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-Noteworthy changes in version 1.6.0 (unreleased)
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.6.0 (2013-12-16)
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* Removed the long deprecated gcry_ac interface. Thus Libgcrypt is
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.6.0 (unreleased)
* Removed deprecated control codes.
+ * Improved performance of most cipher algorithms as well as for the
+ SHA family of hash functions.
+
* Added support for the IDEA cipher algorithm.
* Added support for the Salsa20 and reduced Salsa20/12 stream ciphers.
@@ -48,6 +51,8 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.6.0 (unreleased)
* Added a feature to globally disable selected hardware features.
+ * Added debug helper functions.
+
* Interface changes relative to the 1.5.0 release:
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gcry_ac_* REMOVED.