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authorNikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com>2014-03-27 11:16:43 +0100
committerNikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com>2014-03-27 11:16:43 +0100
commitbb0ccd89c7317b5704273f3e0c5a6d92ea8d3995 (patch)
tree2f816ca1c25a8f10d7c3095b974e0b27dd678538
parent9217399323f44b7a0502a21e8d415dcd2adf7c16 (diff)
downloadgnutls-bb0ccd89c7317b5704273f3e0c5a6d92ea8d3995.tar.gz
reformatted NEWS entries
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@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ constructor. That is, gnutls_global_init() is no longer required
unless linking with a static library or a system that does not
support library constructors.
+** libgnutls: static libraries are not built by default.
+
+** libgnutls: PKCS #11 initialization is delayed to first usage.
+That avoids long delays in gnutls initialization due to broken PKCS #11
+modules.
+
+** libgnutls: The PKCS #11 subsystem is re-initialized "automatically"
+on the first PKCS #11 API call after a fork.
+
** libgnutls: certificate verification profiles were introduced
that can be specified as flags to verification functions. They
are enumerations in gnutls_certificate_verification_profiles_t
@@ -20,9 +29,6 @@ That allows a compile-time specified configuration file to be
used to read the priorities. That can be used to impose system
specific policies.
-** libgnutls: Security parameter SEC_PARAM_NORMAL was renamed to
-SEC_PARAM_MEDIUM to avoid confusion with the priority string NORMAL.
-
** libgnutls: Increased the default security level of priority
strings (NORMAL and PFS strings require at minimum a 1008 DH prime),
and set a verification profile by default. The LEGACY keyword is
@@ -32,6 +38,9 @@ introduced to set the old defaults.
Currently only DNS names and e-mails are supported (no URIs, IPs
or DNs).
+** libgnutls: Security parameter SEC_PARAM_NORMAL was renamed to
+SEC_PARAM_MEDIUM to avoid confusion with the priority string NORMAL.
+
** libgnutls: Added new API in x509-ext.h to handle X.509 extensions.
This API handles the X.509 extensions in isolation, allowing to parse
similarly formatted extensions stored in other structures.
@@ -52,15 +61,21 @@ enforced to be 16-byte aligned, when compiled with cryptodev
support. That allows certain cryptodev drivers to operate more
efficiently.
-** libgnutls: PKCS #11 initialization is delayed to first usage.
-That avoids long delays in gnutls initialization due to broken PKCS #11
-modules.
+** libgnutls: Depend on p11-kit 0.20.0 or later.
-** libgnutls: The PKCS #11 subsystem is re-initialized "automatically"
-on the first PKCS #11 API call after a fork.
+** libgnutls: The new padding (%NEW_PADDING) experimental TLS extension has
+been removed. It was not approved by IETF.
-** libgnutls: Added --enable-fips140-mode configuration option. That
-option enables (when running on FIPS140-enabled system):
+** libgnutls: The experimental xssl library is removed from the gnutls
+distribution.
+
+** libgnutls: Reduced the number of gnulib modules used.
+
+** certtool: Timestamps for serial numbers were increased to 8 bytes,
+and in batch mode to 12 (appended with 4 random bytes).
+
+** libgnutls: Added --enable-fips140-mode configuration option (unsupported).
+That option enables (when running on FIPS140-enabled system):
o RSA, DSA and DH key generation as in FIPS-186-4 (using provable primes)
o The DRBG-CTR-AES256 deterministic random generator from SP800-90A.
o Self-tests on initialization on ciphers/MACs, public key algorithms
@@ -74,21 +89,6 @@ option enables (when running on FIPS140-enabled system):
o Security levels are adjusted to the FIPS140-2 recommendations (rather
than ECRYPT).
-** libgnutls: static libraries are not built by default.
-
-** libgnutls: Depend on p11-kit 0.20.0 or later.
-
-** libgnutls: The new padding (%NEW_PADDING) experimental TLS extension has
-been removed. It was not approved by IETF.
-
-** libgnutls: The experimental xssl library is removed from the gnutls
-distribution.
-
-** libgnutls: Reduced the number of gnulib modules used.
-
-** certtool: Timestamps for serial numbers were increased to 8 bytes,
-and in batch mode to 12 (appended with 4 random bytes).
-
** API and ABI modifications:
gnutls_privkey_generate: Added
gnutls_pkcs11_crt_is_known: Added