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authorWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2011-06-29 10:57:04 +0200
committerWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2011-06-29 10:57:04 +0200
commita31c067c10a9232049592fb6322505995653119c (patch)
tree517c24d9de027b60484a3faf9c99d34260bc3e3e /NEWS
parent0bfd252cc4920b351bdbd6596ebd9dd925189bdc (diff)
downloadlibgcrypt-a31c067c10a9232049592fb6322505995653119c.tar.gz
Prepare for the 1.5.0 release.
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Noteworthy changes in version 1.5.x (unreleased)
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.5.0 (2011-06-29)
------------------------------------------------
* New function gcry_kdf_derive implementing OpenPGP S2K algorithms
@@ -33,23 +33,28 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.5.x (unreleased)
whether you really need this feature or how it can be replaced by
an internal plugin mechanism.
- * New variants of the TIGER algorithm. [also in 1.4.6]
+ * CTR mode may now be used with data chunks of arbitrary length.
- * New cipher algorithm mode for AES-WRAP. [also in 1.4.6]
+ * Changes also done in 1.4.6 (2010-07-13):
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * CTR mode may now be used with data chunks of arbitrary length.
+ * New variants of the TIGER algorithm.
+
+ * New cipher algorithm mode for AES-WRAP.
- * Fixed minor memory leak in DSA key generation. [also in 1.4.5]
+ * Changes also done in 1.4.5 (2009-12-11):
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- * No more switching to FIPS mode if /proc/version is not
- readable. [also in 1.4.5]
+ * Fixed minor memory leak in DSA key generation.
- * Fixed sigill during Padlock detection on old CPUs. [also in 1.4.5]
+ * No more switching to FIPS mode if /proc/version is not readable.
- * Fixed a hang on some W2000 machines. [also in 1.4.5]
+ * Fixed sigill during Padlock detection on old CPUs.
+
+ * Fixed a hang on some W2000 machines.
* Boosted SHA-512 performance by 30% on ia32 boxes and gcc 4.3;
- SHA-256 went up by 25%. [also in 1.4.5]
+ SHA-256 went up by 25%.
* Interface changes relative to the 1.4.6 release:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -58,11 +63,12 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.5.x (unreleased)
gcry_pk_get_param NEW.
GCRYCTL_DISABLE_HWF NEW.
gcry_kdf_derive NEW.
- gcry_pk_encrypt EXTENDED: Support OAEP
- gcry_pk_decrypt EXTENDED: Support OAEP
+ gcry_pk_encrypt EXTENDED: Support OAEP.
+ gcry_pk_decrypt EXTENDED: Support OAEP.
+ gcry_pk_sign EXTENDED: Support PSS.
+ gcry_pk_verify EXTENDED: Support PSS.
gcry_sexp_build EXTENDED: Add format specifiers M and u.
-
* Interface changes relative to the 1.4.2 release:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GCRY_CIPHER_MODE_AESWRAP NEW.
@@ -658,7 +664,7 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.3 (2001-05-31)
Copyright 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008,
- 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ 2009, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without