From 04c50901a2f2016486f532891ee8c1961a465c04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Werner Koch Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:55:14 +0100 Subject: doc: Add NEWS from the latest 1.8 releases -- --- NEWS | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 264f34f1..f1b85374 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -41,11 +41,43 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (unreleased) [C22/A3/R0] - Fix fatal out of secure memory status in the s-expression parser on heavy loaded systems. [also in 1.8.2] + - Fix build problems on OpenIndiana et al. [#4818, also in 1.8.6] + + - Fix GCM bug on arm64 which troubles for example OMEMO. [#4986, + also in 1.8.6] + + - Detect a div-by-zero in a debug helper tool. [#4868, also in 1.8.6] + + - Use a constant time mpi_inv and related changes. [#4869, partly + also in 1.8.6] + + - Fix mpi_copy to correctly handle flags of opaque MPIs. + [also in 1.8.6] + + - Fix mpi_cmp to consider +0 and -0 the same. [also in 1.8.6] + + - Fix extra entropy collection via clock_gettime. Note that this + fallback code path is not used on any decent hardware. [#4966, + also in 1.8.7] + + - Support opaque MPI with gcry_mpi_print. [#4872, also in 1.8.7] + + - Allow for a Unicode random seed file on Windows. [#5098, also in + 1.8.7] + * Extended interfaces: - gcry_sexp_extract_param understands new format specifiers to directly store to integers and strings. + * Other features: + + - Support curves Ed448 and X448. + + - Add OIDs from RFC-8410 as aliases for Ed25519 and Curve25519. + [also in 1.8.6] + + - New implementations for Poly1305. * Interface changes relative to the 1.8.0 release: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -59,6 +91,9 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.9.0 (unreleased) [C22/A3/R0] Version 1.8.2 (2017-12-13) Version 1.8.3 (2018-06-13) Version 1.8.4 (2018-10-26) + Version 1.8.5 (2019-08-29) + Version 1.8.6 (2020-07-06) + Version 1.8.7 (2020-10-23) Noteworthy changes in version 1.8.1 (2017-08-27) [C22/A2/R1] -- cgit v1.2.1