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Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.13 (unreleased)
-------------------------------------------------

 * CRC-32, CRC-32 a'la RFC 1510, CRC-24 a'la RFC 2440 is now
   supported.

 * SHA-256 is now supported.

 * The public RSA exponent can now be specified in key generation. 

 * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.12 release:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
gcry_pk_decrypt         ENHANCED: Allows flag to return complete S-expression.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.12 (2003-01-20)
-------------------------------------------------

 * gcry_pk_sign, gcry_pk_verify and gcry_pk_encrypt can now handle an
   optional pkcs1 flags parameter in the S-expression.  A similar flag
   may be passed to gcry_pk_decrypt but it is only syntactically
   implemented.

 * New convenience macro gcry_md_get_asnoid.

 * There is now some real stuff in the manual.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.11 (2002-12-21)
-------------------------------------------------

 * Don't export internal symbols anymore (currently only for GNU systems)

 * New algorithm: MD4

 * Implemented ciphertext stealing.

 * Smaller bugs fixes and a few new OIDs.

 * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.8 release:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
gcry_cipher_cts                   NEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.10 (2002-09-20)
-------------------------------------------------

 * Fixed shared library builds for i386, PPC and Sparc.

 * Added simple benchmark tool.

 * Replaced the internal mutexes by code which automatically adapts to
   the used threading library.  Currently Pth and Pthread are
   supported.  For non-ELF systems the GNU toolchain is now required..

 * Added untested support to build Windows DLLs.

Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.9 (2002-08-23)
------------------------------------------------

 * Support for plain old DES.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.8 (2002-06-25)
------------------------------------------------

 * Minor cleanups and exported a few new functions.

 * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.7 release:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
gcry_mpi_div                      NEW
gcry_mpi_mod                      NEW
gcry_mpi_invm                     NEW
gcry_mpi_swap                     NEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.7 (2002-05-21)
------------------------------------------------

* Libgcrypt is now distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser
  General Public License; see the README file for details.    
  
* It is possible to use libgcrypt w/o intialized secure memory.

* Libgcrypt should now be thread safe after the initialization.
  gcry_control (GCRYCRL_INITIALIZATION_FINISHED,NULL,0) should have
  been called before creating additional threads.

 * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.6 release:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GCRYCTL_DISABLE_INTERNAL_LOCKING  NEW
GCRYCTL_DISABLE_SECMEM            NEW
GCRYCTL_INITIALIZATION_FINISHED   NEW
GCRYCTL_INITIALIZATION_FINISHED_P NEW
GCRYCTL_ANY_INITIALIZATION_P      NEW
gcry_strdup                       NEW
gcry_sexp_create                  NEW
gcry_sexp_new                     NEW
gcry_set_progress_handler         NEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.6 (2002-02-07)
------------------------------------------------

  * Enhanced the S-expression conversion functions.
        
Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.5 (2001-12-18)
------------------------------------------------

  * gcry_{cipher,md}_map_name are now able to map stringified object IDs.

  * New functions gcry_sexp_canon_len and gcry_cipher_mode_from_oid.

  * Closed some memory leaks.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.4 (2001-08-03)
------------------------------------------------

  * Arcfour does now work.                   

  * Some minor fixes.

  * Added a first test program

  * Migrated to autoconf 2.52.


Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.3 (2001-05-31)
------------------------------------------------

  * First release of Libgcrypt which is a result of splitting GnuPG
    into into libgcrypt and GnuPG.


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