From 893c93bc1733eb782f10c206a1c69fc3f1fd8607 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Niels=20M=C3=B6ller?= <nisse@lysator.liu.se> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:39:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated information for nettle-2.2. Rev: nettle/NEWS:1.10 --- NEWS | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 908fdc7f..16030389 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,17 +1,52 @@ NEWS for the 2.2 release + Licensing change: + * Relicensed as LGPL v2.1 or later. + * Replaced blowfish and serpent implementation. New code is + based on the LGPLed code in libgcrypt. + + New features: + * Support for Galois/Counter Mode (GCM). + + * New interface for enumerating (most) available algorithms, + contributed by Daniel Kahn Gillmor. + + * New tool nettle-hash. Can generate hash digests using any + supported hash function, with output compatible to programs + like md5sum. Checking (like md5sum -c) not yet implemented. + + Bug fixes: + + * The old serpent code had a byte order bug (introduced by + yours truly about ten years ago). New serpent implementation + does not interoperate with earlier versions of nettle. + + * Fixed ABI-dependent libdir default for linux-based systems + which do not follow the conventions Linux File Hierarchy + Standard, e.g., Debian GNU/linux. + + Optimizations: + * x86_64 implemention of serpent_encrypt (serpent_decrypt not + yet done). + + * x86_64 implemention of camellia. + * Faster memxor. + Miscellaneous: + * In command line tools, don't use -? for requesting help, since it's a bit dangerous without shell quoting. Use long option --help instead. - * Interface cleanup. - + The shared library names are libnettle.so.4.1 and + libhogweed.so.2.1, with sonames libnettle.so.4 and + libhogweed.so.2. + NEWS for the 2.1 release *Important*: this release breaks source and binary -- GitLab