1 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.93 (2004-03-06)
2 -------------------------------------------------
4 * The automatic thread library detection has finally been removed.
5 From now on, only linking explicitely to libgcrypt, libgcrypt-pth
6 or libgcrypt-pthread is supported.
8 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.92 (2004-02-20)
9 -------------------------------------------------
13 * Included a limited implementation of RFC2268.
15 * Changed API of the gcry_ac_ functions. Only a very few programs
16 should be affected by this.
18 * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.91 release:
19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
20 GCRY_CIPHER_RFC2268_40 NEW.
21 gcry_ac_data_set CHANGED: New argument FLAGS.
22 gcry_ac_data_get_name CHANGED: New argument FLAGS.
23 gcry_ac_data_get_index CHANGED: New argument FLAGS.
24 cry_ac_key_pair_generate CHANGED: New and reordered arguments.
25 gcry_ac_key_test CHANGED: New argument HANDLE.
26 gcry_ac_key_get_nbits CHANGED: New argument HANDLE.
27 gcry_ac_key_get_grip CHANGED: New argument HANDLE.
28 gcry_ac_data_search REMOVED.
29 gcry_ac_data_add REMOVED.
30 GCRY_AC_DATA_FLAG_NO_BLINDING REMOVED.
31 GCRY_AC_FLAG_NO_BLINDING NEW: Replaces above.
34 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.91 (2003-12-19)
35 -------------------------------------------------
37 * Code cleanups and minor bug fixes.
40 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.90 (2003-11-14)
41 -------------------------------------------------
43 * The use of the GCRY_WEAK_RANDOM level is now deprecated in favor of
44 the new gcry_create_nonce function.
46 * gcry_sexp_build now supports a "%b" format to include a memory buffer.
48 * Minor configuration fixes.
50 * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.44 release:
51 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
53 gcry_sexp_build ENHANCED
56 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.44 (2003-10-31)
57 -------------------------------------------------
59 * Bug fixes and more code cleanups.
61 * Enhanced the prime API.
63 * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.43 release:
64 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
65 gcry_prime_group_generator NEW
66 gcry_prime_release_factors NEW
69 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.43 (2003-09-04)
70 -------------------------------------------------
72 * Bug fixes and internal code cleanups.
74 * Support for the Serpent cipher algorithm.
76 * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.42 release:
77 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
78 gcry_prime_generate NEW
82 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.42 (2003-07-31)
83 -------------------------------------------------
85 * Major API cleanup. Applications need to be converted to the new
86 API. See README.apichanges for hints on how to do that. Backward
87 compatibility is provided where it was possible without too much
88 effort and did not collide with the overall sanitization effort.
89 However, this is only for ease of transition. NO DEPRECATED
90 FUNCTION OR DATA TYPE IS CONSIDERED A PART OF THE API OR ABI AND
91 WILL BE DROPPED IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT CHANGING THE SONAME OF THE
94 * If gcrypt.h is included in sources compiled by GCC 3.1 or later,
95 deprecated attributes will warn about use of obsolete functions and
96 type definitions. You can suppress these warnings by passing
97 -Wno-deprecated-declarations to the gcc command.
99 * gcry_check_version must be called from now on to initialize the
100 library, it is not longer optional.
102 * Removed `libgcrypt errno' concept.
104 * Libgcrypt depends on libgpg-error, a library that provides error
105 codes and according functions for all GnuPG components. Functions
106 that used to return error codes asa `int' have been changed to
107 return a code of type `gcry_error_t'. All GCRYERR_* error symbols
108 have been removed, since they are now contained in libgpg-error
109 (GPG_ERR_*). All functions and types in libgpg-error have also been
110 wrapped in Libgcrypt. The new types are gcry_err_code_t and
111 gcry_err_source_t. The new functions are gcry_err_code,
112 gcry_err_source, gcry_error, gcry_err_make, gcry_error_from_errno,
113 gcry_err_make_from_errno, gcry_err_code_from_errno,
114 gcry_err_code_to_errno, gcry_strsource.
116 * New function gcry_mpi_dump to help in debugging.
118 * Added alternative interface for asymmetric cryptography.
120 * CRC-32, CRC-32 a'la RFC 1510, CRC-24 a'la RFC 2440 are now
123 * SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 are now supported.
125 * 128 bit Twofish is now supported.
127 * The random module won't print the "not enough random bytes
128 available" anymore. A new progress status is issued instead.
130 * CBC-MAC for block ciphers is now supported, by using a
131 GCRY_CIPHER_CBC_MAC cipher flag.
133 * CTR mode for block ciphers is now supported.
135 * The public RSA exponent can now be specified in key generation.
137 * RSA blinding is now supported and is used automatically for RSA
138 decryption. It can be explicitely disabled by using the
139 `no-blinding' symbol in the `flags' S-Expression or by using the
140 GCRY_AC_FLAG_DATA_NO_BLINDING flag when using the ac interface.
142 * gcry_sexp_canon_len does not use a `historically encoded' error
146 * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.12 release:
147 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
148 GCRY_MPI DEPRECATED; Use: gcry_mpi_t
149 GcryMPI DEPRECATED; Use: gcry_mpi_t
150 GCRY_SEXP DEPRECATED; Use: gcry_sexp_t
151 GcrySexp DEPRECATED; Use: gcry_sexp_t
152 GCRY_CIPHER_HD DEPRECATED; Use: gcry_cipher_hd_t
153 GcryCipherHd DEPRECATED; Use: gcry_cipher_hd_t
154 GCRY_MD_HD DEPRECATED; Use: gcry_md_hd_t
155 GcryMDHd DEPRECATED; Use: gcry_md_hd_t
158 gcry_err_source_t NEW
163 gcry_err_code_from_errno NEW
164 gcry_err_code_to_errno NEW
165 gcry_err_make_from_errno NEW
166 gcry_error_from_errno NEW
168 GCRYERR_{some error code} REMOVED; Use GPG_ERR_*
169 from libgpg-error instead.
