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Revision 1.48 - (show annotations)
Tue Dec 17 08:32:01 2002 UTC (21 years, 3 months ago) by nmav
Branch: MAIN
Changes since 1.47: +5 -0 lines
ade the default behaviour to include all algorithms into
the main library, instead of using dynamic modules. Dynamic
loading is disabled by default.

1 xxx xx xxxx: (version 2.5.4)
2 - Better win32 detection and DLL building.
3 - Changed some variables names in gost.c to allow compiling
4 with gcc and K6 optimizations.
5 - Some buffer overrun checks on input. Patches and suggestions
6 by Ilia A. <ilia@prohost.org>
7 - Added the default behaviour to include all algorithms into
8 the main library, instead of using dynamic modules. Dynamic
9 loading is disabled by default.
10
11 August 16 2002: (version 2.5.3)
12 - The const keyword is now used in the exported functions
13 - Corrected problem in libltdl's configure script
14
15 June 22 2002: (version 2.5.2)
16 - Fixed bug in the returned IV size of ARCFOUR
17 - Fixed bug in mcrypt_readdir() which prevented the test programs
18 to work.
19
20 May 30 2002: (version 2.5.1)
21 - Corrected the license. COPYING.LIB (LGPL) is now included
22 instead of COPYING (GPL)
23
24 Mar 09th 2002: (version 2.5.0)
25 - Several corrections in stream and block cipher modes.
26 - Added --disable-dynamic-loading configure option
27 - The IV modifications in Arcfour and Wake have been disabled
28 by default.
29 - Added CTR mode for block ciphers.
30 - Fixes in nCFB and nOFB modes.
31 - Added mcrypt_enc_get_state() function.
32 - Added test for nCFB, CFB, nOFB and CTR with AES
33
34 Feb 14th 2002:
35 - nOFB and nCFB modes can now encrypt and decrypt plaintext
36 of size less than block size.
37
38 Feb 1st 2002: (version 2.4.22)
39 - Corrected nasty bug in init code
40
41 Jan 31 2002: (version 2.4.21)
42 - Corrected problems in Makefiles
43 - Minor bug fixes
44
45 Jan 24th 2002: (version 2.4.20)
46 - Corrected bug in mcrypt_module_open()
47
48 Dec 15th 2001: (version 2.4.19)
49 - Cleanups in the code.
50
51 Nov 9th 2001: (version 2.4.18)
52 - Fixed memory leak
53
54 Sep 24th 2001: (version 2.4.17)
55 - Corrected bug in mcrypt_module_get_supported_key_size()
56 - Removed unneeded strdup declaration.
57 - Corrected bug in ofb mode (reported by Phillip Oleson)
58 - Corrected some bugs in configure.in (patch by Phillip Oleson)
59
60 Sep 8th 2001: (version 2.4.16)
61 - Added option to include algorithms and modes into the library
62 (making possible a static library)
63 eg. './configure --with-included-algos="rijndael-128 twofish cbc ecb"' will add
64 rijndael, twofish with cbc and ecb into the library
65 - Added nCFB mode (experimental)
66 - Changed mcrypt_strerror() return value to const.
67
68 Jul 12th 2001:
69 - Corrected readdir_r() behavior in Solaris
70 (Patch by Andrew Libby <alibby@commnav.com>)
71
72 June 9th 2001: (version 2.4.15)
73 - Check if the installed libltdl includes lt_dlmutex_register()
74 - Fixes in libmcrypt-config script
75
76 May 18th 2001: (version 2.4.13)
77 - Corrects behaviour when an older libltdl is found in the system.
78 - Updated mcrypt_mutex_register()
79
80 May 17th 2001: (version 2.4.12)
81 - Updated the libltdl library included
82 - Several fixes in modules
83 - Added scripts to allow easier and faster library version detection
84
85 April 30th 2001: (version 2.4.11)
86 - Corrected memory leaks in mcrypt_module_close()
87
88 March 18th 2001: (version 2.4.10)
89 - Corrected bugs in blowfish and blowfish-compat
90
91 January 23th 2001: (version 2.4.9-beta)
92 - Due to an endianness handling problem Blowfish algorithm was not compatible
93 with other implementations. Now it has been corrected. If you want
94 to access the old algorithm used use the "blowfish-compat" module.
95 - Fixes in mcrypt_list_algorithms() for some systems. Bugs pointed out by
96 Jonathan Woolmington <jwool@ind.tansu.com.au>
97 - Fixes in stream mode.
98 - mcrypt_generic_init() no longer fails if smaller key is used. It uses
99 the most appropriate key size of the algorithm and pads with zeros.
100 - Fixes in wake algorithm (and support for IV).
101 - IV is now used in arcfour (arcfour-iv is now longer used). Speedups in Arcfour.
