 name.
193 - Documentation was updated.
194
195 November 25th, 1999:
196 - crypt() and setkey() functions for enigma, were renamed to __crypt() and
197 __setkey() to keep some libcs happy.
198 - Corrected typo mistakes in twofish.c.
199 - Patched wake.c to work in bigendian machines.
200 - IDEA, RC4, RC6 which were non-free now are in a separate distribution.
201
202 November 24th, 1999:
203 - sdes key generation module was corrected. Now it works fine with
204 des(1).
205
206 November 20th, 1999:
207 - Mcrypt is now modular. Modes, algorithm, and key generation modules, can
208 be loaded dynamically.
209
210 November 17th, 1999:
211 - PANAMA stream algorithm was added (experimental).
212 - WAKE stream algorithm was added (experimental).
213
214 November 13th, 1999:
215 - Blowfish algorithm was changed, it is now compatible with other implementations.
216 - Accessing algorithms is now different. You do not specify TWOFISH_256, to
217 access TWOFISH algorithm with 256 bit key, but TWOFISH with keylength of
218 32 bytes (==256 bits). This is more flexible than the previous API since
219 you can access more keys.
220
221 October 16th, 1999:
222 - The new API is completed.
223 - STREAM mode was added.
224 - RC4 was added.
225
226 October 15th, 1999:
227 - libmcrypt is maintained using CVS.
228 - Major changes in the internal of the library. Much cleaner code.
229
230 October 14th, 1999:
231 - Serpent was added.
232
233 October 10th, 1999:
234 - Bugfix in sha1.
235
236 October 4th, 1999:
237 - Bugfixes in rc2 and rc6.
238 - rijndael implementation by Mike Scott was added.
239
240 September 29th, 1999:
241 - Minor bugfixes and optimization in the library. Now it uses less memory.
242
243 September 20th, 1999:
244 - Fixes in RC2, RC6 and SAFER+ code, so they work the same way in
245 big-endian and little-endian machines.
246 - Porting of SERPENT, MARS and RIJNDAEL is not ready, they do
247 not work right in bigendian machines.
248 - Bugfixes in the tests. Tests failed if one or two algorithms failed.
249
250 September 19th, 1999
251 - SERPENT was added in 128,192,256 key modes.
252
253 September 15th, 1999
254 - MARS and RIJNDAEL were added in 128,192,256 key modes.
255 - RC6 was splitted to RC6_128, RC6_192 and RC6_256 (the old RC6 is equal to RC6_256)
256 - RC2 was splitted to RC2_128, RC2_256 and RC2_1024 (the old RC2 is equal to RC2_1024)
257
258 September 14th, 1999
259 - Twofish code was changed. Now it uses Dr Brian Gladman's code.
260 - RC2 code was changed.
261
262 June 26th, 1999
263 - buffer overflow fixed in lib/mcrypt.c. Pointed out by Don Sutherland <dss@yadda.net>
264
265 June 23th, 1999
266 - RC2 code was cleared.
267 - RC6 was changed according to the specification. It is RC6 32/20/32.
268 RC6, SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 codes are actually Dr Brian Gladman's
269 code a bit modified for mcrypt.
270 - shared library version has changed (at last!)
271
272 June 22th, 1999
273 - SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 Added.
274
275 June 15th, 1999 - Version 2.2
276 - Changes in the xTEA algorithm. Some extra parenthesis made the algorithm
277 differ from the specification. Pointed out by Lars Nordentoft
278 <lntech@post9.tele.dk>. Read the README.xtea for more information.
279
280 June 12th, 1999 - Version 2.1.1
281 - Changes in the documentation which was inaccurate.
282
283 June 11th, 1999 - Version 2.1
284 - _mcrypt_ was placed as a prefix to all internal functions so they
285 do not pollute namespace.
286
287 May 29th, 1999
288 - test suites added
289 - Blowfish was divided to blowfish-448, -256, -192, -128.
290 - CBC can now accept IV
291 - mlock and munlock is used before mallocing and freeing any memory,
292 thus if such capabilities exist the library guarrantees that no
293 password is written in the disk (as swap etc.)
294 - gen_key_md5() was added and gen_key() was renamed to gen_key_sha1()
295 gen_key() is still defined to be gen_keysha1().
296
297 May 26th, 1999 - Version 2.0
298 - Documentation was incorrect and innacurate. Corrected.
299 - A #define WORDS_BIGENDIAN 0 was removed from acconfig.h, this
300 was confusing all the library headers, and thus the library was
301 useless.
302 - nbit-ofb mode added. n is the blocksize of the algorithm. Still
303 experimental.
304
305 May 24th, 1999 - Version 1.93
306 - defined get_block_size to be mcrypt_get_block_size so php3.0.8 compiles ok
307
308 May 17th, 1999 - Version 1.9
309 - gen_key() changed
310 - libtool support (based on Sascha Schumann's patches)

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