171 gcry_sexp_canon_len CHANGED
172 gcry_sexp_build_array NEW
173 gcry_mpi_scan CHANGED: New argument to separate in/out args.
174 gcry_mpi_print CHANGED: Ditto.
176 gcry_cipher_open CHANGED
177 gcry_cipher_reset NEW
178 gcry_cipher_register NEW
179 gcry_cipher_unregister NEW
181 gcry_cipher_algo_keylen REPLACED macro with function.
182 gcry_cipher_algo_blklen REPLACED macro with function.
184 gcry_pk_unregister NEW
186 gcry_pk_decrypt ENHANCED: Allows flag to return
187 complete S-expression.
190 gcry_md_is_enabled NEW
191 gcry_md_is_secure NEW
193 gcry_md_unregister NEW
197 gcry_ac_key_pair_t NEW
199 gcry_ac_key_spec_rsa_t NEW
201 gcry_ac_data_destroy NEW
203 gcry_ac_data_copy NEW
204 gcry_ac_data_length NEW
205 gcry_ac_data_get_name NEW
206 gcry_ac_data_get_index NEW
207 gcry_ac_data_clear NEW
211 gcry_ac_key_pair_generate NEW
212 gcry_ac_key_pair_extract NEW
213 gcry_ac_key_data_get NEW
215 gcry_ac_key_get_nbits NEW
216 gcry_ac_key_get_grip NEW
217 gcry_ac_key_destroy NEW
218 gcry_ac_key_pair_destroy NEW
219 gcry_ac_data_encrypt NEW
220 gcry_ac_data_decrypt NEW
221 gcry_ac_data_sign NEW
222 gcry_ac_data_verify NEW
223 gcry_ac_id_to_name NEW
224 gcry_ac_name_to_id NEW
225 gcry_handler_progress_t NEW
226 gcry_handler_alloc_t NEW
227 gcry_handler_secure_check_t NEW
228 gcry_handle_realloc_t NEW
229 gcry_handler_free_t NEW
230 gcry_handler_no_mem_t NEW
231 gcry_handler_error_t NEW
232 gcry_handler_log_t NEW
233 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
235 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.12 (2003-01-20)
236 -------------------------------------------------
238 * gcry_pk_sign, gcry_pk_verify and gcry_pk_encrypt can now handle an
239 optional pkcs1 flags parameter in the S-expression. A similar flag
240 may be passed to gcry_pk_decrypt but it is only syntactically
243 * New convenience macro gcry_md_get_asnoid.
245 * There is now some real stuff in the manual.
248 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.11 (2002-12-21)
249 -------------------------------------------------
251 * Don't export internal symbols anymore (currently only for GNU systems)
255 * Implemented ciphertext stealing.
257 * Smaller bugs fixes and a few new OIDs.
259 * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.8 release:
260 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
262 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
265 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.10 (2002-09-20)
266 -------------------------------------------------
268 * Fixed shared library builds for i386, PPC and Sparc.
270 * Added simple benchmark tool.
272 * Replaced the internal mutexes by code which automatically adapts to
273 the used threading library. Currently Pth and Pthread are
274 supported. For non-ELF systems the GNU toolchain is now required..
276 * Added untested support to build Windows DLLs.
278 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.9 (2002-08-23)
279 ------------------------------------------------
281 * Support for plain old DES.
284 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.8 (2002-06-25)
285 ------------------------------------------------
287 * Minor cleanups and exported a few new functions.
289 * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.7 release:
290 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
295 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
297 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.7 (2002-05-21)
298 ------------------------------------------------
300 * Libgcrypt is now distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser
301 General Public License; see the README file for details.
303 * It is possible to use libgcrypt w/o intialized secure memory.
305 * Libgcrypt should now be thread safe after the initialization.
306 gcry_control (GCRYCRL_INITIALIZATION_FINISHED,NULL,0) should have
307 been called before creating additional threads.
309 * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.6 release:
310 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
311 GCRYCTL_DISABLE_INTERNAL_LOCKING NEW
312 GCRYCTL_DISABLE_SECMEM NEW
313 GCRYCTL_INITIALIZATION_FINISHED NEW
314 GCRYCTL_INITIALIZATION_FINISHED_P NEW
315 GCRYCTL_ANY_INITIALIZATION_P NEW
319 gcry_set_progress_handler NEW
320 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
322 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.6 (2002-02-07)
323 ------------------------------------------------
325 * Enhanced the S-expression conversion functions.
327 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.5 (2001-12-18)
328 ------------------------------------------------
330 * gcry_{cipher,md}_map_name are now able to map stringified object IDs.
332 * New functions gcry_sexp_canon_len and gcry_cipher_mode_from_oid.
334 * Closed some memory leaks.
337 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.4 (2001-08-03)
338 ------------------------------------------------
340 * Arcfour does now work.
344 * Added a first test program
346 * Migrated to autoconf 2.52.
349 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.3 (2001-05-31)
350 ------------------------------------------------
352 * First release of Libgcrypt which is a result of splitting GnuPG
353 into into libgcrypt and GnuPG.
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