102 - mcrypt_generic_deinit() function added.
103
104 January 1st 2001: (version 2.4.8)
105 - Corrected bug in rijndael-256 (reported by: Sami Farin <sfarin@ratol.fi>)
106 This makes the algorithm incompatible with previous versions.
107
108 October 20th 2000: (version 2.4.6)
109 - Compiles under win32 using cygwin (with -mno-cygwin)
110 - Added mcrypt_strerror()
111
112 September 18th 2000: (version 2.4.5)
113 - Updates in the documentation
114 - Libmcrypt can now be used without libltdl (in systems where libdl is present)
115 - Added the mcrypt_enc_set_state() function.
116 - Speedups in the blowfish algorithm
117
118 May 12th, 2000: (version 2.4.4)
119 - Added Panama algorithm
120
121 April 3rd, 2000: (version 2.4.2)
122 - Added missing symbols.
123
124 April 2nd, 2000: (version 2.4.1)
125 - Bugfixes
126 - Internal changes in mode modules
127 - Changes in the documentation
128
129 March 19th, 2000: (version 2.4.0)
130 - Corrected bugs in the extra algorithms.
131 - Libmcrypt is now thread safe without need for posix thread locks.
132 - Libmcrypt is no longer compatible with 2.2 or 2.3 version.
133 - Speedups in the library.
134 - The crypt algorithm has changed. In order for it's output to be compatible
135 with the unix crypt output, the key must be generated using crypt(3).
136 This was made in order to remove the key transformation, which was
137 included in the algorithm.
138 - The crypt algorithm was renamed to enigma.
139 - Changed many function's names in order to minimize namespace polution.
140 View the manpage for more information.
141
142 March 4th, 2000: (version 2.3.4)
143 - Improved POSIX Threads detection by Sascha Schumann
144 - Arcfour was renamed to arcfour-iv. The arcfour algorithm now does not
145 support iv (as the original algorithm does).
146 - Modes for block algorithms are not limited any more to a 256 bit block size.
147 - Mcrypt 2.2 compatibility functions were added.
148 - mcrypt_get_algo_key_size(), mcrypt_get_algo_block_size() functions
149 were added.
150
151 February 28th, 2000: (version 2.3.3)
152 - Some dlsyms were cached causing a 50% increase in speed.
153
154 February 27th, 2000:
155 - A slightly modified version of libmcrypt 2.2.4 was released in order
156 for mcrypt 2.5.0 to be able to compile against that series of libmcrypt.
157
158 February 22, 2000:
159 - mcrypt_is_block_algorithm_mode(), mcrypt_is_block_mode(),
160 mcrypt_is_block_algorithm(), functions were added.
161 - Bugfixes in the mcrypt_module_self_test().
162
163 February 8th, 2000:
164 - Keygen functionality was added to the cvs version of libmhash.
165 Libmcrypt seems to compile fine.
166
167 January 21st, 2000:
168 - Locks were added to libltdl calls so libmcrypt is still thread safe.
169
170 January 20th, 2000: (version 2.3.0)
171 - Tried to include libltdl. Not succesful yet. It compiles but it does
172 not work.
173 - keygen functionality was removed. It will be added to libmhash
174 http://schumann.cx/mhash
175
176 January 13th, 2000:
177 - Changed the sha-1 algorithm implementation
178 - mcrypt_get_iv_size now calls the specified mode, not the algorithm
179 - arcfour was added.
180
181 December 12th, 1999:
182 - Included patches by Steve Underwood, to allow an arbitary number of
183 streams of encryption.
184 - Thread locking was changed, in order to allow multiple encryption, and avoid
185 dead locks.
186
187 December 10th, 1999:
188 - Wake algorithm now supports IV.
189
190 December 4th, 1999:
191 - Changes in modules/modes in order to be thread-safe.
192
193 December 2nd, 1999:
194 - Bug fixes in the panama and xtea algorithms.
195 - The version of the module now can be checked at run-time (check mcrypt.h)
196
197 November 30th, 1999:
198 - Corrections in the panama algorithm, in order to work fine in big-endian
199 machines.
200
201 November 29th, 1999:
202 - encrypt() function crypt.c was renamed to __encrypt() in order to compile
203 in some systems.
204 - version number is included in the modules.
205 - mcrypt_list_algorithms(), mcrypt_list_modes() and mcrypt_list_keygen() now
206 check if the file is an mcrypt module (has the _mcrypt_xxx_version function).
207
208 November 28th, 1999:
209 - MARS was added (as a separate module)
210
211 November 26th, 1999:
212 - mcrypt_perror(int) function was added. It prints the text of an mcrypt
213 error code.
214 - Versioning has been changed. The release is no longer included in the library
215 name.
216 - Documentation was updated.
