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authorWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2017-01-27 09:13:07 +0100
committerWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2017-01-27 09:18:06 +0100
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Update NEWS with release info from 1.7.4 to 1.7.6.
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@@ -10,6 +10,22 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.8.0 (unreleased) [C21/A1/R_]
- GCRYCTL_PRINT_CONFIG does now also print build information for
libgpg-error and the used compiler version.
+ * Performance:
+
+ - More ARMv8/AArch32 improvements for AES, GCM, SHA-256, and SHA-1.
+ [also in 1.7.4]
+
+ - Add ARMv8/AArch32 assembly implementation for Twofish and
+ Camellia. [also in 1.7.4]
+
+ - Add bulk processing implementation for ARMv8/AArch32.
+ [also in 1.7.4]
+
+ - Add Stribog OIDs. [also in 1.7.4]
+
+ - Improve the DRBG performance and sync the code with the Linux
+ version. [also in 1.7.4]
+
* Internal changes:
- Libgpg-error 1.25 is now required. This avoids stalling of nPth
@@ -26,54 +42,33 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.8.0 (unreleased) [C21/A1/R_]
allocated as needed. These new pools are not protected against
being swapped out (mlock can't be used). However, these days
this is considered a minor issue and can easily be mitigated by
- using encrypted swap space.
-
-
- * Interface changes relative to the 1.7.0 release:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- GCRYCTL_REINIT_SYSCALL_CLAMP NEW macro.
-
-
-Noteworthy changes in version 1.7.5 (2016-12-15) [C21/A1/R5]
-------------------------------------------------
+ using encrypted swap space. [also in 1.7.4]
* Bug fixes:
- - Fix regression in mlock detection [bug#2870].
+ - Fix AES CTR self-check detected failure in the SSSE3 based
+ implementation. [also in 1.7.6]
+ - Remove gratuitous select before the getrandom syscall.
+ [also in 1.7.6]
-Noteworthy changes in version 1.7.4 (2016-12-09) [C21/A1/R4]
-------------------------------------------------
+ - Fix regression in mlock detection. [bug#2870] [also in 1.7.5]
- * Performance:
+ - Fix GOST 28147 CryptoPro-B S-box. [also in 1.7.4]
- - More ARMv8/AArch32 improvements for AES, GCM, SHA-256, and SHA-1.
-
- - Add ARMv8/AArch32 assembly implementation for Twofish and
- Camellia.
-
- - Add bulk processing implementation for ARMv8/AArch32.
-
- - Add Stribog OIDs.
-
- - Improve the DRBG performance and sync the code with the Linux
- version.
-
- * Internal changes:
+ - Fix error code handling of mlock calls. [also in 1.7.4]
- - When secure memory is requested by the MPI functions or by
- gcry_xmalloc_secure, they do not anymore lead to a fatal error if
- the secure memory pool is used up. Instead new pools are
- allocated as needed. These new pools are not protected against
- being swapped out (mlock can't be used). However, these days
- this is considered a minor issue and can easily be mitigated by
- using encrypted swap space.
- * Bug fixes:
+ * Interface changes relative to the 1.7.0 release:
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ GCRYCTL_REINIT_SYSCALL_CLAMP NEW macro.
- - Fix GOST 28147 CryptoPro-B S-box.
- - Fix error code handling of mlock calls.
+ * Release dates of 1.7.x versions:
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ Version 1.7.6 (2017-01-18) [C21/A1/R6]
+ Version 1.7.5 (2016-12-15) [C21/A1/R5]
+ Version 1.7.4 (2016-12-09) [C21/A1/R4]
Noteworthy changes in version 1.7.3 (2016-08-17) [C21/A1/R3]