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[FYI] (Fwd) OpenSSL version 0.9.5 released
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- Subject: [FYI] (Fwd) OpenSSL version 0.9.5 released
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@t-online.de>
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:16:15 +0100
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Date sent: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:56:16 +0100
From: Bodo Moeller <bodo@openssl.org>
To: openssl-announce@openssl.org, openssl-users@openssl.org,
openssl-dev@openssl.org, coderpunks@toad.com, cypherpunks@openpgp.net,
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Subject: OpenSSL version 0.9.5 released
Send reply to: bodo@openssl.org
Organization: OpenSSL Project
OpenSSL version 0.9.5 released
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OpenSSL - The Open Source toolkit for SSL/TLS
http://www.openssl.org/
The OpenSSL project team is pleased to announce the release of
version 0.9.5 of our open source toolkit for SSL/TLS. This new
OpenSSL version incorporates over 150 changes and bugfixes to the
toolkit (for a complete list see
http://www.openssl.org/source/exp/CHANGES).
The most significant changes are:
o S/MIME support in new 'smime' command
o Documentation for the OpenSSL command line application
o Automation of 'req' application
o Fixes to make s_client, s_server work under Windows
o Support for multiple fieldnames in SPKACs
o New SPKAC command line utilty and associated library functions
o Options to allow passwords to be obtained from various sources
o New public key PEM format and options to handle it o Many other
fixes and enhancements to command line utilities o Usable
certificate chain verification o Certificate purpose checking o
Certificate trust settings o Support of authority information
access extension o Extensions in certificate requests o
Simplified X509 name and attribute routines o Initial
(incomplete) support for international character sets o New
DH_METHOD, DSA_METHOD and enhanced RSA_METHOD o Read only memory
BIOs and simplified creation function o TLS/SSL protocol
bugfixes: Accept TLS 'client hello' in SSL 3.0
record; allow fragmentation and interleaving of handshake and
other data
o TLS/SSL code now "tolerates" MS SGC
o Work around for Netscape client certificate hang bug
o RSA_NULL option that removes RSA patent code but keeps other
RSA functionality
o Memory leak detection now allows applications to add extra
information
via a per-thread stack
o PRNG robustness improved
o EGD support
o BIGNUM library bug fixes
o Faster DSA parameter generation
o Enhanced support for Alpha Linux
o Experimental MacOS support
We consider OpenSSL 0.9.5 to be the best version of OpenSSL
available and we strongly recommend that users of older versions,
especially of old SSLeay versions, upgrade as soon as possible.
OpenSSL 0.9.5 is available for download via HTTP and FTP from the
following master locations (the various FTP mirrors you can find
under http://www.openssl.org/source/mirror.html):
o http://www.openssl.org/source/
o ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/
Yours,
The OpenSSL Project Team...
Mark J. Cox Richard Levitte Holger Reif
Ralf S. Engelschall Bodo Moeller Paul C. Sutton
Dr. Stephen Henson Ulf Moeller Geoff Thorpe
Ben Laurie Andy Polyakov
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