217
218 November 25th, 1999:
219 - crypt() and setkey() functions for enigma, were renamed to __crypt() and
220 __setkey() to keep some libcs happy.
221 - Corrected typo mistakes in twofish.c.
222 - Patched wake.c to work in bigendian machines.
223 - IDEA, RC4, RC6 which were non-free now are in a separate distribution.
224
225 November 24th, 1999:
226 - sdes key generation module was corrected. Now it works fine with
227 des(1).
228
229 November 20th, 1999:
230 - Mcrypt is now modular. Modes, algorithm, and key generation modules, can
231 be loaded dynamically.
232
233 November 17th, 1999:
234 - PANAMA stream algorithm was added (experimental).
235 - WAKE stream algorithm was added (experimental).
236
237 November 13th, 1999:
238 - Blowfish algorithm was changed, it is now compatible with other implementations.
239 - Accessing algorithms is now different. You do not specify TWOFISH_256, to
240 access TWOFISH algorithm with 256 bit key, but TWOFISH with keylength of
241 32 bytes (==256 bits). This is more flexible than the previous API since
242 you can access more keys.
243
244 October 16th, 1999:
245 - The new API is completed.
246 - STREAM mode was added.
247 - RC4 was added.
248
249 October 15th, 1999:
250 - libmcrypt is maintained using CVS.
251 - Major changes in the internal of the library. Much cleaner code.
252
253 October 14th, 1999:
254 - Serpent was added.
255
256 October 10th, 1999:
257 - Bugfix in sha1.
258
259 October 4th, 1999:
260 - Bugfixes in rc2 and rc6.
261 - rijndael implementation by Mike Scott was added.
262
263 September 29th, 1999:
264 - Minor bugfixes and optimization in the library. Now it uses less memory.
265
266 September 20th, 1999:
267 - Fixes in RC2, RC6 and SAFER+ code, so they work the same way in
268 big-endian and little-endian machines.
269 - Porting of SERPENT, MARS and RIJNDAEL is not ready, they do
270 not work right in bigendian machines.
271 - Bugfixes in the tests. Tests failed if one or two algorithms failed.
272
273 September 19th, 1999
274 - SERPENT was added in 128,192,256 key modes.
275
276 September 15th, 1999
277 - MARS and RIJNDAEL were added in 128,192,256 key modes.
278 - RC6 was splitted to RC6_128, RC6_192 and RC6_256 (the old RC6 is equal to RC6_256)
279 - RC2 was splitted to RC2_128, RC2_256 and RC2_1024 (the old RC2 is equal to RC2_1024)
280
281 September 14th, 1999
282 - Twofish code was changed. Now it uses Dr Brian Gladman's code.
283 - RC2 code was changed.
284
285 June 26th, 1999
286 - buffer overflow fixed in lib/mcrypt.c. Pointed out by Don Sutherland <dss@yadda.net>
287
288 June 23th, 1999
289 - RC2 code was cleared.
290 - RC6 was changed according to the specification. It is RC6 32/20/32.
291 RC6, SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 codes are actually Dr Brian Gladman's
292 code a bit modified for mcrypt.
293 - shared library version has changed (at last!)
294
295 June 22th, 1999
296 - SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 Added.
297
298 June 15th, 1999 - Version 2.2
299 - Changes in the xTEA algorithm. Some extra parenthesis made the algorithm
300 differ from the specification. Pointed out by Lars Nordentoft
301 <lntech@post9.tele.dk>. Read the README.xtea for more information.
302
303 June 12th, 1999 - Version 2.1.1
304 - Changes in the documentation which was inaccurate.
305
306 June 11th, 1999 - Version 2.1
307 - _mcrypt_ was placed as a prefix to all internal functions so they
308 do not pollute namespace.
309
310 May 29th, 1999
311 - test suites added
312 - Blowfish was divided to blowfish-448, -256, -192, -128.
313 - CBC can now accept IV
314 - mlock and munlock is used before mallocing and freeing any memory,
315 thus if such capabilities exist the library guarrantees that no
316 password is written in the disk (as swap etc.)
317 - gen_key_md5() was added and gen_key() was renamed to gen_key_sha1()
318 gen_key() is still defined to be gen_keysha1().
319
320 May 26th, 1999 - Version 2.0
321 - Documentation was incorrect and innacurate. Corrected.
322 - A #define WORDS_BIGENDIAN 0 was removed from acconfig.h, this
323 was confusing all the library headers, and thus the library was
324 useless.
325 - nbit-ofb mode added. n is the blocksize of the algorithm. Still
326 experimental.
327
328 May 24th, 1999 - Version 1.93
329 - defined get_block_size to be mcrypt_get_block_size so php3.0.8 compiles ok
330
331 May 17th, 1999 - Version 1.9
332 - gen_key() changed
333 - libtool support (based on Sascha Schumann's patches)

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